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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Mobile Intranet Platforms: Why a CMS Is the Best Fit for App Delivery
Learn why CMS platforms are the best foundation for mobile intranet apps in 2025. Secure, compliant, and scalable for enterprise delivery.
- 8Sep 25
Headless CMS vs. Decoupled CMS: Which is Better?
Discover the difference between headless and decoupled CMS, their pros and cons, and how to choose the best fit for your business goals with dotCMS.
- 5Sep 25
What Is a Visual Headless CMS?
A Visual Headless CMS merges headless flexibility with a visual editing experience—enabling faster, more controlled content delivery for compliance-led enterprises.
- 4Sep 25
Customer Portal Use Cases by Industry: Finance, Healthcare, and More
Explore customer portal use cases by industry. Learn how dotCMS powers secure finance portals, HIPAA-ready healthcare portals, and telecom self-service portals.
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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.