Which CMS is right for you in our CMS com­par­i­son 2026?

Content man­age­ment systems (CMS) make it easy to publish content quickly and present it in an appealing way. WordPress is par­tic­u­lar­ly popular, while other es­tab­lished CMS platforms such as TYPO3 and Drupal are also widely used for building websites. At the same time, newer ap­proach­es are gaining attention, for example through strong per­for­mance or dedicated AI features.

Key Takeaways ⓘ

Which CMS is right depends on the re­quire­ments of your project. This is what the com­par­i­son covers:

• Com­par­i­son table: nine CMS rated by user-friend­li­ness, cus­tomiz­abil­i­ty, security and costs
• WordPress, TYPO3, Joomla!, Drupal and Contao: facts, system re­quire­ments, pros and cons
• IONOS Website Builder and Webflow: website solutions with an editor and in­te­grat­ed hosting
• Sanity and Con­tent­ful: headless content platforms for om­nichan­nel and API-driven projects
• Checklist: how to find the right CMS

The 9 best CMS in com­par­i­son

The cost rating also includes the costs for hosting, ex­ten­sions and themes.

All details are correct as of May 2026.

WordPress

WordPress is the most widely used open-source CMS worldwide on the market. Orig­i­nal­ly designed as a blogging system, various ex­ten­sions are now available for the basic in­stal­la­tion, enabling the software to be upgraded to a fully func­tion­al content man­age­ment system.

Facts

• Around 60,000 free plugins and 14,000 design templates
• “Five-minute in­stal­la­tion” via a setup wizard
• WordPress 7.0 features a re­designed admin interface and an AI client interface
• Advanced re­spon­sive editing tools allow content to be optimized specif­i­cal­ly for mobile devices or hidden where required

System re­quire­ments for WordPress

• Web server: Any server with PHP and MySQL/MariaDB support (Apache or NGINX rec­om­mend­ed for optimal per­for­mance)
• Mid­dle­ware: PHP 8.3 or higher (PHP 8.4 rec­om­mend­ed)
• Database: MySQL 8.0 or higher, MariaDB 10.6 or higher
• Further rec­om­men­da­tions: HTTPS support

The software’s large user community benefits from a vast selection of themes, plugins and widgets. However, this extensive ecosystem can also make the system more complex, difficult to navigate and po­ten­tial­ly slower, depending on the ex­ten­sions used.

Due to its wide­spread use, WordPress is also a popular target for cy­ber­at­tacks. Users therefore need to keep the CMS and its ex­ten­sions up to date with security updates. Although patches are generally released promptly when vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties are dis­cov­ered, com­pat­i­bil­i­ty issues can oc­ca­sion­al­ly arise with the numerous ex­ten­sions used to expand the system.

Thanks to the rel­a­tive­ly straight­for­ward basic in­stal­la­tion, WordPress is well suited to small and simply struc­tured websites. It is par­tic­u­lar­ly popular with bloggers who want to regularly publish changing content in at­trac­tive layouts, as it provides an intuitive web interface for managing content. However, as an online project becomes more complex, managing WordPress can require con­sid­er­ably more effort.

As visitor numbers and website com­plex­i­ty increase, WordPress can place greater demands on the server. Users planning complex multi-domain projects with a strong mul­ti­lin­gual focus may therefore want to consider a CMS such as TYPO3 instead.

TYPO3

TYPO3 is, like WordPress, one of the best-known open-source content man­age­ment systems. It is designed as an en­ter­prise CMS and is con­tin­u­ous­ly developed by its core de­vel­op­ment team and open-source community. TYPO3 is par­tic­u­lar­ly suited to large, complex web projects, including corporate portals, mul­ti­lin­gual websites and multi-site en­vi­ron­ments, and offers extensive options for scal­a­bil­i­ty, in­te­gra­tion and cus­tomiza­tion.

