Drupal | Expression Engine | Magento | Perch | Squarespace | WordPress | |
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LICENCE | open source | commercial owned by Ellis Lab |
open source / commercial options / owned by eBay | commercial owned by Edgeofmyseat |
commercial owned by Squarespace |
open source |
Blogging / journals | * | ** | x | *** | ***** | ***** |
Booking systems | ***** | ** | x | x | x | **** |
Business | ***** | **** | *** | *** | ** | ***** |
Design customability | ** | ***** | * | *** | **** | **** |
Documentation | ** | *** | *** | ***** | **** | *** |
E-commerce | ***** | *** | ****** | *** | * | **** |
Forum support | * | **** | * | **** | ***** | ** |
General ease of use | * | *** | ** | ** | **** | **** |
HTML editor | ** | ** | ** | **** | ***** | **** |
Image handling | ** | **** | *** | ** | **** | **** |
Security | *** | ***** | **** | ***** | ***** | **** |
Social media | *** | ***** | ** | * | **** | ***** |
User interface | *** | *** | *** | ** | ***** | *** |
WYSIWYG editor | * | * | ** | **** | ***** | ***** |
OUR RECOMMENDATION | Sites with lots of data and high-level developer support | Sites with many users working at different levels of ability | Large e-commerce sites only | Making parts of a static site editable | Creative blogs and journals, light business sites | Business, e-commerce, charities, blogs, community sites |
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