Content Management System Insight

In this competitive world, a website needs a complete revamp. Its that time to develop a website which is user friendly and easy to maintain(in administration prospective).

There are so many options available in market that its really tough to decide which Content Management
System to choose?

• Licensed or open source
• what Functionality it is providing
• how integration can be done
• which language it supports and so on

After too many questions, few more questions arise like, why you should choose one over other?

• what is licensing cost of CMS
• why to choose licensed cms when open source software is available
• On top of it big Question is
• What you do you need your CMS to do?

Available CMS in market

   

CMS	Company	Language
Sharepoint	Microsoft	Asp.net
Sitecore	Sitecore	Asp.net
Drupal	Open source	Php
Tridion	Tridion	Java / Asp.net
Umbraco	Open source	Asp.net
EpiServer	EpiServer	Asp.net

If we compare two CMS like Sitecore and Umbraco,

• Both are based on Microsoft asp.net framework
• Both are easy to implement
• Both seperate design layouts and content
• Both provide user friendly UIs

Which one to choose is really tough?

Now the biggest difference is Umbraco is open source and Sitecore is powerful enterprise solution. It comes with customized and tuned workflows and allows administration to review the content when publish. It also provides security by appointing users to different roles with autorization and approval rights.

Apart from all these Sitecore provides professional support and helping hands as it is licensed tool.

Wrapping Up:
Open sources are free but it doesnt mean it is best. Also site developed on free CMS doesn't mean it will be cheaper. Price is directly propotional to numbers of developers effort to provide the best solution. Its totally your decision which CMS would best suits your need.