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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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AJ
IT Consultant
Information Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Achieve Dynamic Content Experiences with Seamless Publishing"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The platform provides SEO-friendly tools that assist us in optimising our content for search engines, resulting in greater organic traffic to our digital assets and improved rankings.We can construct aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly websites without being bound by inflexible templates thanks to dotCMS's flexible design and layout options.For our international audience, dotCMS's multilingual capabilities have proved invaluable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Despite the fact that dotCMS offers documentation and support, there is still room for development with regard to the thoroughness and clarity of the offered documentation resources, which will help to speed up the onboarding process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ZA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Built for those who care about enterprise content quality."
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The ost helpful feature of the tool is that its built with the ind of a business that cares about the quality of the content published in their website. The tool gives you a chance to review, proof read, edit and ore before you can consider publishing the content. The user interface is simple makking it an interesting tool to interact with. dotCMS is the G.O.A.T of enterprice content management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

No challenge experinced for the time that i have interacted with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JW
Data Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very stable, user-friendly and advanced online content management system."
What do you like best about dotCMS?

What i like best about DotCMS is flexibility, simplicity and usability. It one of the best online content management system i have ever used. Since we started using it, it has provided a permanent solution for our needs. I like its UI which anyone can use without coding knowledge. DotCMS has the best and very responsive customer support team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Unto today, i haven't yet experienced any challenges while using DotCMS so i got nothing to dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TK
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"dotCMS is best for web content management"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The tool has a number of impactful features that helps in publishing quality content. The tool is useful in enterprise content, record management, editing content and proof reading among other things. Since the introduction of the tool in our organization, we can attest that our web content quality have improved significantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

without any doubt the tool is easy to use and customize, the only downside is long learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"expensive but worth it"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

When it comes to managing content, images and assets, dotCMS helps you do all that in one centralized location and deliver them to any channel with ease. Whether you are looking to build a network of global websites, an employee intranet, a customer portal or just a single page application, dotCMS got you covered.

DotCMS is also cost efficiency and it's easy to maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

For CMS newbies, dotCMS may be a little overwhelming to use as it has a steep learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlo M.
CM
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Flexible and Scalable Enterprise-grade CMS"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS' focus on security and scalability make it an excellent choice as an enterprise-level solution. The modularity, and customability put this head-and-shoulders above other enterprise offerings. Their support is top-tier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

It's not for everyone. If you have a small to medium size website, dotCMS may be overkill. There is some ramp-up time for teams not accustomed to the system, but nothing that will leave anyone stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"dotCMS review"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS creates a successful no_code development environment by empowering content teams with tags, categories and relationships to build complex and meaningful taxonomies to make their content drive businesses outcome.

dotCMS offers a seemless way to deal with page design. Content is shown through a wide exhibit which makes it engaging.

In addition, dotCMS is available in multiple languages which makes it convinient for different people from all over the world to use without having to struggle to learn a different language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

dotCMS may be a little overwhelming for new users because of its Steep learning curve but they have made their training videos available which helps with that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Implementation of data heavy research website"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The support was fantastic. Their training was top notch and whenever we had questions or needed guidance, knowledgeable staff was accessible and helpful. This allowed us to be super efficient which was important because of the tight deadline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

We needed to make use of its multi-site capability which we were able to do, but it took a little assistance from the dotCMS team to properly set up permissions and shared resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Robust features for building and maintaining a dynamic site"
What do you like best about dotCMS?

I've been working on DotCMS for years and have generally been able to accomplish any and all requirements thrown at me. It's highly customizable and can be set up for no-code content creation by communications teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

How the language of a given user is determined is a little flakey. I don't know if it's just because I'm flipping back and forth between languages, but we do find that sometimes the site will just switch languages when clicking on internal links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MW
CMS Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"I've used DotCMS for less than a year and I'm enjoying it."
What do you like best about dotCMS?

I like the interface, it's unique design, usability, flexibility and simplicity. It allows content creators and designers to work efficiently on their systems without needing to know backend programming. DotCMS is able to handle massive amounts of content responsively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

At first, the documentation was a little confusing and difficult to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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