Plone

Plone Foundation, Fishers, Indiana, United States

Plone is an open-source enterprise content management system built with Python and the Zope application server for managing scalable and content-rich websites.

It features a React-based frontend editor, workflow-driven content management with versioning and collaboration, a REST API for headless delivery, multilingual support in over 30 languages, and enterprise authentication integrations such as LDAP, Active Directory, OpenID, and Shibboleth.

According to our data, Plone ranks 46th among the content management systems we track.
It has 0.05% of the CMS market share and powers 0.02% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Plone is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Plone Awards

⚡ Sites Powered by Plone

We have data on 794 websites that use the Plone CMS. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Plone is gov.br.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 gov.br #240 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
2 correios.com.br #1,143 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
3 unibo.it #2,454 Italy Italian
4 ebc.com.br #5,468 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
5 tse.jus.br #5,757 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
6 uni-bonn.de #8,581 Germany German
7 uni-giessen.de #11,114 Germany German
8 tu-dresden.de #11,564 Germany English
9 ugent.be #11,681 Belgium Dutch
10 once.es #11,728 Spain Spanish
11 tjdft.jus.br #12,194 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
12 osaka-u.ac.jp #12,767 Japan Japanese
13 uni-marburg.de #13,565 Germany German
14 regione.emilia-romagna.it #13,600 Italy Italian
15 uniud.it #13,629 Italy Italian
16 wta.org #13,887 United States English
17 ufpb.br #14,940 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
18 uem.br #15,322 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
19 lasy.gov.pl #16,249 Poland English
20 tarragona.cat #17,311 Spain Catalan

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Plone:

Most of the sites using Plone are from Belgium, Spain, and Germany.

  • Belgium 13.8%
  • Spain 13.6%
  • Germany 13%
  • Brazil 9.2%
  • United States 9.2%
  • France 6.9%
  • Italy 6%
  • Austria 5%
  • Switzerland 3.3%
  • Other 20%

Most Plone users speak English, French, or German.

  • English 26.9%
  • French 18.3%
  • German 14.2%
  • Portuguese 9.5%
  • Catalan 8.4%
  • Italian 5%
  • Spanish 4.3%
  • Basque 2.3%
  • Dutch 1.9%
  • Other 9.2%

The Plone CMS is especially popular on .org, .be, and .com top-level domains.

  • .org 13.4%
  • .be 13%
  • .com 10.2%
  • .de 7.4%
  • .cat 6.8%
  • .it 5.3%
  • .at 3.7%
  • .br 3.3%
  • .ch 2.9%
  • Other 34%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Plone include education and reference, public information, and business.

  • Education/Reference 27.1%
  • Public Information 16.6%
  • Business 12.6%
  • Government/Military 9.5%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 9.5%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 4%
  • Software/Hardware 3%
  • Internet Services 2.5%
  • Travel 2.5%
  • Other 12.7%

🔢 Plone Versions

The most popular version of Plone is 3.3, used by 40% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 20% of sites use Plone 2.1, and 20% use Plone 3.1.

  • 3.3 40%
  • 2.1 20%
  • 3.1 20%
  • 2.0 10%
  • 2.5 10%

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Plone?

Plone is owned by the Plone Foundation, headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, United States.

Is Plone free?

Yes, it is a free content management system.
Moreover, it is an open source solution, and you can access its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Plone the most?

The majority of Plone users are from Belgium.

Who uses Plone?

According to our data, Plone is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as gov.br, correios.com.br, and unibo.it.

Is Plone used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by lasy.gov.pl. Overall, we found Plone on 3 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Plone?

Yes. The most notable of these is osaka-u.ac.jp. In total, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Plone.

How does Plone stack up against the competition?

Plone is a fairly popular content management system, ranking ahead of 242 other content management systems we track.

What are the alternatives to Plone?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Plone may include Drupal, Neos, and Orchard Core.

👉 See Also

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