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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ExpressionEngine

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AExpressionEngine is a content management system from EllisLab in 2002, a successor to pMachine Pro, a blogging system, which is written in object-oriented PHP and uses MySQL for data storage. ExpressionEngine is their flagship Content Delivery Platform.

    $249

    per year

    Magnolia

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Founded in Switzerland in 1997, Magnolia is a CMS used to build composable digital experiences. Magnolia helps create fully integrated customer experiences and speeds up digital delivery of content. Magnolia boasts 480 enterprise customers, thousands of Community Edition deployments, and more than 200 certified Magnolia Partners around the world. They further state that their enterprise customers include Sanofi, Generali, the Atlassian, The New York Times, Harley Davidson, and Union…

    $3,500

    per month

    Pricing
    ExpressionEngineMagnolia
    Editions & Modules
    License
    $299.00
    One Time Fee
    DX Core
    $3500
    per month
    DX Cloud
    $6000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ExpressionEngineMagnolia
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    ExpressionEngineMagnolia
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ExpressionEngine and Magnolia
    Feature
    ExpressionEngine
    10.0
    35 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.1
    70 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.035 Ratings8.170 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ExpressionEngine and Magnolia
    Feature
    ExpressionEngine
    9.4
    28 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    API9.024 Ratings8.562 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.722 Ratings7.762 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of ExpressionEngine and Magnolia
    Feature
    ExpressionEngine
    8.9
    35 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.0
    75 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor9.132 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.034 Ratings8.466 Ratings
    Admin section9.134 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Page templates8.129 Ratings8.973 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.011 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.917 Ratings8.564 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.027 Ratings7.574 Ratings
    Form generator9.420 Ratings6.959 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of ExpressionEngine and Magnolia
    Feature
    ExpressionEngine
    9.4
    35 Ratings
    Magnolia
    7.5
    70 Ratings
    Content taxonomy10.027 Ratings7.664 Ratings
    SEO support10.027 Ratings7.264 Ratings
    Bulk management9.129 Ratings7.658 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.034 Ratings7.963 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.931 Ratings6.952 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ExpressionEngineMagnolia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (63 ratings)
    8.1
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    5.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (69 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    2.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (68 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)