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Ready to vote? Here are the nominees for the 13th Annual CMS Critic Awards

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Ready to vote? Here are the nominees for the 13th Annual CMS Critic Awards

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January 30, 20253 mins

There were lots of great performers during our nomination heat. Now, you get to help us pick the winners.


 

AI might be stealing the spotlight these days, but CMS is still the star on our stage – and you nominated some amazing platforms for our 13th Annual CMS Critic "People's Choice" Awards!

Once again, your performance wowed us. We had some heavy hitters make the cut, but a few challengers really brought the rain – from Wagtail to HamsterCMS.

We received a metric ton of individual suggestions across all 16 of our categories – from CMS to DXP, e-Commerce to DAM – and now YOU get to pick the winners! 

Like last year, we had a huge turnout, so we’re including the top 6 nominees in each category! Winners will receive exclusive badging and a free listing upgrade in our Product Directory for one month.

Who will take home the trophy? You have until February 24th, 2025 to vote! So get out there and share the good word! Engage and enroll your communities like Sitecore did. Shout it from the mountaintops and make some noise. Most of all, have fun celebrating the innovation coming from all corners of our industry. 

Keep reading for the nominee list, or start picking your winners at www.cmscritic.com/vote 

 

 

The Nominees

Drum roll, please….

 

Best Free CMS

  • Grav
  • Joomla
  • Statamic
  • TYPO3
  • Umbraco
  • Wagtail

 

Best Enterprise CMS

  • Joomla
  • Optimizely
  • Statamic
  • TYPO3
  • Umbraco
  • Wagtail

 

Best Headless CMS

  • Agility
  • Directus
  • Optimizely
  • TYPO3
  • Umbraco
  • Wagtail

 

Best Flat File CMS

  • Bludit
  • Grav
  • HamsterCMS
  • Kirby
  • Statamic
  • Typemill

 

Best Open Source CMS

  • Grav
  • Joomla
  • Statamic
  • TYPO3
  • Umbraco
  • Wagtail

 

Best DXP

  • Adobe Experience Manager
  • Contentstack
  • Kentico
  • Optimizely
  • Sitecore
  • Umbraco

 

Best Static Site Generator

  • Astro
  • Eleventy
  • Grav
  • Hugo
  • Jekyll
  • Statamic

 

Best Website Builder

  • Optimizely
  • Squarespace
  • uSkinned
  • Webflow
  • Wix
  • YOOtheme

 

Best DAM (Digital Asset Management)

  • Bynder
  • Canto
  • Cloudinary
  • Directus
  • Optimizely
  • Sitecore

 

Best PIM (Product Information Management)

  • Akeneo
  • Directus
  • DynamicWeb
  • inriver
  • Pimcore
  • Struct

 

Best ECM (Enterprise Content Management)

  • Alfresco
  • Dokmee
  • Laserfiche
  • Notion
  • OpenText
  • SharePoint

 

Best e-Commerce Solution

  • DynamicWeb
  • HikaShop
  • Optimizely
  • Shopify
  • Umbraco
  • VirtueMart

 

Best Headless Commerce Solution

  • commercetools
  • Directus
  • DynamicWeb
  • Optimizely
  • Shopify
  • Umbraco

 

Best Development/Hosting Platform

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Hetzner
  • Hostinger
  • Laravel Forge
  • Vercel

 

Best Composable Solution

  • Agility
  • Directus
  • DynamicWeb
  • Statamic
  • Umbraco
  • Uniform

 

Best AI Solution in a CMS or DXP

  • Kajoo
  • Kontent.ai
  • Optimizely
  • Sitecore
  • Statamic
  • Umbraco

Ready to rock the vote? 

Get the word out and rally your community! Tell us which platforms you really love – and who should take home the prize. Remember, you have until February 24th!

Rock the vote today at www.cmscritic.com/vote 

 


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