DotNetNuke, Joomla, Kentico and WordPress are the most popular Content Management Systems or CMS Applications used all over the world to power websites. However, even though each CMS has its advantages and shortcomings, you can build your own website of any kind. Let us now compare the features and other information about all the four Content Management Systems.
| DotNetNuke | Joomla | Kentico | WordPress | |
| CMS Release Date | February 2009 | August 2005 | September 2004 | May 2003 |
| Started by | Walker\’s company | Forked from Mambo | Petr Palas | Matt Mullenwegg and Mike Little |
| Company | DotNetNuke Corp. | The Joomla Project | Kentico Software | WordPress |
| Framework | .NET | PHP | .NET | PHP |
| Application Server | Windows | Windows, Linux | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Licensing Model | Open Source | Open Source | Pay Per Domain | Open Source |
| Base Cost | N/A | Free | Affordable Cost | Free |
| Implementation Cost | N/A | Costly | Free | Costly |
| Usability | Less | Comparatively Less | High | High |
| No. of websites powered | >7,50,000 | >500,000,000 | >10 million | >10 million |
| Downloads | >8 million | >30 million | >1 million | >140 million |
| Top sites using the platform | EricksonTribune, Magenic, SkyeTek | Harvard University, The Hill | BendixKing, RAC, Brantano | Forbes, CNN, Sony |
| Free Themes | 1,315+ | 900+ | 1000+ | 2000+ |
| Free Plug-ins | 12,780+ | 7000+ | 10000+ | 27000+ |
| Best used for | Commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications | e-commerce, social networking sites | e-commerce, intranet, social networking, online marketing | Blogs, corporate websites, small-medium sized websites |