⚡ Content Management Systems in the United Arab Emirates

Content Management Systems (CMS) are software solutions that allow users to create, edit, and organize website content without coding, simplifying ongoing website maintenance.

The United Arab Emirates is a Western Asian country with a population of over 10 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 48.6% of websites from the United Arab Emirates.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top CMS platforms in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 86.5% share.
It is followed by Sitecore with 2.5% and Drupal with 1.9%.

WordPress 86.5%
Sitecore 2.5%
Drupal 1.9%
Joomla 1.6%
Adobe Experience Manager 1%
Liferay 0.5%
Microsoft SharePoint 0.5%
Strapi 0.5%
HubSpot CMS 0.4%
Bitrix 0.3%
Umbraco 0.3%
Contentful 0.3%
Sitefinity 0.3%
TYPO3 0.3%
Other 3.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in the United Arab Emirates than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Sitecore ^(-14)
5. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-2)
6. Liferay ^(-16)
7. Microsoft SharePoint ^(-32)
8. Strapi ^(-20)
11. Umbraco ^(-27)
13. Sitefinity ^(-18)
15. Concrete CMS ^(-2)
19. WordPress VIP ^(-5)
22. Storyblok ^(-1)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 68 CMS platforms used on sites from the United Arab Emirates, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPress San Francisco, California, United States A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source	86.5%
2	Sitecore San Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server that manages, delivers, and optimizes digital content and experiences across multiple channels. $40,000+/year	2.5%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.9%
4	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.6%
5	Adobe Experience Manager San Jose, California, United States A software solution that's equal part content management system and digital asset management system. $50,000+/year	1%
6	Liferay Diamond Bar, California, United States An open-source enterprise web platform for building business solutions, intranets, customer portals, and digital experiences across web and mobile channels. FreeOpen source$$$	0.5%
7	Microsoft SharePoint Redmond, Washington, United States A cloud-based collaboration and content management service that enables organizations to store, share, and manage documents, knowledge, and internal websites within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. $5+/user/month	0.5%
8	Strapi San Francisco, California, United States An open-source headless CMS built with Node.js and TypeScript that connects to various databases and frontend frameworks. FreeOpen source$45+/month	0.5%
9	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A hosted platform for building websites, blogs, landing pages, apps, and emails that integrates tightly with HubSpot CRM and other marketing tools. Free$15+/seat/month	0.4%
10	Bitrix Kaliningrad, Russia A popular Russian modular content management system based on PHP and MySQL. 6,200 RUB+	0.3%
11	Umbraco Odense, Denmark An open-source .NET content management system for building content-driven websites and headless applications, with optional managed cloud hosting. FreeOpen source$55+/month	0.3%
12	Contentful Berlin, Germany A commercial, cloud-based, headless content management system that structures content for use across multiple digital platforms via APIs. Free$300+/month	0.3%
13	Sitefinity Burlington, Massachusetts, United States A cloud-based, AI-powered, enterprise-grade CMS built on .NET technology. $$$	0.3%
14	TYPO3 Düsseldorf, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system written in PHP that supports multisite and multilingual installations and has a large extension repository. FreeOpen source	0.3%
15	Concrete CMS Portland, Oregon, United States An open-source content management system built with PHP and MySQL that combines in-context editing and modular page building. FreeOpen source	0.2%
16	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.2%
17	Craft Bend, Oregon, United States A flexible open-source content management system written in PHP that supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and is built on the Yii framework. Free$279+	0.2%
18	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.2%
19	WordPress VIP San Francisco, California, United States A fully hosted enterprise solution based on WordPress, designed to support high-traffic websites with enhanced performance, security, and scalability. $25,000+/year	0.2%
20	Sanity San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based headless CMS that stores content as structured data in a hosted content lake and delivers it via APIs to any frontend. Free$15+/seat/month	0.2%
21	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.1%
22	Storyblok Linz, Austria An enterprise-grade headless content management system with a visual editor. Free$99+/month	0.1%
23	Botble Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam A commercial content management system based on the Laravel framework. $17+	0.1%
24	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and enhances the default article system. FreeOpen source	0.1%
25	MODX Dallas, Texas, United States An open-source content management platform and PHP application framework focused on performance and security. FreeOpen source$39+/month	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 8,313 websites from the United Arab Emirates.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.