Best CMS (Content Managment System) of 2022
A CMS or Content management system I a software that enables you to easily manage content and develop website. Normally websites are done with the help of HTML, CSS and Javascript so if you want to develop a website you need to know above languages at minimum. What CMS does is enables you to build a website without knowledge of any language.
How to choose a CMS platform that best suits you?
There are a lot of different CMS platforms to choose from , but the one that will suit you based on your needs can be found based on below factors.
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Ease of Use
You shall have a CMS that makes content creation and editing easy. It shall have Drag and Drop option so that creation/editing is easy.
Design options
CMS shall have a number of design template available so you can choose the one based on your needs and these designs shall be easy to edit as well.
Data Portability
A great CMS shall have tools to easily migrate your data from one server to another. Because you might change your hosting provider or your physical server and you will need to send your CMS to the new location so having a platform that supports easy migration will help a lot
Extensions
Websites are different they need functionalities that may be unique to them or maybe their looks are different for a CMS to fulfill all these requirements is very difficult that is why CMS have extensions that can be added to them to add features. Extensions are software that can be installed on to the CMS system
Support options
Though CMS main feature is to provide simplicity in website development but you might still get stuck somewhere, have questions or might need recommendations.
Some CMS platforms might have a FAQ, customer service team or any other support methods finding the one with best support will help you in the long run.
Cost
Some CMS platforms are fully free other charge monthly fee. Even if you go with the free CMS platform you will need to pay for the 3rdparty extensions to provide additional features.
With these points in mind let’s look some of the beast CMS platforms
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WordPress
WordPress is number one choice among CMS platforms. It’s the world’s most popular CMS software, and it powers around 43% of all websites on the internet. WordPress have a ton of extensions/plugin you can use to give all the features to your site. WordPress can be used for any type of website online shop, Restaurants, Blogging and many more. With wordpress you will need to host your wordpress yourself. There are tons of benefits of develop a website with wordpress.Â
Advantages
- WordPress offers all kinds of websites(online store, auction site, membership site, etc).
- WordPress well designed for search engine optimization (SEO). It’s easy to create SEO-friendly URLs, categories, and tags for your posts. You can also choose from a number of SEO Plugins.
- No coding knowledge needed to build website in wordpress
- With wordpress you can download all your extensions, making migration easy
- There are a ton of WordPress themes and plugins available, both paid and free.
- There is a big WordPress community to assist you in the time of need
Disadvantages
- You need to do everything yourself, Finding Hosting, Domain, Doing Backups and maintaining security
- Because wordpress has so many features and extensions it sometimes become overwhelming.
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Pricing
WordPress is free of cost and you don’t need to pay anything but you still need to get
Domain name which on average costs around 10-20 Australian Dollars per year
Hosting which will cost around 10 AUD, keep in mind that there are a lot of hosting plans with different features.
HubSpot
Hubspot is a content management system that is specially designed for marketers and business owners. Because it was built on top of Hubspot’s CRM platform with included all kinds of marketing automation ,services ,sales and operations tools. CMS Hubspot is great option for growing businesses and large organizations
Advantages
- It is easy to use, even if you don’t have technical knowledge their drag and drop editor makes it fairly easy
- They have smart features that can target specific visitors or a special group
- It is easy to customize by developers
- CMS hup is good with security, it comes with a web application firewall and a dedicated security team
Disadvantage
- Hubspot does not have a free version
- Hubspot CMS is not very good for E-commerce websites. But it can be integrated with WordPress and Woocommerce
Joomla
Joomla is a popular and free CMS platform which have a lot of extensions and templates. Released in 2005 it has a great history. There are a lot of hosting companies that offer 1 click install for joomla. It is great for experienced developers but not that good for beginners
Pros
- t comes with a lot of options and flexibilities. Good choice if developing something complex
- While it is best for developers but you can use it without coding as well
- Big community support
- Can be used for e-commerce business there are a lot of plugins for joomla
Cons
- It is pretty complex. Most of the time you will need a developer to assist you
- Compared to wordpress there aren’t that many extentions available
- Some thime there are compatibility issues if you have a lot of extensions installed
Pricing
Joomla is free of cost but you will need to pay for Domain name, Hosting provider and sometime for extensions and plugins
WooCommerce
Woocommerce is one of the most popular ecommerce platforms, it is easy to use and very flexible. Though Woocommerce itself is not a CMS but rather a plugin that can be added to WordPress to bring in the e-commerce functionalities. It still has 5.8 % of market.
Pros
- Woocommerce is free of cost but you will need hosting domain name
- There are a lot of themes available for woocommerce to design your store
- There are a lot of plugins for wooCommerce to give you all the required features
- You can seel digital and physical products with Woocommerce
- Makes inventory management easy
- Is comes with paypal and strip payment by default. Any other payment gateway can be added with the help of plugins
Cons
- There are a lot of different options in WooCommerce, which can be a bit daunting when you’re new to setting up a website.
- While all themes work with woocommerce but for best support chose themes that where specifically for woocommerce
Pricing
Woocommerce is free but you will need to pay for Hosting, Domain name and sometimes paid plugins to add that extra feature
Drupal
Dropal is also a CMS platform used by some major websites like the Economist site and some universities. It is a good option for experienced developer or someone to hire a developer. It is very good with customizations and big data.
Pros:
- Adding content is easy, a lot of content types are supported
- So many modules can be added to your site for extra functionality
- Good community support available
- Easy user management
Cons:
- Not very beginner friendly, difficult to bring changes in appearance
- Themes are created by experienced developers which are quite expensive
Wix
Wix is also one of the popular CMS plastforms, it is beginner friendly and offers a free plan too.
Pros
- It has a drag and drop interface which makes it really easy to create pages, also editing is straightforward as well
- Offers a lot of premade template which are responsive and looks great on all devices
- A lot of apps can be added to Wix same as wordpress plugins
Cons
- You cant change the template of your site
- You cant have e-commerce website on Wix unless you get their paid version.
- Data migration is difficult with Wix. You can download blogs but pages you need to manually copy paste
- The free version of wix will have their branding on it
Pricing
The free version of wix have wix branded info on your website and domain name. the paid version comes at 14 AUD/month paid yearle