🆚 MODX vs. October CMS

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 October CMS is three times more popular than MODX.
🌎 October CMS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 MODX is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

MODX

October CMS

Type

Content management system

About

MODX is an open-source content management platform and PHP application framework focused on performance and security.

It separates content from presentation using a tag-based template system, supports configurable and extendable caching, offers user groups and access contexts, content versioning and workflows, custom resource types and routing, and can be extended with extras from a community repository to add features such as e-commerce, SEO tools, and media management.

October CMS is a self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework.

It provides built-in version control for content, a flat file database option, and an extensive marketplace with plugins and themes.

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas, United States

Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Website

modx.com #311,362

octobercms.com #992,766

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source

CloudBase
(10 GB storage)$39/month
Pro
(30 GB storage)$99/month
Business
(100 GB storage)$349/month

Free version ✔️Free license for one project

Single License$39

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The October CMS platform is 2.6 times more popular than MODX.

Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

October CMS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while MODX is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

United States

Russia

Germany

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Belarus

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Canada

Awards

⭐ 5th most popular in Belarus in the CMS category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the CMS category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Ukraine in the CMS category.
⬆️ 23rd most popular in Belgium in the CMS category.
⬆️ 34th most popular in the United Kingdom in the CMS category.

🥈 Second most popular in Tanzania in the CMS category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Slovenia in the CMS category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Slovakia in the CMS category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Indonesia in the CMS category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Lithuania in the CMS category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

October CMS is more popular among sites focused on health, marketing and merchandising, and business, while MODX is more commonly used on entertainment, non-profit, advocacy and NGO, and restaurants sites.

Health

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Internet Services

Travel

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Real Estate

Entertainment