CMS Comparison

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Compare Drupal vs Joomla! vs Mambo vs Plone vs Typo3 vs WebGUI vs Wordpress vs Xoops.

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	Joomla!	Drupal	Mambo	Plone	TYPO3	WebGUI	WordPress	Xoops
Like	8	8	0	2	1	0	10	2
Overall rating	3.8 12 ratings	3.9 8 ratings	0 no rating	3.3 3 ratings	3.5 2 ratings	2.5 2 ratings	3.5 11 ratings	5.0 2 ratings
Website	http://www.joomla.org/	http://drupal.org/	http://mambo-foundation.org/	http://plone.org/	http://typo3.org/	http://www.webgui.org/	http://WordPress.org/	http://www.xoops.org/
Latest version	3.0.1	7.15	4.6.5	4.2.4	4.7	7.9.33	3.4.2	2.5.5
Release date	2012-10-09	2012-08-01	2008-06-01	2013-01-27	2012-04-25	2011-07-19	2012-09-06	2012-04-15
License	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source
Supported databases	MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL	MySQL, PostgreSQL	MySQL	MySQL, Postgresql, Oracle	MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL	MySQL	MySQL	MySQL
Platform	PHP	PHP	PHP	Python	PHP	Perl	PHP	PHP
Security
Captcha	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Content Approval	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email Verification	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Granular Privileges	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Authentication methods	LDAP, Custom	LDAP (plugin), NTLM (plugin), Custom	LDAP, Custom	LDAP, Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin), Custom	LDAP (plugin), Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin)	LDAP, Custom	LDAP (plugin), Custom	LDAP
Session Management	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited
SSL Compatible	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Login History	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Modifications History	No Plugin	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Support
Commercial Support	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Developer Community	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Public Forum	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plugin API	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Features
Drag & Drop Content	Yes	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Image Resizing	Yes	No Plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Multiple Upload	Yes	No Plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Spellchecker	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Style Wizard	No	No Limited	No	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No	No
Subscriptions	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Template Language	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Undo	No	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes Limited
WYSIWYG Editor	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Extensible User Profiles	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Interface Localization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Performance
Caching	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited
Load Balancing	Yes	Yes Limited	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes
Database Replication	Yes	Yes Limited	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Static Content Export	No	No	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Multilingual Content	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Multi-Site Deployment	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
RSS (Content Syndication)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Management
Advertising Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	Yes
Content Scheduling	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes
Inline Administration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Package Deployment	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sub-sites / Roots	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Themes / Templates	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Statistics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Web-based Translation Management	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited	Yes
Workflow Engine	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	No	No
Interoperability
FTP Support	Yes	Yes Limited	No	Yes	Yes	No	No Plugin	Yes
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited
WebDAV Support	No	No	No	Yes	No Plugin	No	No	No
XHTML Compliant	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Built-in Applications
Blog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Chat	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin
Classifieds	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Contact Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Forum (Discussion)	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Document Management	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No	No Plugin
Events Management	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
FAQ Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
File Distribution	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Graphs and Charts	No Plugin	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No
Guestbook	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Help Desk / Bug Reporting	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No Plugin
Job Postings	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Link Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mail Form	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Matrix	No	No	No	No	No Plugin	Yes	No	No
My Page / Dashboard	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Newsletter management	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Photo Gallery	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Project Tracking	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No Plugin
Search Engine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polls	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Tests / Quizzes	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Surveys	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Time Tracking	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
User Contributions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Services Front End	Yes	Yes Limited	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Wiki	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Shopping Cart	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
SEO Features
Metadata	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
SEO Friendly URLs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Site Map	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	- with sitemap.xml.gz	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Additional
Website	http://www.joomla.org/	http://drupal.org/	http://mambo-foundation.org/	http://plone.org/	http://typo3.org/	http://www.webgui.org/	http://WordPress.org/	http://www.xoops.org/