Facts

• En­ter­prise content man­age­ment system
• Extensive range of functions
• Granular user and access rights man­age­ment
• Flexible in­te­gra­tion with external systems such as CRM and ERP solutions, with AI func­tion­al­i­ty also available through ex­ten­sions and in­te­gra­tions

System re­quire­ments for TYPO3 CMS

• Web server: Apache, NGINX or Microsoft IIS
• Mid­dle­ware: PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 or 8.5
• Database: MySQL 8.0.17 or higher, MariaDB 10.4.3 or higher, Post­greSQL 10.0 or higher, SQLite 3.8.3 or higher
• Further rec­om­men­da­tions: Graph­ic­s­Mag­ick 1.3 or higher or Im­ageMag­ick 6 or higher for image pro­cess­ing; ap­pro­pri­ate PHP ex­ten­sions and server con­fig­u­ra­tion depending on the in­stal­la­tion

TYPO3 benefits from an active community and pro­fes­sion­al agency ecosystem, providing users with access to doc­u­men­ta­tion, community support and spe­cial­ist services for more complex projects.

The in­stal­la­tion of TYPO3 and pro­fes­sion­al use of the CMS generally require technical expertise. TYPO3 is therefore par­tic­u­lar­ly suitable for complex website struc­tures, mul­ti­lin­gual content and multi-site en­vi­ron­ments. Its granular access control allows per­mis­sions to be assigned for in­di­vid­ual modules, pages, fields and other areas of the backend. The CMS can also be connected to external business ap­pli­ca­tions such as CRM and ERP systems.

The extensive func­tion­al­i­ty and con­fig­u­ra­tion options can, however, result in a rel­a­tive­ly steep learning curve and greater ad­min­is­tra­tive effort than with simpler CMS platforms.

Joomla!

Joomla! is another es­tab­lished open-source CMS. It is suitable for both beginners and more ex­pe­ri­enced users, although it generally requires more fa­mil­iar­iza­tion than WordPress. A wide range of CMS functions is already included in the core system, reducing the need for ad­di­tion­al ex­ten­sions for basic tasks. Users also benefit from extensive community-supported doc­u­men­ta­tion and an active user forum.

Facts

• Thousands of ex­ten­sions and templates available
• Object-oriented ar­chi­tec­ture and ex­ten­si­ble CMS framework
• Active in­ter­na­tion­al community
• Built-in ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty features for both the frontend and backend

System re­quire­ments for Joomla! 6.1

• Web server: Apache HTTP Server 2.4, NGINX 1.26 or higher, Microsoft IIS 10
• Mid­dle­ware: PHP 8.3 or higher (rec­om­mend­ed: PHP 8.4)
• Databases: MySQL 8.0.13 or higher, MariaDB 10.4 or higher, Post­greSQL 14.0 or higher
• Further rec­om­men­da­tions: mod_rewrite for Apache or the URL Rewrite Module for IIS when using SEO-friendly URLs

Joomla! was orig­i­nal­ly created as a successor to the open-source CMS Mambo and has since developed into an in­de­pen­dent content man­age­ment system with an ex­ten­si­ble, object-oriented ar­chi­tec­ture. Users can extend the core system with com­po­nents, modules, plugins, templates and language packages. The official Joomla! Ex­ten­sions Directory provides thousands of options, while Joomla itself states that its ecosystem comprises more than 10,000 ex­ten­sions and templates.

Joomla! dis­tin­guish­es between several types of ex­ten­sions, including plugins, com­po­nents, modules, templates and languages. This structure offers con­sid­er­able flex­i­bil­i­ty, but users may need some time to become familiar with how the in­di­vid­ual elements interact. Joomla! also includes granular access control, allowing per­mis­sions to be assigned to different user groups and content areas.

Ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty is another area in which Joomla! provides in­te­grat­ed func­tion­al­i­ty. Its backend includes ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty options, while built-in tools such as the ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty plugin and Jooa11y checker can assist with ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty in both the backend and frontend. These tools support ac­ces­si­ble website creation, although they do not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly make an entire website ac­ces­si­ble.

Drupal

The modular CMS Drupal was orig­i­nal­ly developed as a student community solution, but is now available as a full-fledged open-source CMS. The software comes with a lean basic in­stal­la­tion that can be ex­ten­sive­ly expanded using modules. Even today, the project’s strengths lie in the community area. The base module alone provides numerous Web 2.0 and community features such as weblogs, forums and tag clouds.

