🆚 CMS Made Simple vs. Open Journal Systems

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

CMS Made Simple is an open-source content management system written in PHP that enables users to build and manage websites with flexible templating, role-based permissions, and an extensible module system.

It includes versioned content editing, an add-on manager for installing extensions, built-in features such as news, search, and navigation, and supports multilingual sites and caching to improve performance.

Open Journal Systems is an open-source software for managing and publishing peer-reviewed academic journals.

It provides a complete publishing workflow with role-based editorial management, customizable journal websites, section-based submissions, double-blind and open peer review options, and ORCID integration.

Headquarters

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free ✔️ Open source

Categories

CMS › Rank #52
CMS › Rank #29

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Open Journal Systems CMS platform is 2.5 times more popular than CMS Made Simple.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Open Journal Systems is more popular in the United States, Indonesia, and Canada, while CMS Made Simple is more popular in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.
United States
Indonesia
Canada
Germany
Spain
France
Brazil
India
United Kingdom
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Open Journal Systems is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and health, while CMS Made Simple is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, travel, and software and hardware sites.
Education/Reference
Business
Health
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
General News
Software/Hardware
Recreation/Hobbies
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#4,040
#12,982
#84,076
#126,469
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Name
Rank
#15,321
#17,786
#59,564
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See also

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