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Here I am going to have a look at Free vs. paid enterprise CMS. Some of you could find this review very minimalistic and not really comprehensive, as the purpose of this review is to only educate business owners about paid enterprise CMS. Many web site owner are probably asking a question, why on earth I would pay for a CMS if there are plenty of FREE CMS on the market?

The fact is, the free open source CMS allows businesses on tight budget to open their business website and start making money, and some websites don’t require enterprise CMS. And whether you use free open source or paid CMS at Proimpact7 the design result will be the same. So what’s the difference?

Firstly let start with who is the paid CMS best for?
• If your budget for your new website is over £/$10,000
• If you need to manage a large website which is constantly changing
• If there is more than 1 person who directly makes changes in the content, either by adding or editing the content
• If you need a solution which allows you and your team easy content management and site updates

One of the few major differences are that enterprise paid content management systems allows for better scalability, content management, staff permissions and are easier to use. Once you have seen and tried it for yourself, you quickly realize that those two are incomparable. In this case free does mean very basic.

Enterprise CMS are better long term solution compared to free open source CMS once you are in the position to afford it, have a team of people within your organization directly interacting with your site or simply Free open source is not enough for your needs.

There are many enterprise solutions available starting from £3-5k per license like Ektron, or some others starting from £10-15k like Alterian to mention a couple, depending on your needs. In the meantime read the review of free open source CMS MODx vs. Expression Engine.

Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get a demo video of an enterprise CMS, but all the enterprise content management system providers will happily provide you with a demonstration tour of their product.