Facts

• Highly flexible, modular structure with strong API support
• Lean basic in­stal­la­tion with more than 56,000 extension modules available
• Extensive ecosystem of modules, themes and dis­tri­b­u­tions
• Around 1,500 dis­tri­b­u­tions for different use cases
• Dedicated security team and security advisory system

System re­quire­ments for Drupal 11

• Web server: Apache 2.4.7 or higher, NGINX 1.1 or higher
• Mid­dle­ware: PHP 8.3 or higher
• Database: MySQL 8.0 or higher, MariaDB 10.6 or higher, Post­greSQL 16 or higher with the pg_trgm extension, SQLite 3.45 or higher
• Other re­quire­ments: Composer 2.7.0 or higher for de­pen­den­cy man­age­ment

The Drupal CMS offers extensive cus­tomiza­tion options thanks to its modular ar­chi­tec­ture. Users who do not want to assemble every component in­di­vid­u­al­ly can also choose from pre­con­fig­ured Drupal dis­tri­b­u­tions, which combine Drupal core with ad­di­tion­al modules, themes and con­fig­u­ra­tion for par­tic­u­lar use cases.

Thanks to its modular ar­chi­tec­ture and strong API ca­pa­bil­i­ties, Drupal is well suited to complex websites, community platforms, en­ter­prise portals and decoupled ap­pli­ca­tions. JSON:API is included in Drupal core, allowing content managed in Drupal to be made available to other ap­pli­ca­tions and frontend tech­nolo­gies.

Drupal also has tools designed to simplify site building. For example, the Project Browser can help users find and install modules directly from the ad­min­is­tra­tion interface, although it is provided as a separate Drupal project rather than being a standard Drupal 11 core feature. AI func­tion­al­i­ty is likewise available through Drupal’s growing ecosystem of AI modules and in­te­gra­tions rather than being an inherent feature of every Drupal 11 in­stal­la­tion.

In­stal­la­tion and de­pen­den­cy man­age­ment are generally handled with Composer. Drupal follows a backwards-com­pat­i­bil­i­ty policy for public APIs within minor releases, which helps make updates more pre­dictable. Nev­er­the­less, con­tributed modules, custom code and major-version upgrades may still require com­pat­i­bil­i­ty checks or ad­just­ments.

Contao

The CMS Contao is a clear and user-friendly content man­age­ment solution. The system scores with an intuitive, mul­ti­lin­gual backend and a clearly struc­tured ad­min­is­tra­tion interface. The software project places par­tic­u­lar emphasis on com­pat­i­bil­i­ty with web standards and on ac­ces­si­ble provision of online content in HTML5.

Facts

• User-friendly CMS with extensive func­tion­al­i­ty
• Large selection of ex­ten­sions
• Mul­ti­lin­gual backend
• Online demo available
• Built-in features and semantic markup that support the creation of ac­ces­si­ble websites

System re­quire­ments for Contao 5.7 LTS

• Web server: Any current web server with PHP and MySQL/MariaDB support; Apache and NGINX are commonly used
• Mid­dle­ware: PHP 8.3 or higher (PHP 8.4 or higher rec­om­mend­ed)
• Database: MySQL 5.7.6 or higher or MariaDB 10.4.3 or higher; MySQL 8.0 or an equiv­a­lent current MariaDB version is rec­om­mend­ed
• Further re­quire­ments: PHP ex­ten­sions including DOM, PCRE, Intl, PDO, ZLIB, JSON, cURL, Mbstring and Fileinfo; GD, Imagick or Gmagick is required for image pro­cess­ing

The CMS Contao already offers a wide range of features in its basic con­fig­u­ra­tion and can be adapted to in­di­vid­ual re­quire­ments using ex­ten­sions. The official Contao Ex­ten­sions directory provides ad­di­tion­al packages for expanding the CMS.

Contao provides flexible tools for designing websites using layouts, templates, modules and content elements. Website operators can also use ready-made themes from third-party providers. This makes it possible to adapt the ap­pear­ance and func­tion­al­i­ty of a website without having to develop every component from scratch.

Ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty is an important part of Contao’s de­vel­op­ment. The CMS uses semantic HTML in its standard output and includes ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty-oriented features such as al­ter­na­tive text fields, skip links and ARIA at­trib­ut­es in relevant com­po­nents. Recent releases have also in­tro­duced further ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty im­prove­ments to the backend and nav­i­ga­tion. However, the CMS alone does not guarantee that a finished website complies with a par­tic­u­lar ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty standard or law.

Contao 5.7 is the current long-term support (LTS) release. It receives bug fixes during its LTS phase, followed by security-only main­te­nance, with security updates scheduled until February 2030.

