⚡ Education Content Management Systems

Education content management systems are platforms used by schools, universities, and educational organizations to create and manage websites, portals, and digital content tailored to academic environments.

They support institution-specific needs such as multi-site management, role-based access for staff and departments, accessibility compliance, content workflows, integrations with student information systems, and tools for publishing news, calendars, policies, and academic resources.

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⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading education CMS platforms in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Drupal with a share of 2.9%, followed by Finalsite with 0.1% and Edlio CMS with 0.03%.

Drupal 2.9%
Finalsite 0.1%
Edlio CMS 0.03%
Modern Campus 0.03%
Primarysite 0.007%
Terminalfour 0.007%
Jadu 0.006%
Thrillshare 0.006%
SchoolStatus 0.006%
SchoolBlocks 0.005%
Foxbright 0.005%
SchoolSitePro 0.005%
Morweb 0.005%
CatapultCMS 0.005%
Connect Suite 0.004%

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of platforms that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Drupal is #2 in the United States ^(-1)

✨ Best Education CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 25 education CMS platforms we track, ranked by their market share.

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Rank	Name	Market share
1	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.9%
2	Finalsite Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States A cloud-based community relationship management platform for K-12 schools that combines website management, communications, and enrollment tools in a single system. $6,000+/year	0.1%
3	Edlio CMS Glendale, California, United States A content management system for K-12 schools and districts that is packed with features designed specifically for teachers and school administrators. $$$	0.03%
4	Modern Campus Toronto, Ontario, Canada A cloud-based content management system designed specifically for higher education institutions to manage complex, multi-department websites. $$$	0.03%
5	Primarysite Chelmsford, United Kingdom A British content management system for schools, now part of Juniper Websites. $$$	0.007%
6	Terminalfour Dublin, Ireland A digital engagement and web content management platform for higher education. $15,000+	0.007%
7	Jadu Leicester, United Kingdom A low-code, secure and flexible web CMS to create, publish and manage accessible, user-first websites. $$$	0.006%
8	Thrillshare Little Rock, Arkansas, United States A unified content management and communication platform designed for K-12 schools to manage websites, mobile apps, social media, and alerts from a single system. $10,000+/year	0.006%
9	SchoolStatus A unified K-12 platform that combines websites, student data, attendance tracking, and family communication. $$$	0.006%
10	SchoolBlocks A school district website solution that offers Google Apps for Education, Office 365, and other leading applications. $$$	0.005%
11	Foxbright Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States A proprietary content management system designed specifically for schools. $1,200+/year	0.005%
12	SchoolSitePro New York, United States A cloud-based content management system designed specifically for K-12 school websites. $$$	0.005%
13	Morweb Calgary, Alberta, Canada A CMS platform for schools, healthcare, nonprofits, and associations. $149+/month	0.005%
14	CatapultCMS Roseville, California, United States A content management system for K-12 school websites that enables staff to create, update, and manage pages, documents, and media. $99+/month	0.005%
15	Connect Suite Saraland, Alabama, United States A content management system and web communication platform that enables K-12 schools to build online communities and enhance learning. $$$	0.004%
16	LibGuides CMS Miami, Florida, United States A cloud-based CMS designed specifically for libraries.	0.004%
17	Blackboard Boca Raton, Florida, United States A web-based content and learning management system used by higher education, K-12, corporate, and government clients to deliver, manage, and assess online and blended learning. $7,500+/year	0.003%
18	Cascade CMS Atlanta, Georgia, United States A web-based content management system developed by Hannon Hill for higher education websites. $20,000+	0.002%
19	Cyberschool An educational platform that provides CMS, alert system, virtual classrooms and numerous integrations.	0.002%
20	LiveWhale CMS Portland, Oregon, United States A content management system designed for colleges and universities. $$$	0.001%
21	eChalk	0.001%
22	PubFactory Glen Allen, Virginia, United States An integrated content hosting platform for scholarly publishers. $$$	<0.001%
23	Ingeniux CMS Seattle, Washington, United States A modern digital content management system that delivers content for websites, apps, and portals. $$$	<0.001%
⏳	ParentSquare Goleta, California, United States A unified K-12 communication and content management platform that enables schools and districts to manage websites and deliver messages to families through multiple channels. $3,000+/year	<0.001%
25	EdSpire	<0.001%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
We currently track the presence of 290 CMS platforms across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.