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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.

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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.

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Enterprise Technology

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
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Publishing Architecture

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. 

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Content Delivery Network

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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Your go-to resource for the latest content, tech, marketing and developer strategies, insights and guides.

  • Migrating Your OSGi Plugins to dotEvergreen: Adapting to the New Index API
    24 Mar 26

    Migrating Your OSGi Plugins to dotEvergreen: Adapting to the New Index API

    An update on infrastructural changes, information on a breaking change introduced that may affect some plugins, and a migration guide for those affected.

  • What Is Rich Text? How It Works in a Headless CMS
    23 Mar 26

    What Is Rich Text? How It Works in a Headless CMS

    What is rich text, and how does it differ from Rich Text Format (.rtf)? Learn how rich text works in content management systems, how headless CMS platforms store it as structured data, and why the format matters for omnichannel delivery.

  • Structured Content for GEO: How dotCMS Powers AI-Ready Digital Experiences
    21 Mar 26

    Structured Content for GEO: How dotCMS Powers AI-Ready Digital Experiences

    Discover how dotCMS revolutionizes AI-driven digital experiences with structured content for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Learn how our enterprise solution enhances AI visibility, enabling large language models to accurately process and cite machine-readable data. Dive into best practices for creating AI-ready content and explore the benefits of a headless CMS model. Optimize your content for AI discovery and experience seamless omnichannel delivery. Contact us to leverage dotCMS for your AI-powered search needs.

  • AI Content Governance for Content Teams: A Practical Framework
    9 Mar 26

    AI Content Governance for Content Teams: A Practical Framework

    Learn why AI content governance is essential for content teams. Discover how to protect brand consistency, reduce legal risk, and manage AI across dozens of sites with dotCMS’s built-in governance tools.

  • 7 Business Benefits of Content Governance Done Right
    9 Mar 26

    7 Business Benefits of Content Governance Done Right

    Discover how strong content governance drives faster time to market, reduces compliance risk, and ensures brand consistency for compliance-led organizations managing content across dozens of sites.

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Success stories from teams building what’s next

Real teams. Real outcomes. Explore how organizations modernized their digital stacks, reduced operational load, and delivered better customer experiences with dotCMS.

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.

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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.

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dotCMS Named a Major Player

In the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Headless CMS 2025 Vendor Assessment

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