Where django CMS sits in the CMS landscape

Composable and enterprise-grade: a step up from mid-market platforms in capability and governance, without the licence costs, implementation timescales and lock-in of full DXP suites. Hover over any platform for a quick read on its strengths and trade-offs.

Where django CMS sits in the CMS landscape
HIGH COST / COMPLEXITY LOW COST / COMPLEXITY LOW  ←  COST / COMPLEXITY  →  HIGH CONSUMER  ←  ——————————  →  ENTERPRISE THE COMPOSABLE, OPEN-SOURCE SWEET SPOT Wix Squarespace Ghost Webflow WordPress Joomla Craft CMS Wagtail Strapi HubSpot CMS Umbraco Drupal Storyblok Sanity Contentful TYPO3 Kentico django CMS COMPOSABLE · ENTERPRISE-READY Optimizely Squiz DXP Sitecore Adobe AEM
Consumer / Small business Mid-market & headless Enterprise / DXP django CMS Dot size = relative market presence · hover a dot for pros & cons
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Positions are indicative, based on typical total cost of ownership and implementation complexity. Open-source filter includes platforms whose core is available under an OSI-approved licence (GPL, MIT, BSD). django CMS Association · June 2026.