CONTENS CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about CONTENS CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From CONTENS CMS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CONTENS CMS | Priced on request | Individual offer; support inquiries without a valid support contract are charged |
The facts
Each one read from CONTENS CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The REST API supports secured queries for draft and published Objectstore data, with list functions for full-text search, filtering, sorting and pagination.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes CONTENS as a solution for demanding companies and institutions, and lists corporate websites, intranets, extranets and portals among its use cases.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content features
- The CMS supports structured and nested content, reuse of content as copies or instances, and output types that change how content is presented.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content reuse
- Content can be reused as copies or instances, and updates to an instance update its other placements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- CONTENS 5 can be installed on a server or in a Docker container and may be hosted by cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing
- The interface includes a WYSIWYG view that shows editors pages as they will appear after publication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Identity
- The architecture page says Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP can be connected and single sign-on is possible.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The architecture page lists REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, HTTP/HTTPS, workflow integration, and JDBC interfaces, and names CRM, ERP, PIM, SCM, Exchange, and SharePoint as connectable systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- CONTENS supports managing country and language versions of websites and comparing two language versions side by side in a split-screen view.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multi-site
- A single CONTENS installation can manage multiple sites, with permissions defined for different areas.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- CONTENS can publish pages statically, dynamically, or in a hybrid mode that combines static pages with dynamically loaded content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CONTENS is a content management platform for websites, intranets, extranets, landing pages, and newsletters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The published system requirements list Adobe ColdFusion or Lucee application servers and MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or Microsoft SQL Server databases.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- The content library includes full-text search, facets, and saved search profiles.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The product page describes configurable permissions for editors, while the features page says two-factor authentication can be activated in CONTENS 5.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- CONTENS Software GmbH says it has developed content management and social software solutions since 1999.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1999checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Munich, Germanychecked 19 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- hybridchecked 24 Sep 2026
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