In C#, I think mojoPortal is leading the race, with the lots of free out of box features it has. Dotnetnuke is another good asp.net CMS but is based on vb.net, which I don't like being a bit too much verbose. Kentico is also good one, but enterprise level stuff are not free there. But for all asp.net cms hosting is a big issue, most of it needs full trust level hosted space, which is difficult to get.
In this area, Joomla and Drupal are very easy to host, rather many host providers have feature to install it for free for you, confirming their 'ease to configure' feature. And, all the stuffs are free in joomla and drupal, the only issue I have with this that its not in my native language C#, its in PHP. But available feature for these two are enticing, especially I would recommend Drupal which boasts of free time tracking, project management, dashboard, Drag n drop which even Joomla do not happen to have.
So for me Drupal is the clear winner and I am going to explore it more, so what I am not a PHP developer but I am certainly fan of open source projects.
Here is a comparison I picked from a great cms site (would have been really difficult to type these much of things :-D ) comparer, http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix
Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | ||
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Last Updated | 2/8/2010 | 5/28/2004 | 1/4/2007 | 8/20/2009 | 2/3/2010 | 1/11/2009 | 2/26/2009 | 1/9/2009 | |
System Requirements | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Application Server | IIS/.Net | IIS/.Net | IIS/.Net | IIS/.Net | IIS/.Net | CGI | Apache | IIS/.Net | |
Approximate Cost | 30EUR + VAT per domain | Free | Free | USD 1200 + | Free | Free | Free | ||
Database | MSSQL | MSSQL | MSSQL | MSSQL | MSSQL | MySQL | MySQL | MSSQL | |
License | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Closed Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | |
Operating System | Windows Only | Windows Only | Windows Only | Platform Independent | Windows Only | Platform Independent | Platform Independent | Windows Only | |
Programming Language | C# | C# | VB | C# | C# | PHP | PHP | VB | |
Web Server | IIS | IIS | IIS | Apache | IIS | Apache | Apache | IIS | |
Security | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Audit Trail | Yes | Limited | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Limited | |
Content Approval | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | |
Granular Privileges | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Kerberos Authentication | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
LDAP Authentication | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | No | |
Login History | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
NIS Authentication | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
NTLM Authentication | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Free Add On | Yes | |
Pluggable Authentication | Yes | Costs Extra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Problem Notification | Yes | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Sandbox | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Session Management | No | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SMB Authentication | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Versioning | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Limited | |
Support | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Certification Program | Yes | Limited | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Commercial Manuals | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Commercial Support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Commercial Training | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Developer Community | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Online Help | Yes | No | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Pluggable API | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Professional Hosting | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Professional Services | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Public Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Public Mailing List | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Third-Party Developers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ease of Use | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Drag-N-Drop Content | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Free Add On | Yes | |
Email To Discussion | No | No | No | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
Friendly URLs | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Macro Language | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Server Page Language | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Template Language | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | |
UI Levels | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Undo | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Limited | Limited | |
WYSIWYG Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Performance | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Advanced Caching | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Load Balancing | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Page Caching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Management | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Advertising Management | Free Add On | Costs Extra | No | Limited | No | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Asset Management | Yes | Yes | No | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Clipboard | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Content Scheduling | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Content Staging | Costs Extra | Costs Extra | No | No | Yes | No | Free Add On | Limited | |
Inline Administration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Online Administration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Package Deployment | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Sub-sites / Roots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Themes / Skins | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Trash | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Web Statistics | Yes | Yes | No | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Web-based Style/Template Management | Yes | Yes | Limited | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Web-based Translation Management | Yes | Limited | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | |
Workflow Engine | Yes | Limited | No | No | Yes | No | Limited | Limited | |
Interoperability | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Content Syndication (RSS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
FTP Support | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | |
WAI Compliant | Yes | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | No | Limited | Limited | |
WebDAV Support | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Costs Extra | |
XHTML Compliant | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Flexibility | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
CGI-mode Support | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Content Reuse | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | |
Extensible User Profiles | Yes | Costs Extra | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Interface Localization | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
URL Rewriting | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Built-in Applications | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Blog | Free Add On | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Chat | No | No | No | Yes | Costs Extra | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Classifieds | Free Add On | No | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Contact Management | No | No | Limited | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Data Entry | Yes | Limited | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Database Reports | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | No | Yes | |
Discussion / Forum | Free Add On | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | |
Document Management | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Limited | Yes | |
Events Calendar | Free Add On | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Expense Reports | No | No | No | No | No | Free Add On | No | Costs Extra | |
FAQ Management | Free Add On | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
File Distribution | Free Add On | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Groupware | Free Add On | Limited | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
Guest Book | Free Add On | No | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Help Desk / Bug Reporting | No | Limited | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
HTTP Proxy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Job Postings | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
Link Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Mail Form | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
My Page / Dashboard | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Free Add On | Yes | |
Photo Gallery | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Polls | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Product Management | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | |
Project Tracking | No | Yes | No | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
Search Engine | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Surveys | Costs Extra | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Limited | |
Syndicated Content (RSS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Tests / Quizzes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | |
Time Tracking | No | No | No | No | No | No | Free Add On | Costs Extra | |
User Contributions | Free Add On | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Web Services Front End | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Limited | Free Add On | |
Commerce | Umbraco CMS 4.0 | Rainbow 1.0 | OmniPortal 2005.0 | mojoPortal 2.3.1.3 | Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 4.1 5.0 | Joomla! 1.5.10 | Drupal 6.10 | DotNetNuke 5.0.0 | |
Affiliate Tracking | Free Add On | No | No | No | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Shopping Cart | Free Add On | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | |
Enjoy :-D
