Verified detail: Visual editing combined with API-first delivery.

CategoryHeadless CMS
Best suited to

Custom frontends and multi-channel content.

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Key facts

Verified detailVisual editing combined with API-first delivery
Best suited toCustom frontends and multi-channel content.
Before you commitBefore choosing: confirm edition, deployment model and migration scope in writing.
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Sourcewww.dotcms.com ↗

A closer look

dotCMS — Official website

Oct 21, 2026

Watch it in action

DotCMS Demonstration Video · dotcms

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Usage by country

CountryLive websites
🇺🇸 United States1,409
🇳🇱 Netherlands42
🇹🇳 Tunisia41
🇬🇦 Gabon33
🇩🇪 Germany29
🇬🇧 United Kingdom22
🇦🇺 Australia19
🇮🇹 Italy18
🇨🇦 Canada17
🇸🇮 Slovenia17

Live websites detected by BuiltWith. Leading countries; partial coverage. · Source ↗

Company

Company namedotCMS LLC
CountryUnited States
FoundersWill Ezell, Jason Smith
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Timeline 5

  1. Launch

    dotCMS launched, establishing the product’s first public release.

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  2. Product update

    dotCMS introduced managed cloud hosting on AWS, extending deployment beyond self-hosted installations.

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  3. Product update

    dotCMS introduced AI content generation, semantic search and A/B experimentation for marketing teams.

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  4. Product update

    dotCMS introduced dotCLI for instance management, file synchronization and deployment automation, alongside a JavaScript SDK for headless frontend integrations.

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  5. Product update

    dotCMS expanded dotEvergreen continuous Cloud updates; its January 2025 review reported adoption by over 13% of Cloud customers, reducing annual upgrade requirements.

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