No artificial limits, no surprise costs—just a flexible platform that delivers the best ROI. Pricing is based on your scale (typically number of sites or content types), so it aligns to your use case. Built-in scale, security and compliance that open-source can't match, at a fraction of the cost of proprietary Java CMS platforms. Run as a SaaS solution, on premise or managed service.
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dotCMS is ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certified — The first and only CMS platform with independently verified security and AI governance.
For teams managing a few digital experiences who need a flexible, low-overhead CMS to get started quickly.
For growing teams that need more control, integrations, and reliability as they scale across multiple sites.
For organizations managing multiple brands or regions that need scale, governance, and performance without complexity.
For enterprises running complex, multi-site ecosystems with strict performance, security, and compliance requirements
Companies with under $5M in revenue can use dotCMS for free with full features, including unlimited users, unlimited content, basic workflows, and self-hosting
Scale
Supports a small number of sites and simple content models
Supports multiple sites and growing content complexity
Supports a larger number of sites and more complex content models
Supports large-scale, multi-site and multi-brand architectures
Scale
Supports a larger number of sites and more complex content models
Requests
100,000 /m
500,000 /m
2,000,000 /m
10,000,000 /m
Requests
2,000,000 /m
Bandwith
1 TB /m
5 TB /m
15 TB /m
50 TB /m
Bandwith
15 TB /m
Environments
Dev
Production (99.5%)
Auth
HA Production (99.9%)
Dev
HA Auth (99.9%)
HA Production (99.9%)
Dev
HA Auth (99.9%)
HA Production (99.9%)
Environments
Dev
HA Auth (99.9%)
HA Production (99.9%)
SLA
99.5%
99.9%
99.9%
99.9%
SLA
99.9%
Nodes / CPUs / Memory
See Cost Inputs
See Cost Inputs
See Cost Inputs
See Cost Inputs
Nodes / CPUs / Memory
See Cost Inputs
dotAI core
Included
Included
Included
Included
dotAI core
Included
IDP support (1)
n/a
Add-On
Included
Included
IDP support (1)
Included
dotCDN
n/a
Included
Included
Included
dotCDN
Included
Web Application Firewall
n/a
Included
Included
Included
Web Application Firewall
Included
Custom CDN
Not available
$/ annually
$/ annually
$/ annually
Custom CDN
$/ annually
SSO / SAML Support
Not available
$/ annually
$/ annually
$/ annually
SSO / SAML Support
$/ annually
Multi-Region Resiliency
Not available
Custom
Custom
Custom
Multi-Region Resiliency
Custom
Content Analytics and Experiments
Not available
beta
(future cost: $/ yr)
beta
(future cost: $/ yr)
beta
(future cost: $$/ yr)
Content Analytics and Experiments
beta
(future cost: $/ yr)
Dev environment
Not available
$
$$
$$
Dev environment
$$
Auth environment
Not available
$
$$
$$
Auth environment
$$
HA Auth environment
Not available
$
$
$$
HA Auth environment
$
Prod environment
Not available
Not available
$
$$
Prod environment
$
Content Types
$/ 10 content types
Content Types
$/ 10 content types
Sites
$/ site
Sites
$/ site
Requests
1,000,000 - $/ annually
Requests
1,000,000 - $/ annually
Bandwidth
0.5TB - $ / annually
Bandwidth
0.5TB - $ / annually
Storage
1TB - $ / annually
Storage
1TB - $ / annually
Support
Basic
Performance
Performance
Custom
Support
Performance
SLA
8hr
Initial Response Time
6hr
Initial Response Time
4hr
Initial Response Time
Custom
SLA
4hr
Initial Response Time
Points of Contact
2
4
4
Custom
Points of Contact
4
