I found this site useful, and wanted to copy the content here as I can't provide a link with the cms we are considering.
Don't miss the Google Trends also.
http://cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix
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Last Updated |
7/17/2006 |
5/10/2006 |
8/24/2005 |
12/ 1/2005 |
5/15/2006 |
System Requirements |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Application Server |
PHP 4.3.3+ |
None |
Midgard Framework, PHP |
Zope |
PHP 4.3.0+ |
Approximate Cost |
Free |
|
Free |
Free |
Free |
Database |
MySQL, Postgres |
MySQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL |
MySQL |
Zope |
MySQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL |
License |
GNU GPL |
GNU GPL |
GNU LGPL |
GNU GPL |
GNU GPL |
Operating System |
Any |
Linux, Windows |
Unix (Linux, BSD, AIX, HPUX, Mac OS X, etc.) |
Any |
Any |
Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP, C, JavaScript, SOAP, Ruby, Java (JCR) |
Python |
PHP |
Root Access |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Shell Access |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Web Server |
Apache, IIS |
Apache |
Apache |
Apache, IIS, Zope |
Apache, IIS |
Security |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Audit Trail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Captcha |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Email Verification |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Limited |
Yes |
Granular Privileges |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Kerberos Authentication |
No |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
LDAP Authentication |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Login History |
Yes |
No |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Yes |
NIS Authentication |
No |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
NTLM Authentication |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Pluggable Authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Problem Notification |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Sandbox |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Session Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Yes |
SMB Authentication |
No |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
SSL Compatible |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SSL Logins |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
SSL Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Versioning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Certification Program |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Code Skeletons |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Free Add On |
Commercial Manuals |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Commercial Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Commercial Training |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Developer Community |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Online Help |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
No |
Yes |
Pluggable API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Professional Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Professional Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Public Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Public Mailing List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Test Framework |
Free Add On |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
Third-Party Developers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Users Conference |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Ease of Use |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Drag-N-Drop Content |
No |
No |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Email To Discussion |
Free Add On |
No |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Image Resizing |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Macro Language |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Mass Upload |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Prototyping |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Server Page Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Spell Checker |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Style Wizard |
No |
No |
|
|
Yes |
Subscriptions |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Template Language |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
UI Levels |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Undo |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
WYSIWYG Editor |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Zip Archives |
No |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
Performance |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Advanced Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Database Replication |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
No |
Load Balancing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Page Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Static Content Export |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Management |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Advertising Management |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Asset Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Clipboard |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Content Scheduling |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Content Staging |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Inline Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Online Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Package Deployment |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Sub-sites / Roots |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Web Statistics |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Web-based Style/Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Web-based Translation Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Workflow Engine |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
Interoperability |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Content Syndication (RSS) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FTP Support |
Limited |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
WAI Compliant |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Free Add On |
WebDAV Support |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
XHTML Compliant |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Flexibility |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
CGI-mode Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Content Reuse |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Extensible User Profiles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Interface Localization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Metadata |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Multi-lingual Content |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Multi-lingual Content Integration |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
URL Rewriting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Wiki Aware |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Built-in Applications |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Blog |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Chat |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Classifieds |
No |
Free Add On |
Limited |
No |
Free Add On |
Contact Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Data Entry |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Database Reports |
No |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Discussion / Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Document Management |
Limited |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Events Calendar |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Events Management |
Free Add On |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
Expense Reports |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
FAQ Management |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
File Distribution |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Graphs and Charts |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Groupware |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Guest Book |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Help Desk / Bug Reporting |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
HTTP Proxy |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
In/Out Board |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Job Postings |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
No |
Free Add On |
Link Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Mail Form |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Matrix |
No |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
My Page / Dashboard |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Limited |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Newsletter |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Photo Gallery |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Product Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Project Tracking |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Site Map |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Stock Quotes |
Free Add On |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
Surveys |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Syndicated Content (RSS) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Tests / Quizzes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Time Tracking |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
User Contributions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Weather |
Free Add On |
No |
|
|
Free Add On |
Web Services Front End |
No |
No |
Limited |
No |
Free Add On |
Commerce |
Drupal |
eZ publish |
Midgard CMS |
Plone |
TYPO3 |
Affiliate Tracking |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Inventory Management |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Pluggable Payments |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Pluggable Shipping |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Pluggable Tax |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
Point of Sale |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Shopping Cart |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Subscriptions |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Wish Lists |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
No |
Free Add On |