The flexible CMS can be used for projects ranging from con­ven­tion­al company websites and mi­crosites to more complex portals and web ap­pli­ca­tions. Contao describes itself as a CMS for creating pro­fes­sion­al websites and scalable web ap­pli­ca­tions, while its modular ar­chi­tec­ture allows func­tion­al­i­ty to be extended where required.

IONOS Website Builder

Away from the popular CMS systems, website builders are in­creas­ing­ly in demand as the basis for web projects. One of the most modern examples of this type is the website builder from IONOS. IONOS offers its website solution as a plan that includes an in­di­vid­ual domain and a TLS/SSL cer­tifi­cate. Users therefore benefit not only from a beginner-friendly website builder that requires no coding skills, but also from a managed hosting en­vi­ron­ment, with IONOS taking care of the technical ad­min­is­tra­tion and main­te­nance.

Facts

• User-friendly editor
• Numerous AI features for website design, content creation and op­ti­miza­tion
• Website and hosting from a single provider
• Domain and TLS/SSL cer­tifi­cate included

At the heart of the solution is an easy-to-use website editor. To get started, you can choose a design template suited to your project, whether you are creating a personal website, club website or business site. With a simple AI prompt, you can adapt the design to your re­quire­ments in just a few seconds. A wide range of design, colour and layout options then allows you to customize the result further. The re­spon­sive templates au­to­mat­i­cal­ly adapt to different screen sizes.

The website builder’s AI features can also assist with other aspects of your site. Depending on the plan selected, AI tools can generate a logo, create suitable text and images, and support search engine op­ti­miza­tion.

If you want to sell products online, you can add an online store to your website. In­te­grat­ed analytics tools also provide insights that can help you evaluate and improve your online presence.

Webflow

Webflow is a cloud-based website ex­pe­ri­ence platform that combines a visual website builder, CMS, hosting and team workflows in one solution. The system is aimed primarily at marketing, design and content teams that want to create and run websites without a tra­di­tion­al backend setup.

Facts

• Visual CMS with in­te­grat­ed hosting and global CDN delivery
• Extensive APIs for CMS content, pages, lo­cal­iza­tion and in­te­gra­tions
• Roles and pub­lish­ing per­mis­sions for team workflows
• Testing and per­son­al­iza­tion available through Webflow Optimize

Webflow combines a modern visual de­vel­op­ment en­vi­ron­ment with content man­age­ment, hosting and pub­lish­ing tools. Teams can manage CMS content, adjust layouts visually and assign roles and pub­lish­ing per­mis­sions. En­ter­prise plans add more advanced col­lab­o­ra­tion features, including custom roles, page branching and design approvals. For in­ter­na­tion­al projects, Webflow also supports the lo­cal­iza­tion of static pages and CMS content, including pro­gram­mat­ic man­age­ment via its APIs.

The platform is par­tic­u­lar­ly well suited to marketing teams that want to create and publish new pages without relying on tra­di­tion­al de­vel­op­ment workflows for every change. Webflow Optimize can ad­di­tion­al­ly be used for A/B testing, AI-assisted op­ti­miza­tion and per­son­al­ized website ex­pe­ri­ences. These features are available as an add-on rather than being included with every Webflow plan.

Webflow’s next-gen CMS ar­chi­tec­ture was initially in­tro­duced for En­ter­prise customers in January 2026 and rolled out to all customers with CMS access in April 2026. The new ar­chi­tec­ture increases CMS capacity and provides greater flex­i­bil­i­ty when modeling and designing with struc­tured content.

One drawback is the de­pen­dence on Webflow’s platform and hosting ecosystem. Although Webflow offers extensive APIs and in­te­gra­tion options, projects requiring highly spe­cial­ized backend logic may need ad­di­tion­al external services or custom in­fra­struc­ture. Custom code added directly through Webflow’s editor and site settings is limited to HTML, CSS and JavaScript; server-side languages such as PHP, Python or Ruby cannot be executed there. En­ter­prise customers do, however, have ad­di­tion­al de­ploy­ment options through Webflow Custom Hosting.

Sanity

Sanity is a headless CMS or com­pos­able content platform that provides struc­tured content via APIs for websites, apps and other digital channels. At its core are the hosted Content Lake as a real-time data foun­da­tion and the cus­tomiz­able Sanity Studio, developed as a React ap­pli­ca­tion and adaptable to in­di­vid­ual editorial and approval processes.

