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Compare Butter CMS and dotCMS 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (46.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free
Butter CMS
Star Rating
(206)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansdotCMS
Star Rating
(109)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansButter CMS vs dotCMS
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Butter CMS easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Butter CMS overall.
- Reviewers felt that Butter CMS meets the needs of their business better than dotCMS.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Butter CMS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Butter CMS over dotCMS.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Butter CMS
Free
Free Trial
Per Month
For freelancers and devs launching fast on small projects or MVPs
- Unlimited users
- 50 blogs
- Unlimited Components & Collections
dotCMS
Community (Business Source License)
Free
Companies with <$5mil total finances can download and use dotCMS for free.
- Unlimited Users
- Unlimited Content
- Self Hosted
Free Trial
Butter CMS
Free Trial is available
dotCMS
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
154
8.4
95
Ease of Use
9.2
153
8.0
95
Ease of Setup
9.1
96
6.9
56
Ease of Admin
9.1
87
7.8
56
Quality of Support
9.6
146
8.5
94
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
85
8.6
56
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
139
8.3
88
Features by Category
Content
9.1
57
8.6
67
|
Verified
8.7
56
8.5
63
|
Verified
8.2
50
8.2
65
|
Verified
7.6
41
8.0
62
8.8
40
7.8
57
|
Verified
8.3
47
7.9
58
|
Verified
8.2
55
8.1
65
|
Verified
7.4
56
7.8
60
|
Verified
8.6
55
8.2
65
|
Verified
Design
8.3
47
7.0
43
8.0
49
7.4
44
|
Verified
8.2
46
7.7
49
|
Verified
8.6
54
8.5
58
|
Verified
Platform
8.0
45
7.4
57
8.5
51
8.1
53
|
Verified
8.3
52
8.4
59
|
Verified
8.6
51
8.3
67
|
Verified
8.4
44
8.6
63
|
Verified
7.9
39
8.1
48
|
Verified
7.6
38
7.4
47
|
Verified
8.9
52
8.3
62
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
7.8
6
8.0
18
8.1
6
8.0
18
7.8
6
7.7
18
7.8
6
8.1
19
8.9
6
8.8
11
7.5
6
8.6
12
Content Management
9.7
5
8.3
26
8.8
7
8.8
28
8.9
6
8.9
26
Design & Development
Feature Not Available
8.9
25
8.3
6
8.3
25
9.0
5
8.8
25
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Publishing
8.9
48
|
Verified
8.5
25
|
Verified
8.0
38
|
Verified
7.9
26
|
Verified
6.5
23
7.1
21
Development
8.0
59
|
Verified
7.4
29
|
Verified
8.7
51
|
Verified
8.4
29
|
Verified
7.8
42
|
Verified
8.3
30
7.1
25
7.6
26
|
Verified
Analytics
7.8
42
7.6
26
|
Verified
8.5
48
8.3
25
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Butter CMS and dotCMS are categorized as Headless CMS, Web Content Management, and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Unique Categories
Butter CMS has no unique categories
dotCMS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Butter CMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
dotCMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
11.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.9%
Financial Services
7.4%
Retail
5.0%
Internet
5.0%
Other
61.4%
Higher Education
15.5%
Information Technology and Services
11.7%
Financial Services
6.8%
Retail
5.8%
Computer Software
5.8%
Other
54.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is butter CMS?
1 Comment
JL
ButterCMS is your content backend. An API-first headless CMS platform that marketers + developers love.
Here's a quick overview:...Read more
How does a headless CMS work?
1 Comment
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
What is Prismic?
1 Comment
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
Does dotCMS offer a free trial?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Yes! You can download and use dotCMS for free from our website: https://dotcms.com/download/. Once you download, you can request a free trial of the...Read more
How is dotCMS priced?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Because every implementation of dotCMS is different, we offer custom pricing based on your need. Contact our team today to get a pricing quote right for your...Read more
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?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Kelvin,
Thank you for your comment. The latest release of dotCMS (5.x) now supports containers and pages in addition to content, content types, themes, and...Read more
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