DotNetNuke, Joomla,
Kentico and WordPress are the most popular Content Management Systems or CMS
Applications used all over the world to power websites. However, even though
each CMS has its advantages and shortcomings, you can build your own website of
any kind. Let us now compare the features and other information about all the
four Content Management Systems.|
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DotNetNuke
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Joomla
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Kentico
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WordPress
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CMS
Release Date
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February 2009
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August 2005
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September
2004
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May
2003
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Started
by
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Walker's company
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Forked from Mambo
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Petr Palas
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Matt
Mullenwegg and Mike Little
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Company
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DotNetNuke
Corp.
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The
Joomla Project
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Kentico
Software
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WordPress
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Framework
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.NET
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PHP
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.NET
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PHP
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Application
Server
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Windows
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Windows,
Linux
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Windows
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Windows,
Linux
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Licensing
Model
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Open
Source
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Open
Source
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Pay
Per Domain
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Open
Source
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Base
Cost
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N/A
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Free
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Affordable
Cost
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Free
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Implementation
Cost
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N/A
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Costly
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Free
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Costly
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Usability
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Less
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Comparatively
Less
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High
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High
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No.
of websites powered
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>7,50,000
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>500,000,000
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>10 million
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>10 million
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Downloads
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>8 million
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>30 million
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>1 million
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>140 million
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Top
sites using the platform
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EricksonTribune,
Magenic, SkyeTek
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Harvard University, The Hill
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BendixKing, RAC, Brantano
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Forbes, CNN, Sony
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Free
Themes
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1,315+
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900+
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1000+
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2000+
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Free
Plug-ins
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12,780+
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7000+
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10000+
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27000+
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Best
used for
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Commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets,
online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications
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e-commerce, social networking sites
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e-commerce, intranet, social networking, online marketing
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Blogs, corporate websites, small-medium sized websites
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