Facts

• Struc­tured content platform with API-first content delivery
• Sanity Studio is open source, React-based and ex­ten­sive­ly cus­tomiz­able
• Real-time col­lab­o­ra­tion with presence in­di­ca­tors; comments and tasks are available depending on the plan
• Current Studio gen­er­a­tion with built-in Vite tooling and optional automatic updates

System re­quire­ments for Sanity Studio

• Web server: Not required for content storage, as Sanity Content Lake is a hosted service; Sanity Studio can be hosted by Sanity or deployed on your own in­fra­struc­ture
• Mid­dle­ware: Node.js 22.12 or higher and npm or a com­pat­i­ble package manager for local Studio de­vel­op­ment
• Database: No database needs to be operated by the user, as struc­tured content is stored in Sanity Content Lake
• Further rec­om­men­da­tions: A current browser; when using the current @sanity/client in a Node.js en­vi­ron­ment, Node.js 22.12 or higher is required

Sanity Studio is a React ap­pli­ca­tion with built-in de­vel­op­ment tooling based on Vite. Sanity can host the Studio on a sanity.studio domain, but it can also be self-hosted or embedded in another ap­pli­ca­tion. Automatic Studio updates can be enabled so that com­pat­i­ble releases are applied without modifying custom project code.

Sanity is par­tic­u­lar­ly suitable for teams that want to manage content in a highly struc­tured way across multiple channels. Rather than tying content to in­di­vid­ual pages and templates, struc­tured content models are stored in Content Lake and made available to websites, apps and other channels via APIs. This makes Sanity suitable for om­nichan­nel projects, doc­u­men­ta­tion platforms, e-commerce setups and custom web ap­pli­ca­tions.

A key advantage is the high level of cus­tomiza­tion of the editorial ex­pe­ri­ence. Sanity Studio is open source and React-based, and its forms, in­ter­faces and workflows can be adapted through code. Real-time editing and presence in­di­ca­tors support col­lab­o­ra­tive work. Comments and tasks add further col­lab­o­ra­tion options on eligible paid plans, while document history and version com­par­i­son help teams track content changes.

This flex­i­bil­i­ty comes with a com­par­a­tive­ly high de­vel­op­ment effort. Sanity provides a content platform and cus­tomiz­able editing en­vi­ron­ment rather than a con­ven­tion­al ready-made website system. Projects therefore generally require a separate frontend. For teams that want to launch a con­ven­tion­al website with minimal de­vel­op­ment work, a tra­di­tion­al CMS or website builder may be easier to use. Sanity’s strengths become par­tic­u­lar­ly apparent when struc­tured content needs to be reused across several channels or when the editorial en­vi­ron­ment needs to be tailored closely to a project.

Con­tent­ful

Con­tent­ful is a cloud-based com­pos­able content platform that centrally models and manages content and delivers it via API to websites, apps and other digital touch­points. The system is one of the best-known en­ter­prise headless content man­age­ment systems and is aimed primarily at companies that want to manage content con­sis­tent­ly across multiple brands, regions or channels.

Facts

• API-first content platform with REST and GraphQL in­ter­faces
• Struc­tured content modeling using content types
• Ex­ten­si­ble through the App Framework and Mar­ket­place apps
• En­vi­ron­ments, roles and per­mis­sions for struc­tured de­vel­op­ment and pub­lish­ing processes
• Workflows and per­son­al­iza­tion available depending on the product and plan

Con­tent­ful is par­tic­u­lar­ly well suited to complex mul­ti­chan­nel and en­ter­prise projects. Content is organized using struc­tured content models and can then be delivered to websites, apps and other digital channels via APIs. The platform supports multiple en­vi­ron­ments for de­vel­op­ment, staging and pro­duc­tion, as well as roles and per­mis­sions that can restrict access to specific content and en­vi­ron­ments.

Another advantage is its high level of ex­ten­si­bil­i­ty. Using the App Framework and Mar­ket­place apps, teams can integrate external services and add custom func­tion­al­i­ty to the Con­tent­ful web app. Custom apps can also be developed to adapt the editorial ex­pe­ri­ence to in­di­vid­ual re­quire­ments.

For or­ga­ni­za­tions with more complex gov­er­nance re­quire­ments, Con­tent­ful provides workflows with con­fig­urable steps and per­mis­sions for editing, pub­lish­ing and moving content between workflow stages. However, workflows are only available on certain plans. Con­tent­ful Per­son­al­iza­tion ad­di­tion­al­ly supports targeted content variants, ex­per­i­men­ta­tion and per­son­al­ized digital ex­pe­ri­ences as a separate product.

