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Product

Drupal 4.7.2

eZ publish 3.x

Midgard CMS 1.7.0

Plone 2.1.1

TYPO3 4.0

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free Add On

Free Add On

Yes

Free Add On

Yes

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

GnomeWeb/CmsMatrix (last edited 2008-02-03 14:46:46 by anonymous)