System requirements

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) 7.12 ! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Last Updated 12/11/2012 4/28/2011 08/06/2013 2/16/2012 1/20/2009 05/02/2012 11/26/2013 6/17/2007 02/03/2014 5/29/2012 Application Server J2EE blank IIS/.Net Apache Apache CGI Apache Other Apache blank Single CPU License $40k / Approximate Cost Free $0 Free Free to $249 Free Free Free Free Multi-CPU License $60k MySQL MySQL MSSQL MySQL MySQL MySQL MySQL MySQL MySQL MySQL License Closed Source Open Source Open Source Open Source Closed Source Open Source Open Source Open Source Open Source Open Source Platform Platform Platform Platform Platform Platform Platform Platform Platform Windows Only Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Programming PHP C# PHP PHP PHP PHP PHP PHP PHP Language Root Access Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No Shell Access Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Apache Any IIS Any Apache Any Apache Apache Apache blank Security

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Audit Trail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Limited Yes Limited Captcha Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Yes No Free Add On Free Add On Content Approval Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Limited Yes Yes Email Verification Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Granular Privileges Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Kerberos Free Add On Limited Free Add On No No No No No Free Add On No Authentication

LDAP Authentication Yes Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On

Login History Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Free Add On NIS Authentication Free Add On No Free Add On No No No No No Free Add On No

NTLM Authentication Free Add On No Yes Free Add On No No No No Free Add On No

Pluggable Free Add On Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Free Add On Free Add On Authentication

Problem Notification Yes Limited Yes No No No No No Yes Free Add On

Sandbox Yes Yes Yes No Limited No Yes No Yes Limited Session Management Yes Limited Yes Yes Limited Yes Yes No Yes Free Add On

SMB Authentication Free Add On No Free Add On No No No No No Free Add On No SSL Compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes SSL Logins Yes Limited Yes Free Add On No Yes Yes No Yes Yes SSL Pages Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No Yes Yes No Free Add On Limited Versioning Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Yes Free Add On Support

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1

Certification Program No No Yes Limited No No No No Yes Limited

Code Skeletons Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Commercial Manuals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Commercial Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Commercial Training Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes

Developer Community Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Online Help Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pluggable API Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Professional Hosting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Professional Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Public Forum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Public Mailing List Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Test Framework No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Free Add On Yes Third-Party Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Developers Users Conference Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Ease of use

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1

Drag-N-Drop Content No Yes Yes Free Add On No No Limited No Free Add On Yes

Email To Discussion Free Add On No No Free Add On Yes Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On

Friendly URLs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Image Resizing Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Macro Language Yes No Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Mass Upload Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Limited Yes Yes No Yes Yes Prototyping Yes Yes Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes No Free Add On Free Add On Server Page Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Language Spell Checker Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On Yes Yes Style Wizard No Yes Yes Limited No No No No Yes No Subscriptions Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On Template Language Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No UI Levels Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Undo Yes Yes Yes Limited No No Limited No Yes Limited WYSIWYG Editor Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Zip Archives Yes Free Add On Yes No No No Limited No Free Add On Free Add On Performance

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Advanced Caching Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Free Add On Database Replication Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Free Add On Free Add On

Load Balancing Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Page Caching Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Static Content Export Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Free Add On Free Add On Management

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Advertising Free Add On Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Yes Free Add On No Free Add On No Management Asset Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Clipboard Yes Yes Yes No Limited No Yes No Yes No Content Scheduling Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Yes No Yes Limited Content Staging Yes No Costs Extra Free Add On No No Yes No Free Add On No Inline Administration Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes No Yes Free Add On

Online Administration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Package Deployment Yes No Yes Free Add On No No Free Add On No Yes No

Sub-sites / Roots Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Themes / Skins Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Trash Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Web Statistics Free Add On Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Free Add On Free Add On Web-based Style/Template Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Management Web-based Translation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No No Yes Limited Management Workflow Engine Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes No No No Yes No Interoperability

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Content Syndication Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (RSS) FTP Support Yes Yes Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On UTF-8 Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WAI Compliant Yes Yes Limited Limited No No Yes No Free Add On Limited WebDAV Support Free Add On No Costs Extra No No No Free Add On No Free Add On No XHTML Compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Flexibility

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 CGI-mode Support No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Content Reuse Yes Limited Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Extensible User Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Profiles

Interface Localization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Metadata Yes Limited Yes Yes Limited Yes Yes No Yes Yes Multi-lingual Content Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes No Yes Free Add On

Multi-lingual Content Yes No Yes Yes Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Yes Free Add On Integration Multi-Site Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On No Yes Yes Deployment URL Rewriting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in applications

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Free Add On Yes Chat No Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Classifieds Yes No Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Contact Management Yes Limited Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On

Data Entry Yes Limited Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Database Reports Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Yes No Free Add On No Discussion / Forum Costs Extra Free Add On Yes Yes Costs Extra Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Document Yes No Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Yes Management Events Calendar Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Events Management Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Expense Reports Yes No Costs Extra No No Free Add On No No Free Add On No FAQ Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On File Distribution Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Graphs and Charts No No Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Groupware No Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On No Guest Book Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Help Desk / Bug Costs Extra Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Limited Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Reporting HTTP Proxy Yes No Yes No No No No No Free Add On Free Add On In/Out Board No No Free Add On Free Add On No No No No No Free Add On Job Postings Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Link Management Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Limited Free Add On Yes Mail Form Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On Yes Free Add On Matrix Limited No Free Add On No No No No No Free Add On No My Page / Dashboard Yes Free Add On Costs Extra Free Add On Limited No Free Add On No Free Add On Yes

Newsletter Limited Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On No Yes Free Add On Photo Gallery Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On Limited Free Add On Yes Built-in applications (continued)

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Polls Limited Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Product Management Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Yes Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On

Project Tracking No Yes Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Site Map Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Yes No Yes Free Add On Stock Quotes No Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Surveys Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Syndicated Content Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On Yes (RSS) Tests / Quizzes Limited No Yes Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Time Tracking Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On User Contributions Yes Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Free Add On No Yes Yes Weather No Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Web Services Front No Free Add On Yes Limited No Yes Yes No Free Add On Free Add On End Wiki Limited No Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Commerce

Contao (fka TYPO3 Cascade Server DNN Platform ExpressionEngi MODX Textpattern TYPOlight) Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 Enterprise CMS WordPress 3.3.2 7.0.6 7.1 ne 1.6.6 Evolution 1.0.12 4.0.4 2.9.4 6.1 Affiliate Tracking Costs Extra Free Add On Yes Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On Inventory Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Management Pluggable Payments Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Pluggable Shipping Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Pluggable Tax Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Point of Sale Costs Extra No Costs Extra Free Add On No Free Add On No No No Free Add On Shopping Cart Costs Extra Free Add On Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On Subscriptions Costs Extra No Yes Free Add On No Free Add On Free Add On No No Free Add On Wish Lists Costs Extra Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On No Free Add On No No Free Add On Free Add On