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dotCMS Demo - dotCMS Dashboard
Collect, organize, and act on data and analytics to deliver a relevant customer experience
dotCMS Demo - Omni-channel CMS
Hybrid features and an SPA editor (Edit Mode Anywhere) for managing an omnichannel experience
dotCMS Demo - Edit Mode
Arrange and manage content in-context across for all channels.
dotCMS Demo - Layout Designer
Drag-and-drop to design custom layouts and templates that can be used across channels and devices.
dotCMS Demo - Content Types
Build rich content structures that can be used across sites and channels.
dotCMS Demo - Workflows
Fully customizable workflows and permissions allow simple yet secure governance of content and digital assets.
Simplify content creation and delivery to save costs and grow revenue. dotCMS goes beyond headless, allowing developers and content teams to consolidate digital experiences across channels.
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Simplify content creation and delivery to save costs and grow revenue. dotCMS goes beyond headless, allowing developers and content teams to consolidate digital experiences across channels.
Your content management needs are complicated, but your CMS doesn't have to be.
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Your content management needs are complicated, but your CMS doesn't have to be.
Hear from Nollymar Longa, dotCMS Team Lead in R&D, on how the dotCMS product has evolved over the last seven years.
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Hear from Nollymar Longa, dotCMS Team Lead in R&D, on how the dotCMS product has evolved over the last seven years.
Whether your site and content need to be optimized for performance or you’re going through a redesign, dotCMS's Experiments Feature can help you take the guesswork out of your business-critical content using real-life user data.
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Whether your site and content need to be optimized for performance or you’re going through a redesign, dotCMS's Experiments Feature can help you take the guesswork out of your business-critical content using real-life user data.
dotCMS Vice President of Product Preston So explores the future of CMS and discusses an industry-wide shift to the Universal CMS.
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dotCMS Vice President of Product Preston So explores the future of CMS and discusses an industry-wide shift to the Universal CMS.
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Users consistently praise the product for its flexibility and powerful support, allowing teams to manage complex content with ease. The intuitive interface and robust API capabilities enable both technical and non-technical users to create and publish content effectively. However, many note a common limitation in the steep learning curve for new users, which can hinder initial adoption.

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Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
UE
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great customer support"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Jenn and team took a look at outdated support contracts and put together something that makes sense for the business need now. We were having a lot of issues with our instance/updates/customized code, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Updates....way too many instance updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"I was quite impressed by the concept and implementation"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The most helpful is the fact that it is open source, and it was written over a plugin system like osgi Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

the CRUD system works slowly. Not a production problem but a bit annoying for the content editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
EH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Flexible and cost effective cms with great hosting support"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Cloud hosting is very reliable and well supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Has a bit of a learning curve and requires a good front-end developer to utilize fully Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
AL
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Can quickly put to use."
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Standard features are easy to use and workflow fits easily into most business's workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Consuming webservices requires programing knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BA
Scrum Master
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very responsive staff and technical team"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The responsiveness of the team. Always willing to jump on a call to resolve issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Some features need to be improved better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KV
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Great Experience"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS has been a great solution for my organization and enterprise clients. Besides its flexibility, it's also highly customizable and able to handle complex content. I am able to shape dotCMS into exactly what my client requires for content and websites. It's also relatively easy for non-techy people to learn and get comfortable with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

If you're not a developer who already knows the language, there's a long learning curve before you're able to code Velocity to do what you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerfull headless tool to leverage our productivity"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

What we need first is a tool that let us create relational database collections without limit, with GraphQL to access our data. That's what we found and many more. There no limit with data collections , projects, entries and it's very powerfull regardless of its elasticsearch and caching capabilities. The onboarding was very easy, supported by great people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

We first try the server version which is very difficult to install on premise. The cloud version is a charm compare to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
IE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Its a combination of GUI and where GUI won't work you can use velocity code"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

I like the way we can reuse the contents from the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Users creation if you don’t want to use saml Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kristoffer B.
KB
CMS Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good system for large sites"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The CMS is able to Handle a massive amount of content quite responsively. Searching using the index provides for fast queries. The cloud hosted environment is very stable and support is usually very quick. The extensibility of the system is very impressive. The plugin framework allows for adjusting or adding new features quickly. The ability to add plugins live without a restart allows for very fast testing and speeding up development times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Sometimes the documentation can be a little frustrating to understand. Especially when getting into the more technical aspects of the system, there is frustratingly sparse explanations for how certain functions work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Working with dotCMS product and team has been a great experience"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Product documentation was on point and easily searchable on their website. We ran across some issues with our deployment which they resolved quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Although they support k8s deployments, it's rather in an infant stage. In time I think it will get better, maybe they'll have a helm chart. This is more of a heads up than a direct complaint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kelvin E.
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Kelvin Ekonomi
Last activity over 5 years ago

I didn't check last versions so it might be already there. When dotCMS will fully support all the entities (containers, templates, pages, etc) and content to be deployable through APIs? Is that in the roadmap and for when?

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Last activity almost 6 years ago

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