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The Web CMS Report 2009 looks at... Content re-use in EPiServer

"Overall, EPiServer takes a page-based approach to content. Similar to Synkron, it is possible to create independent content objects using the products notions of "Object Stores." Nevertheless, few customers have done this so far, perhaps because the product targets uncomplicated sites, or perhaps because it is not particularly simple to pull off..."

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More than 1000 products purport to manage Web content. To make your life easier, we list only 42 of them, divided into 6 categories. These are not the "best" Web CMS tools, simply -- in our judgment -- the most significant today.

You can find a longer discussion of these categories -- along with comparative evaluations of these tools -- in The Web CMS Report. Note that products indicating "European Edition" are evaluated only in that edition of the Report.

Enterprise Platforms

Large-scale platforms typically marketed in multidimensional "suites" that span many function points, but may be less well-suited for straightforward Web CMS projects. Expect about US $200-250k+ for entry-level licensing.

• IBM - Lotus WCM
  - HQ: White Plains, NY, USA -- Mentions: 11
• Vignette - V7 Content Management
  - HQ: Austin, TX, USA -- Mentions: 40
• Oracle - Stellent Web Content Management
  - HQ: Redwood Shores, CA, USA -- Mentions: 35
• Autonomy - Interwoven TeamSite
  - HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA & Cambridge, UK -- Mentions: 44
• Open Text - RedDot CMS
  - HQ: Waterloo, Canada -- Mentions: 24
• Documentum (EMC) - Documentum Web Content Management
  - HQ: Pleasanton, CA, USA -- Mentions: 21

Upper Tier

These are well-established web content management vendors that target large departments and corporations. Expect base licensing of $US 125-175k for most implementations.

• Day Software - Communique
  - HQ: Basel, Switzerland -- Mentions: 30
• Percussion - Rhythmyx
  - HQ: Woburn, MA, CA -- Mentions: 22
• Alterian - Morello
  - HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom -- Mentions: 17
• SDL Tridion - R5.3
  - HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Mentions: 21
• FatWire - Content Server
  - HQ: Mineola, NY, US -- Mentions: 27

Mid-Market Mainstream

These packages target mid-market firms or enterprise departments. They typically carry $50-125k licensing fees, and usually trade off ease-of-implementation for fewer integration facilities.

• Escenic - Escenic (European Edition)
  - HQ: Oslo, Norway -- Mentions: 4
• Ingeniux - Ingeniux Content Management System
  - HQ: Seattle, WA, US -- Mentions: 3
• Microsoft - MOSS 2007 WCM
  - HQ: Redmond, WA, USA -- Mentions: 43
• Ektron - CMS400.NET
  - HQ: Nashua, NH, US -- Mentions: 25
• Serena Software - Collage
  - HQ: San Mateo, CA, US -- Mentions: 8
• Sitecore - Sitecore Content Manager
  - HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark -- Mentions: 14
• PaperThin - CommonSpot Content Server
  - HQ: Quincy, MA, US -- Mentions: 9

Mid-Market Challengers

Although lower priced (typically $15k to $60k), these packages begin to offer customization opportunities and XML support.

• Enonic - Vertical Site (European Edition)
  - HQ: Oslo, Norway -- Mentions: 2
• e-Spirit - FIRSTspirit (European Edition)
  - HQ: Germany -- Mentions: 4
• EPiServer AB - EPiServer (European Edition)
  - HQ: Stockholm, Sweden -- Mentions: 7
• Refresh Software - SR2
  - HQ: Waltham, MA, US -- Mentions: 3
• GOSS - GOSS iCM (European Edition)
  - HQ: United Kingdom -- Mentions: 2
• Hannon Hill - Cascade Server
  - HQ: Atlanta, GA, USA -- Mentions: 6
• Vyre - Unify (European Edition)
  - HQ: London, UK -- Mentions: 3
• Alterian - Immediacy
  - HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom -- Mentions: 5
• Terminalfour - Site Manager (European Edition)
  - HQ: Ireland -- Mentions: 2
• Hot Banana - Web Content Management Suite
  - HQ: Barrie, Ontario, Canada -- Mentions: 6
• Telerik - Sitefinity CMS
  - HQ: Sofia, BG -- Mentions: 2

Hosted Services

These are hosted CMS packages. For functionality and price, they tend to fall into mid-market range.

• Clickability - Clickability Platform
  - HQ: San Francisco, CA, US -- Mentions: 12
• OmniUpdate - OU Campus
  - HQ: Camarillo, California, US -- Mentions: 4
• CrownPeak Technology - CrownPeak CMS
  - HQ: Los Angeles, CA, US -- Mentions: 13

Commercial Open Source

These are tools that have an open source code-base, but a single dominant commercial firm backing the project.

• Magnolia - Magnolia CMS
  - HQ: Basel, Switzerland -- Mentions: 5
• Hippo - Hippo CMS (European Edition)
  - HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Mentions: 7
• eZ Systems - eZ publish (European Edition)
  - HQ: Skien, Norway -- Mentions: 6
• DotNetNuke - DotNetNuke
  - HQ: Seattle, WA, USA -- Mentions: 3
• Alfresco - Alfresco WCM
  - HQ: Maidenhead, UK -- Mentions: 10

Open Source

The packages are available under open-source licensing terms and frequently bundle portal and community functions with the CMS.

• Drupal - Drupal
  - HQ: Global -- Mentions: 9
• Joomla Project - Joomla!
  - HQ: Global -- Mentions: 17
• TYPO3 - TYPO3
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 5
• Plone - Plone CMS
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 2
• OpenCms - OpenCms
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 3

Wondering how we compile these lists? Review our criteria.