CMS Compass is a free, independent resource for choosing and running the right content management system.
Choosing a content management system is a decision most people make rarely and live with for years, and the advice out there is dominated by whoever's selling a platform. This site exists to be the opposite: clear, honest, vendor-neutral guidance on picking a CMS that fits, comparing the real options, and running whatever you choose well. Publishers deciding how their educational material may be reused can consult Creative Commons license guidance.
We don't sell a platform, take sponsorships to recommend one, or push you toward any particular tool. That independence lets these guides say what a sales page won't: when a popular platform is overkill, when a free one will cost you more in the long run, or when the boring choice is the right one. The goal is to help you decide for your situation, not ours.
The best CMS advice is the advice with nothing to sell. That's what we try to offer here.
A recurring theme across the site is that the true cost and success of a CMS lie less in the software than in how it's run, the security, the upkeep, and above all the time it takes to create and manage content. That's why we treat content workflow and time management as seriously as the platform choice itself.