--- title: OpenCms Reviews meta\_title: 'OpenCms Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 19 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how OpenCms works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.3 review\_count: 19 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # OpenCms Reviews & Product Details OpenCms from Alkacon Software is a professional, easy to use website content management system. OpenCms helps content managers worldwide to create and maintain beautiful websites fast and efficiently. * * * Seller [OpenCms](https://www.g2.com/sellers/opencms) Discussions [OpenCms Community](https://www.g2.com/products/opencms/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 26 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencms/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Drupal](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Drupal") Drupal 3.9/5(425) ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/reviews) [ ![Sitecore Digital Experience Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sitecore Digital Experience Platform") Sitecore Digital Experience Platform 4.1/5(660) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sitecore-digital-experience-platform/reviews) [ ![WordPress.org](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WordPress.org") WordPress.org 4.4/5(9,544) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencms/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 19 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Muhammad H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Muhammad H.") MH Muhammad H. Team Lead CMS ( WordPress & Shopify ) Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/5/2022 "OpenCms is giving the best solution for the developers to achieve the development requirements" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? The Fields are a very well-defined and structured design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? My dislike is as it's on java so the integrations with others are a bit difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: If you love to work on java then OpenCms is the best option for you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? As it is a complete browser-based CMS we are created web solutions using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Marina K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marina K.") MK Marina K. Marketing Advisor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/24/2021 "Worth checking out" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? - Friendly interface - Great feature set - Easy to deploy and setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? This software doesn't have any significant downsides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Very good and absolutely free Java content management system for easy and fast site creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/2/2021 "OpenCMS is a very handy tool to manage webpages" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Easy to update/creat new webpages. It's easy to create SEO friendly pages on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? The history of the users who modify particular webpages is not always updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? We can easily maintain our webpages in CMS now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Prasad J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prasad J.") PJ Prasad J. Workday HCM Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/2/2020 "HCM consultant" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Open cms is a secure and likely to be very powerful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? It's gui is boring not very likey. System is difficult to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: Highly recommended Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Server start and stop and development of recruiting website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Asif K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Asif K.") AK Asif K. Associate Software Solution Architect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/7/2020 "Well designed CMS system but not well maintained" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Very well and solid logical separation of content and schema. Enterprise features like search and multisite provided in core. Bootstrap responsive templates and elements. Dependable. CMS system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? User interface is not competable with other popular CMS systems. Lack of plugins contribution by open source communities. Most of plugins outdated. Lake of in depth documentation and community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Managing multisite deployment and integration with multiple enterprise systems. Much easier to understand and start working with in comparison to drupal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Services") UI Verified User in Information Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/2/2020 "Open CMS" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? The fluidity and ease of use of the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? The edit functionality that required multiple navigations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Content management. It made my life easier by converting all the text into readymade HTML codes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sachin K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sachin K.") SK Sachin K. IT Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/9/2020 "Good experience with OpenCms" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? On the fly deployments, easy to take export of modules Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? Upgrade of OpenCms from older version to new. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: Its great for multiple page application, also good for quick deployments (on the fly) , User friendly, Good security, easy to switch the versions of code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Quick deployments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Souma M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Souma M.") SM Souma M. Team Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/21/2020 "Open cms" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Open cms is content management tool which gives excellent integration with different language portfolios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? Sometimes it becomes really slow in local system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: Na Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Configuring content to avoid multiple restraint of production servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/3/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Experience from the past" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Setting up OpenCMS was quite simple. Most of the time it went smoothly, without any bigger issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? Deploying custom packages into OpenCMS was really annoying. We had to do that manually or writing our own plugins for deployment. Maybe something changed in newer versions, but a few years ago it was the biggest problem. Also, the lack of documentation for some features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: OpenCMS will enable you or your clients to get into the content management driver seat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? A lot of clients don't have the skills to manage their websites, so they were unable to make even small content changes. OpenCms is enabling clients to get into the driver seat when we talk about content management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AG Aaron G. Prog. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/12/2019 "Open CMS review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCms? Ability to present web content both dynamically and statically Ability to combine the two modes on the same website and serve different pages dynamically or statically Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCms? No support for multi-environment configurations Not so easy to scale Not the perfect development environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCms: Consider this if you run a web site with hundreds or thousands of web pages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCms solving and how is that benefiting you? Business CMS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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