dotCMS Reviews (116)

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dotCMS Reviews (116)

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Users consistently praise the product for its flexibility and powerful support, allowing teams to manage complex content with ease. The intuitive interface and robust API capabilities enable both technical and non-technical users to create and publish content effectively. However, many note a common limitation in the steep learning curve for new users, which can hinder initial adoption.

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Verified User in Retail
AR
Verified User in Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"dotCMS is a user friendly and open source software. It has many new features"
4.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Time machine, work flow and publishing features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

We are not able to track some logs like connection failed. Need to improve to track all kind of logs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome!"
5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS is super easy to use and very functional for what my organization needs. Navigating dotCMS is very user friendly as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

There are rarely any glitches, but they always seem to be fixed in a very timely manner. I don't have many dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Robin P.
DevOps Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"dotCMS made management of content and information very simple"
4.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Being a Java shop we needed something that all of the developers could easily understand. Content maintainers don't have the technical understanding that the developers do, so a good visual editing environment was needed for them, dotCMS provided that too. dotCMS fitted in with our environment perfectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

We have a niggly bug that crops up now and again. dotCMS support have been unable to assist in resolving it for us. Pages appear missing from the admin screen, they still exist but just aren't displayed. As a workaround we have to re-index dotCMS. Sometimes it works first time, other times random other pages appear and disappear, and then another re-index is required. It is just a minor irritation and doesn't affect the functionality of the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Benjamin M.
Sr Front End Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Flexibility and cache power"
4.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS allows you to use it in the way you want. You can go from purely headless with APIs to simply hosting all your site(s) in the platform. It provide you with the ability to organize the content the way it makes more sense for each different project/site. On the top of it, the Cache system is impressive. You could have your DB in maintenance, if your content is cached, it'll be served like if nothing was wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Sometimes flexibility comes with drawbacks. The limitation of the java based system is that sometimes you will need to do custom things at the core level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent except push publishing issues"
4/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

Headless CMS approach

open source Java based

concept of osgi plugin

multi-site admin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

push publishing feature does not work seamlessly..

installation without enterprise licence connecting to ldap puts the database in inconsistent state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
AL
Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Makes development simple"
5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The performance made my to admire dotcms technology and the ease handling contents making the customization simple Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

More sophistication is I dislike.Cache isssues are still found make the technology less consistent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CF
Christopher F.
Web Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"dotCMS is a great Content Management Platform for your your web projects"
4.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The flexibility in dotCMS allows us to engineer solutions that meets our business needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

With great flexibility comes great complexity. dotCMS is not an out of the box solution, you have to engineer with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Management Consulting
AM
Verified User in Management Consulting
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"dotCMS review"
2.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

It is fairly easy to learn basic functionality quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

Getting data out of dotCMS is complicated and needs a programmer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dotcms Review - Web Development"
4/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

The build in functionality that dotcms offers in terms of the demo Project is one of the most helpful thing. Developing website using the demo as an example helps to ease the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

There is not as much documentation on dotcms in terms of issues and errors. ` Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tad L.
TL
Tad L.
Website Content and Design Specialist
Aviation & Aerospace
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful CMS for Complex Content"
3.5/5
What do you like best about dotCMS?

dotCMS was a great out-of-the-box solution for our organization. It is able to handle complex content and relationships and makes it relatively easy to build your website or app around your content and data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about dotCMS?

The interface and learning curve can be intimidating for first-time or casual users. However, it had improved significantly over the last few years with more improvements constantly coming down the line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.