Plone CMS Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of Plone CMS based on over 443 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

Plone CMS, Frame.io, Media Shuttle, ClickHelp, Chanty, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Content Management Systems. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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Plone CMS supports business activities such as:

  • Content Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Sending & Publishing Communications
  • Collaboration
  • Knowledge Management

Plone CMS can help you with many business goals, such as Acquire Customers, Enhance Customer Relationships, Improve Digital And Social Presence, and Improve Efficiency. It can help manage these activities if you use Website and Video for these needs. As a solution, Plone CMS's capabilities include Templates, Personalization, and Widgets.

Plone CMS was founded in 2000. Information Technology and Services Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"...The Plone Content Management System (CMS/DMS) already provides a build in fast live search...." Search Implementation On A Website Difficult?

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Plone CMS solved their Content Management Systems needs. Cuspera uses 443 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Content Management Systems needs.

Business Priorities

Acquire Customers and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using Plone CMS.

Other priorities:

  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Efficiency
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Content Management , Workflow Management , Sending & Publishing Communications , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using Plone CMS.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Content Management with Website

4.93/5 ★

Read Reviews (75)

"...The Plone Content Management System (CMS/DMS) already provides a build in fast live search...." Search Implementation On A Website Difficult?
content publishing

4.78/5 ★

Read Reviews (11)

"...After uploading your content and easily storing it, its extremely simple to retrieve it from any page you're working on...."
content curation

4.75/5 ★

Read Reviews (9)

"...Within an hour or so, a brand new user can be doing page edits and adding content...."
content tracking

3.88/5 ★

Read Reviews (2)

"...Plone provides a very scalable architecture, the ability to configure complex workflows and permissions, the ability to plug in external authentication systems, full revision history and tracking of content revisions and many other enterprise features not seen in most opensource CMSs...."
Workflow Management with Website

4.90/5 ★

Read Reviews (27)

"...Flexible workflows...."
Sending & Publishing Communications with Video

3.84/5 ★

Read Reviews (10)

"...Publishing workflow, multi-level undo and rollback, etc make Plone very attractive in active publishing environments...."
PEER EXPERIENCES
Content Management with Website

4.93/5 ★

Read Reviews (75)

"...The Plone Content Management System (CMS/DMS) already provides a build in fast live search...." Search Implementation On A Website Difficult?
content publishing

4.93/5 ★

Read Reviews (11)

content curation

4.93/5 ★

Read Reviews (9)

content tracking

4.93/5 ★

Read Reviews (2)

Workflow Management with Website

4.90/5 ★

Read Reviews (27)

"...Flexible workflows...." Peer review by Jussi Talaskivi, Information Systems Analyst, University of Jyväskylä
Sending & Publishing Communications with Video

3.84/5 ★

Read Reviews (10)

"...Publishing workflow, multi-level undo and rollback, etc make Plone very attractive in active publishing environments...." Peer review by Peter Fraterdeus, Director of Design, SlowPrint.com

13+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 443 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these Plone CMS use cases fit your Content Management Systems needs.

Popular Business Setting

for Plone CMS

Top Industries

  • Information Technology and Services
  • Computer Software
  • Education

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

Peers used Plone CMS to Acquire customers and Enhance customer relationships

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for Plone CMS

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Templates

2.70/5 ★

Read Reviews (17)
Personalization

2.73/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)
Widgets

2.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Templates

2.70/5 ★

Read Reviews (17)
Personalization

2.73/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)
Widgets

2.98/5 ★

Read Reviews (5)

IT and Other Capabilities

for Plone CMS

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

4.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (47)
Data Export

3.81/5 ★

Read Reviews (37)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

4.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (47)
Data Export

3.81/5 ★

Read Reviews (37)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
24/7 Support

3.97/5 ★

Read Reviews (24)
Chat Support

2.48/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
24/7 Support

3.97/5 ★

Read Reviews (24)
Chat Support

2.48/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.00/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
Custom Reports

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (59)
Analytics

3.57/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.00/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
Custom Reports

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (59)
Analytics

3.57/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for Plone CMS

Overall Risk Meter

Low Medium High

Top Failure Risks for Plone CMS

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

Plone

Company Website

https://plone.org/

Year Founded

2000

HQ Location

Employees

11-50

Social

Financials

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