One dis­ad­van­tage is that Con­tent­ful can be more complex than necessary for small, con­ven­tion­al websites. As an API-first content platform, it generally requires a separate frontend rather than providing a tra­di­tion­al all-in-one website system. This offers con­sid­er­able flex­i­bil­i­ty but also increases de­vel­op­ment effort compared with website builders or con­ven­tion­al CMS platforms that combine content man­age­ment and page pre­sen­ta­tion.

How do I find the right CMS?

To choose the right CMS, website operators should first define the goals and re­quire­ments of their planned online project. Not every system is equally suitable for a blog, company website, mul­ti­lin­gual portal or API-based content platform. The following checklist high­lights the most important selection criteria and shows which of the systems presented is par­tic­u­lar­ly well suited to each use case.

Checklist: Finding the right CMS

✓ Define the intended use: Is the aim to create a classic website, blog, portal, online store or community platform?

For blogs, magazines and small to medium-sized content websites, WordPress is often a suitable choice.

✓ Analyze content and target audience: What content will be provided and who is it aimed at?

For con­ven­tion­al company websites and medium-sized web projects, Joomla! and Contao are suitable options. The IONOS Website Builder is a good choice when content needs to go online quickly and with minimal technical effort.

✓ Consider editorial workflows: How many people will work with the system, and are roles, per­mis­sions or approval processes required?

For larger editorial teams, corporate portals and struc­tured approval processes, TYPO3 and Con­tent­ful are par­tic­u­lar­ly suitable. Sanity is also a strong option for teams that want to manage struc­tured content col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly.

✓ Assess user-friend­li­ness: Should the CMS be intuitive to use without extensive pro­gram­ming knowledge?

For beginners and small busi­ness­es, the IONOS Website Builder, WordPress and Webflow are suitable options. Webflow is par­tic­u­lar­ly at­trac­tive when visual editing and design flex­i­bil­i­ty are pri­or­i­ties.

✓ Check the range of features: Are mul­ti­lin­gual support, blogging features, in­ter­faces, search functions or multisite ca­pa­bil­i­ties required?

For mul­ti­lin­gual websites, complex site struc­tures and multi-domain projects, TYPO3 and Drupal are strong choices. Drupal is also well suited to community platforms and API-first projects.

✓ Plan for ex­ten­si­bil­i­ty: Can the system be adapted as re­quire­ments change through plugins, modules, themes or APIs?

Drupal, WordPress, Sanity and Con­tent­ful offer par­tic­u­lar­ly extensive cus­tomiza­tion options. Sanity and Con­tent­ful are es­pe­cial­ly well suited to headless and om­nichan­nel scenarios.

✓ Consider SEO and re­spon­sive design: Does the CMS support search engine-friendly URLs, metadata and mobile-optimized layouts?

For marketing-focused websites, landing pages and SEO-oriented content projects, Webflow, WordPress and Contao are par­tic­u­lar­ly suitable.

✓ Compare security and main­te­nance: Are regular updates, good doc­u­men­ta­tion and an active community or pro­fes­sion­al support available?

TYPO3, Drupal and Contao offer es­tab­lished update and security processes, while Con­tent­ful provides a managed platform en­vi­ron­ment. With the IONOS Website Builder, the provider also takes care of the in­fra­struc­ture, software updates and technical main­te­nance.

✓ Assess the technical re­quire­ments re­al­is­ti­cal­ly: Do the hosting re­quire­ments, main­te­nance effort and available expertise match the system?

Users with limited technical expertise are generally better served by the IONOS Website Builder, WordPress or Webflow. For tech­ni­cal­ly demanding and highly cus­tomized projects, TYPO3, Drupal, Sanity and Con­tent­ful offer greater flex­i­bil­i­ty.

✓ Calculate the total costs: In addition to license or plan costs, consider expenses for hosting, ex­ten­sions, de­vel­op­ment, main­te­nance and support.

For cost-conscious projects, open-source solutions such as WordPress, Joomla! and Contao can be at­trac­tive. TYPO3, Con­tent­ful and, depending on the project, Webflow or Sanity are more likely to justify their ad­di­tion­al effort or costs when their advanced features and platform ca­pa­bil­i­ties are genuinely required.