Licensing Comparison

Which License is Right for You?

The Enterprise license (dotCMS Open License) is the best option for organizations that need the assurance and infrastructure that comes with a commercially backed open source product. Select the Community license if your organization is self sufficient and comfortable with community-only support.

  Open Source dotCMS Community Edition Enterprise Standard, Professional and Prime
Cost FREE Call for Pricing
License GPL 2.0 dotCMS Open License
Term Perpetual Yearly or Perpetual
Scope of Term Complete access to Community source code Access to Community and Enterprise Source, and all Enterprise Updates for term of agreement
Modifications to Code Required to opensource any linking or proprietary code build into or on dotCMS
  • Permissive and Non-Viral
  • Waives the requirement to opensource any linking or proprietary code build into or on dotCMS
  • Grants redistribution rights to proprietary code built on or into dotCMS if such code is redistributed with a valid dotCMS Enterprise Offering
Support Supported by the dotCMS community Access to dotCMS Support, Services and Training
Warranty No Warranty Warranty covers all bugs, provides Indemnification
Code Updates Code updates available only as new builds Autoupdate/Autoupgrade on rolling basis
Bug Fixes Supported by the dotCMS community Receive priority Support from dotCMS
Best Fit
  • Simple online businesses
  • Simple technical environments
  • SAAS and Integrated Deployments
  • More Complex online businesses
  • More Complex technical environments
  • Desire option of sharing or keeping code modifications
  • Want peace of mind associated with Warranty
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