ExpressionEngine vs Progress Sitefinity
ExpressionEngine
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Progress Sitefinity
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| Figure | ExpressionEngine | Progress Sitefinity |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.25/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 4 |
| Spec score · Web Content Management Software | 9.0 (#1) | 7.6 (#16) |
| Spec score · Content Management Systems | 9.1 (#9) | 8.1 (#79) |
| Content Management | It stores, manages, and publishes website content. | The CMS provides a single interface for managing pages, assets and multilingual content, with SEO and digital asset management capabilities. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Support | Support plans provide guaranteed first responses ranging from one business day to two business hours, depending on plan. | All licenses include one year of maintenance and technical support; Base Support is included for customers with active maintenance. |
Plans
ExpressionEngine
- CoreFree
- Pro$249, paid once
- Pro Renewal Subscription$49 a year
- Pro Renewal$59, paid once
- Additional MSM Site$49, paid once
- MSM Pro Renewal Subscription$39 a year
- MSM Pro Renewal$49, paid once
- MSM Pro Renewal$49 a year
- Pro Renewal$59 a year
- MSM Pro License Renewal$49 a year
Progress Sitefinity
- Sitefinity Cloud BasePrice not published
- Sitefinity Cloud Enterprise PackagePrice not published
- Sitefinity DXPriced on request
- Sitefinity DX + EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
ExpressionEngine
ExpressionEngine is an open source CMS from Packet Tide for storing, managing and publishing website content. Its flexible channels and fields support custom content types, editorial workflows, multilingual content, SEO tools and a media library. Templates can include HTML, JavaScript, PHP and ExpressionEngine tags, and the CMS provides more than 20 field types. Editors can update content on a site's front end, while administrators can also bring the control panel there. One installation can manage multiple sites and share design, content and members; each additional MSM site requires an additional MSM Pro License. The free Core plan allows one control panel user. Pro costs $249, paid once, includes unlimited control panel users and one year of updates. Continued updates are available through renewal options, including a Pro Renewal Subscription at $49 a year. ExpressionEngine runs on web, self-hosted and API platforms. Learning resources include documentation, forums and ExpressionEngine University.
Progress Sitefinity
Progress Sitefinity is a composable digital experience platform for marketers and developers. Its CMS manages pages, assets and multilingual content through one interface, with SEO and digital asset management capabilities. The platform also lists personalization, headless delivery, experimentation, journey orchestration and experience analytics. AI capabilities include prompt templates, content tagging, dynamically generated experiences, agents and conversational content intelligence; some are add-ons. Integration options include native, third-party and middleware connections. Integration Hub provides connections to 1,000+ MarTech integrations, but is available only to Sitefinity Cloud or Sitefinity Insight customers. Sitefinity can run self-hosted or in Sitefinity Cloud. Self-hosted customers choose their infrastructure and manage maintenance, security and scaling; licenses are offered per production domain or server on perpetual or subscription bases. Progress positions self-hosting for IT-driven teams seeking infrastructure control and Cloud for digital teams seeking less IT dependency. Pricing is on request, and there is no free plan. Trial options are a fully hosted 14-day trial or a 30-day local development server trial.