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Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Last Updated 2/16/2012 5/2/2012 4/14/2016 5/29/2012
System Requirements Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Application Server Apache CGI Apache blank
Approximate Cost Free Free Free Free
Database MySQL MySQL MySQL MySQL
License Open Source Open Source Open Source Open Source
Operating System Platform Independent Platform Independent Platform Independent Platform Independent
Programming Language PHP PHP PHP PHP
Root Access No No No No
Shell Access No No No No
Web Server Any Any Apache blank
Security Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Audit Trail Yes No Yes Limited
Captcha Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Content Approval Yes Yes Yes Yes
Email Verification Yes Yes Yes Yes
Granular Privileges Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kerberos Authentication No No Free Add On No
LDAP Authentication Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Login History Yes Yes Yes Free Add On
NIS Authentication No No Free Add On No
NTLM Authentication Free Add On No Free Add On No
Pluggable Authentication Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Problem Notification No No Yes Free Add On
Sandbox No No Yes Limited
Session Management Yes Yes Yes Free Add On
SMB Authentication No No Free Add On No
SSL Compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL Logins Free Add On Yes Yes Yes
SSL Pages Free Add On Yes Yes Limited
Versioning Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On
Support Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Certification Program Limited No Yes Limited
Code Skeletons Yes Free Add On Free Add On Yes
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Commercial Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Commercial Training Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Professional Hosting Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Third-Party Developers Yes Yes Yes Yes
Users Conference Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Email To Discussion Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
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Site Setup Wizard Limited No Free Add On No
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Style Wizard Limited No Yes No
Subscriptions Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On
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Undo Limited No Yes Limited
WYSIWYG Editor Free Add On Yes Yes Yes
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Page Caching Yes Yes Yes Free Add On
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Advertising Management Free Add On Yes Free Add On No
Asset Management Yes Yes Yes Yes
Clipboard No No Yes No
Content Scheduling Free Add On Yes Yes Limited
Content Staging Free Add On No Free Add On No
Inline Administration Yes Yes Yes Free Add On
Online Administration Yes Yes Yes Yes
Package Deployment Free Add On No Yes No
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Trash No Yes Yes Yes
Web Statistics Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Web-based Style/Template Management Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web-based Translation Management Yes Free Add On Yes Limited
Workflow Engine Free Add On No Yes No
Interoperability Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Content Syndication (RSS) Yes Yes Yes Yes
FTP Support Limited Yes Yes Free Add On
iCal Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
UTF-8 Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
WAI Compliant Limited No Yes Limited
WebDAV Support No No Free Add On No
XHTML Compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flexibility Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
CGI-mode Support Yes Yes Yes No
Content Reuse Limited Yes Yes Yes
Extensible User Profiles Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Interface Localization Yes Yes Yes Yes
Metadata Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-lingual Content Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On
Multi-lingual Content Integration Yes Free Add On Yes Free Add On
Multi-Site Deployment Yes Free Add On Yes Yes
URL Rewriting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Built-in Applications Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
Blog Yes Yes Free Add On Yes
Chat Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Classifieds Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Contact Management Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Data Entry Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Database Reports Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On No
Discussion / Forum Yes Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Document Management Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Yes
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Events Management Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Expense Reports No Free Add On Free Add On No
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In/Out Board Free Add On No No Free Add On
Job Postings Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
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Matrix No No Free Add On No
My Page / Dashboard Free Add On No Free Add On Yes
Newsletter Free Add On Free Add On Yes Free Add On
Photo Gallery Free Add On Free Add On Yes Yes
Polls Yes Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Product Management Free Add On Yes Free Add On Free Add On
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Search Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes
Site Map Free Add On Free Add On Yes Free Add On
Stock Quotes Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Surveys Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
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Tests / Quizzes Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Time Tracking Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
User Contributions Yes Yes Yes Yes
Weather Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Web Services Front End Limited Yes Free Add On Free Add On
Wiki Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On Free Add On
Commerce Drupal 7.12 Joomla! 2.5.4 TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS WordPress 3.3.2
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