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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (53.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Liferay Digital Experience Platform
Star Rating
(55)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (53.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Liferay Digital Experience PlatformdotCMS
Star Rating
(108)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansLiferay Digital Experience Platform vs dotCMS
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found dotCMS easier to use and set up. Reviewers also felt that dotCMS was easier to do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that administration of both products was equally easy.
- Liferay Digital Experience Platform and dotCMS both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that dotCMS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of dotCMS over Liferay Digital Experience Platform.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Liferay Digital Experience Platform
No pricing availabledotCMS
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
Liferay Digital Experience Platform
Free Trial is available
dotCMS
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
19
8.4
94
Ease of Use
7.6
20
8.0
94
Ease of Setup
6.6
16
6.8
55
Ease of Admin
7.8
16
7.8
55
Quality of Support
8.1
19
8.5
93
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
16
8.6
55
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
20
8.3
87
Features by Category
Interface and Performance
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
Asset Management
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Media Types
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
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
Agentic AI - Digital Asset Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
8.6
66
|
Verified
7.0
5
|
Verified
8.5
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
65
|
Verified
7.7
5
|
Verified
8.0
62
Not enough data
7.8
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
65
|
Verified
Design
Not enough data
7.0
43
8.0
5
|
Verified
7.4
44
|
Verified
7.3
5
|
Verified
7.7
49
|
Verified
8.7
5
|
Verified
8.5
58
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
7.4
57
Not enough data
8.1
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
59
|
Verified
8.6
6
|
Verified
8.3
67
|
Verified
8.0
5
|
Verified
8.6
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
47
|
Verified
7.3
5
|
Verified
8.3
62
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
7.7
18
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
12
Content Management
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
8.9
26
Design & Development
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.5
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
21
Development
Not enough data
7.4
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
7.6
26
|
Verified
Analytics
Not enough data
7.6
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
25
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Liferay Digital Experience Platform and dotCMS are categorized as Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) and Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Liferay Digital Experience Platform is categorized as Portals and Digital Asset Management
dotCMS is categorized as Headless CMS
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Liferay Digital Experience Platform
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
14.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Higher Education
8.8%
Financial Services
8.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Other
50.0%
Higher Education
14.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Financial Services
6.9%
Retail
5.9%
Computer Software
5.9%
Other
54.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Liferay software used for?
1 Comment
SB
It is a framework for large Web-Portals. It includes a CMS that is adapting to the user behaviour (experience platform). It can also run custom Java applets....Read more
Liferay Digital Experience Platform has no more discussions with answers
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
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
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