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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LightCMS (discontinued)

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ALightCMS, from NetSuite, was a cloud-based content management system for building websites and eCommerce storefronts. It is designed to be used by individuals, non-profits, and small to medium-sized businesses. The product has been discontinued.N/A

    WordPress

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AWordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers, and a content management system, known for its simplicity and modifiability. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.

    $3

    per month 6 GB storage

    Pricing
    LightCMS (discontinued)WordPress
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Personal
    $4
    per month 6 GB storage
    Premium
    $8
    per month 13 GB storage
    Business
    $25
    per month 50 GB storage
    Commerce
    $45
    per month 50 GB storage
    Enterprise
    Contact for pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LightCMS (discontinued)WordPress
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for Business and Commerce plans vary on number of GB.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    LightCMS (discontinued)WordPress
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose LightCMS (discontinued)
    We have looked at hundrends of CMS's and LightCMS is a perfect entry-level system for most of our small to mid sized clients. LightCMS's feature set is less complex than almost every other system and the actual interface is miles ahead of most other CMS systems. It's simply …
    Incentivized
    Automattic
    Chose WordPress
    WordPress is perfect for small to mid-sized business, but enterprise support is better in Sitecore and Sitefinity.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    LightCMS (discontinued)WordPress
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of LightCMS (discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    LightCMS (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    WordPress
    8.7
    131 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.01 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of LightCMS (discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    LightCMS (discontinued)
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    WordPress
    8.3
    137 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings8.7124 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness9.01 Ratings7.0123 Ratings
    Admin section9.01 Ratings8.7135 Ratings
    Page templates10.01 Ratings9.0132 Ratings
    Library of website themes10.01 Ratings6.5134 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings9.0133 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
    Form generator7.01 Ratings9.0106 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of LightCMS (discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    LightCMS (discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    WordPress
    8.6
    135 Ratings
    Content taxonomy4.01 Ratings8.9115 Ratings
    SEO support7.01 Ratings8.7121 Ratings
    Bulk management8.01 Ratings7.4102 Ratings
    Community / comment management10.01 Ratings9.2124 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.7124 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of LightCMS (discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    LightCMS (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress
    8.7
    107 Ratings
    API00 Ratings9.097 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.481 Ratings
    User Ratings
    LightCMS (discontinued)WordPress
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (173 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)