Performance & Scalability
Engineered for Performance, Built to Scale
Power your digital experiences with an enterprise-grade CMS, designed for performance, scalability, and flexibility and built on trusted technologies that will grow with your business.
How It Works
dotCMS is powered by a foundation of solid and trusted enterprise technologies, ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance needed for the most demanding use cases.
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Technology
The core of our platform is built on rock-solid technologies including:
- J2EE frameworks that deliver enterprise performance, security and scalability
- Elasticsearch for rapid content retrieval
- PostgresSQL to ensure data integrity and reliable transactions
- Kubernetes for automated deployment and scaling
Publishing Architecture
Publishing Architecture
Designed for enterprise platform architectures, dotCMS will design your publishing architecture and environment capacity based on your use case, and optimize for sites where performance matters the most.
Content Delivery Network
Content Delivery Network
Deliver instant access and maximum content performance everywhere by integrating dotCMS with an enterprise-grade CDN that will give you global coverage at scale. dotCMS has a globally scalable and secure CDN out of the box, or you can integrate your own CDN such as CloudFront. Ensure a fast, seamless experience for users--no matter where they are.
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- 28Oct 25
The CMS AI Era Is Not There Yet, We’re Bringing It
Everyone’s talking about “AI in CMS,” but few are rethinking what that truly means. At dotCMS, we’re not bolting AI on top of legacy workflows, we’re rebuilding the foundation. From governance-first design and multi-AI orchestration to developer-ready tools, intelligent workflows, and brandable AI search and chat, our vision bridges UX, product, and engineering into one unified ecosystem. The CMS AI era isn’t here yet, we’re bringing it.
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The Headless CMS Checklist for Developers
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- 14Oct 25
Headless CMS vs. Composable CMS: Which is Right for Your Business?
Discover the differences between Headless CMS and Composable CMS. Learn their benefits, drawbacks, and how to decide which approach best fits your business.
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Reducing IT Dependencies with dotCMS Cloud
Learn how Northwest College stays up-to-date on the latest dotCMS upgrades and security fixes without overtaxing IT resources.
Being on the Cloud has been a lifesaver for me. I try to upgrade our dotCMS instance at least once a year and the support I get from dotCMS to do that is critical. I couldn’t do it on my own.