Evidence levels
Every CMS profile states which of these it is based on, near the top of the page:
| Evidence | What it means |
|---|---|
| Vendor docs | Facts are taken from the vendor’s own documentation, changelogs and pricing pages, each listed in Sources. We have not used the product ourselves for this page. |
| Official demo | We have worked through the vendor’s public demo in addition to the documentation. |
| Installed | We have installed the CMS ourselves from its official distribution and worked through our editorial task list on it. |
We never describe a product as tested unless it is at the “Installed” level.
What we look at
Our profiles are organised around what editors and publishers need day to day: editorial roles and workflow, revisions and scheduling, search and structured-data controls, feeds and syndication, media handling, multilingual publishing, performance, extensibility, and the cost of running it.
Scores
We plan to publish scores for each CMS once every platform in a category has been installed and put through the same editorial tasks, so that scores are comparable. Until then, profiles carry facts, specifications and trade-offs but no scores. When scoring starts, the method and weights will be published on this page first.
Keeping pages current
Software changes. Each fact in a profile carries the date it was checked, and we review profiles when a major version is released.