I read a lot that EE is cheap compared to other systems. Can anyone just give me an example of “other systems” that have the same functionality as EE but charge more?
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November 04, 2007 7:21pm
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I read a lot that EE is cheap compared to other systems. Can anyone just give me an example of “other systems” that have the same functionality as EE but charge more?
#2 / Nov 04, 2007 10:19pm
Well Magnolia Enterprise Edition starts at around $8,000. It has a fairly nice and easy to use interface, includes multi-language support, versioning, workflow management, RSS, SEO Safe Urls, templating engine, and other features that can be found in Expression Engine. Now it does have some functionality that EE doesn’t have—such as Single Sign On for separate apps using LDAP or ADS, deployment modules, etc. But you’d have to decide if those features were worth the extra $7,800.
There is a slew of Content Management Systems that are over $15,000. In fact, I believe the basic groupings are: (1) Free/Open Source; (2) below $1,000; (3) below $5,000; (4) below $15,000; and (5) above $15,000 (which can go higher than $100,000.
Not that I’ve done a one to one comparison of the large number of under $15,000 CMS crowd, but I’d say Expression Engine compares fairly well with most of them. It maybe missing things like Java, deployment modules, or windows integration support—but it has and handles very well a number of the real CMS features, as opposed to enterprise level additives. Things like workflow, user and group security, code security, ease of use, scheduling, templates, etc., etc.