dotCMS Reviews & Product Details

The dotCMS team is committed to supporting their customers to scale the solution to their needs. dotCMS allows a lot of functionality and has potential for integration with other systems. The training resources are excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Admin Panel could use some refreshing as it is a bit difficult to work with to set permissions and manage pages compared to other solutions. For this reason, having a qualified web developer is suggested. Major version updates can be significant and should be reviewed carefully to be sure consistency post upgrade. That being said, the upgrade process is relatively smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have enjoyed the way dotCMS still treats a site as a series of folders with subfolders and pages. It's been the easiest way for our editors to transition. Conversely, it's also been a gentle introduction for our users to the concepts of structured content. It's not at all difficult to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have had a series of difficulties with the stability of the software. The cloud has been good for us, but the occasional software crash has been frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The flexibility of the platform. UI focussed on Marketing users, not IT admins. Strong backend architecture and highly scalable. Compared to other platforms, this is relatively cost-effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Documentation is not that great, and finding talent in the market is not easy. dotCMS support team is accommodating, but I wish dotCMS has professional services to help implementations directly. Documentation certainly needs improvement, and the company should invest in raising brand awareness and attracting more developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DotCMS is very flexible and provides a solution for all our needs. Our in-house designers make it easy to add/edit content within the page containers and widgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With it's complexity comes a learning curve, especially if you're not a developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing... The history feature I guess is somewhat useful to see where content has been updated but that's about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Publishing is so temperamental. Everything breaks down the minute you want to publish something. I've never worked with a CMS that is this difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DotCMS is a cutting-edge digital content management company that assists medium and large businesses in creating, maintaining, and launching content-enabled innovations such as websites, independent forums, mobile applications, and many more. CMS is internet friendly and is available anywhere on web, assisting in the development of a multi-channel mobile strategy and facilitating information sharing through various computers and systems. DotCMS, as an online interface system, aids in the development of varied user experiences through personalized content, customization, people, workflows, and activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recruiting them is a simple process for everyday content owners, but as time progresses, they are eager to integrate their own exclusive content material more naturally. The lack of a safe, secure working partnership has perhaps been the most difficult obstacle over the years. Accelerated team growth and development based on technologies that we're already using to solve market challenges for traditional consumers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When the problem has been assigned it gets completed asap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On occasion, response time can be lengthy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This program is a good ready-to-use solution for all organizations and fairly easy to use. It also has many built-in features and custom content types and flexibility. More, This tool can also meet our needs well. Furthermore, its maintenance staff can be up and running within minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This platform is complicated and using images is troublesome. In addition to its extensive documentation, the software still has some old features that need to be improved. The platform also has some restrictions on the type of data in the content structure. The price of dotCMS also makes its technical management more difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The number one thing that I like about dotCMS is its unopinionated approach to content management and page layout. dotCMS is up to the task of storing all kinds of content in infinitely customizable content types, and then displaying that content in a wide array of widgets. The ability to manage multiple websites, and share content between those sites natively is incredible. We also appreciate the ever growing options with dotCMS's API, and the ability to interact with that API now without writing Java plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are occasions where specific bugs within the system take longer than we'd like to resolve and get added to the core. With an enterprise license, dotCMS's support team is generally fast to provide a patch for specific instances, but we'd like to see core bugs get fixed faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use in the back-end content management interface, allowing for easy relationships and content searching and editing. Overall publish concepts are excellent and easy to get content between environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some challenges regarding "framework software" concepts, where customization is required to make full use of the POTENTIAL of this software. Customization means complication though and makes supporting the system more challenging. The software is AMAZINGLY customizable (that is a good!), though that creates the 'too' customizable scenario. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.