Friday, October 29, 2010

MarkLogic vs Alfresco vs Documentum Comparison

Note: Below comparison does not compare all the features exhaustively , some features which any of the below system supports might not be here. You should go to their respective website and find out the feature you are interested in. Any system might support/not support any feature in some versions. Following comparison is done by author for his interest and we does not guarantee its authenticity. If you find some feature is wrongly mentioned here, please do your research.
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MarkLogic 4.1.xAlfresco-XML 3.3Documentam-XDB V10.0
System Requirements


Application ServerNot RequiredJ2EENot Required
Approximate CostHighLowHigh
DatabaseInbuiltShared DriveInbuilt
LicenseRequiredOpen SourceRequired
Operating SystemLinux/Windows/Solaris Platform IndependentPlatform Independent
Root AccessYesNoYes
Shell AccessYesNoYes
Web ServerNot RequiredRequired - AnyNot Required
Security


Audit TrailYesYesYes
CaptchaNoNo
Content ApprovalNoYes
Email VerificationNoNo
Granular PrivilegesYesYesYes
Kerberos AuthenticationNoYes
LDAP AuthenticationNoYesYes
Login HistoryYesYesYes
NIS AuthenticationNoNo
NTLM AuthenticationNoYes
Pluggable AuthenticationNoYes - Using Surf platform
Problem NotificationNoYes
SandboxYes-CQ and Use CasesYesNot Sure
Session ManagementYes LimitedNot Sure
SMB AuthenticationNoYes
SSL CompatibleYesYesYes
SSL LoginsNot SureLimitedNot Sure
SSL PagesNoNo
VersioningCustomYesYes 
Support


Certification ProgramNoYes
Code SkeletonsYesYes
Commercial ManualsYesYesYes
Commercial SupportYesYesYes
Commercial TrainingYesYesYes
Developer CommunityYesYesYes
Online HelpYesYesNot Sure
Pluggable APIYesYesYes - XProc 
Professional HostingYes - Amazon EC2Yes
Professional ServicesNoYes
Public ForumYesYesYes
Public Mailing ListYesNo
Third-Party DevelopersNot SureYesYes
Users ConferenceYesYes
Ease of Use


Drag-N-Drop ContentYesLimitedYes
Email To DiscussionNoYes
Friendly URLs
Yes
Image Resizing
Yes
Macro LanguageNoYes
Mass UploadYesYesYes
PrototypingNot SureYes
Server Page LanguageYes - XqueryYes
Site Setup WizardNoLimitedYes
Spell CheckerYes - APIAdd on
UI LevelsNoYes
UndoNoYes
WYSIWYG EditorNoYesYes
Zip ArchivesYesYes
Performance


Advanced CachingNot SureYesYes
Database ReplicationYesYesYes
Load BalancingNot SureYes
Page CachingYesYes
Static Content ExportNot SureYes
Management


Advertising Management
NoSupports personalized web promotions
Asset Management
YesYes
Clipboard
Yes
Content Scheduling
Yes
Content Staging
Yes
Inline Administration
No
Online AdministrationYesYes
Package Deployment
Yes
Sub-sites / Roots
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Trash
Yes
Web StatisticsYesNo
Web-based Style/Template Management
YesYes, Ability to create component-based websites
Web-based Translation Management
Yes
Workflow EngineNoYesYes
Interoperability


Content Syndication (RSS)CustomYesYes
FTP SupportCustomYesYes
iCalNoNo
UTF-8 SupportYesYes
WAI Compliant
Yes
WebDAV SupportYesYesYes
XHTML CompliantCustomYes
Flexibility


CGI-mode SupportNot SureNo
Content ReuseYesYesYes
Extensible User ProfilesYesYes
Interface LocalizationNoYesYes 
MetadataYesYesYes (Metadata Extraction Support)
Multi-lingual ContentYesYesYes 
Multi-lingual Content IntegrationNoYes
Multi-Site DeploymentYesYes
URL RewritingYesYes
Built-in Applications


BlogNoNoYes
ChatNoNoYes
ClassifiedsNoNo
Contact ManagementNoNo
Data EntryNoNo
Database ReportsNoNoYes
Discussion / ForumYesYes
Document ManagementNoYesYes
Events CalendarNoYes
Events ManagementNoNo
Expense ReportsNoNo
FAQ ManagementNoYes
File DistributionYesYes
Graphs and ChartsNoNoYes (Informative Graphics Brava! WebKit)
GroupwareNoYes
Guest BookNoNo
Help Desk / Bug ReportingNoNo
HTTP ProxyNoNo
In/Out BoardNoNo
My Page / DashboardNoYes
Photo GalleryNoYes
Search EngineYesYesYes (full-text and property-based repository searches)
Site MapNoYes
WikiNoAdd onYes
Commerce


Affiliate Tracking
No
Inventory Management
No
Pluggable Payments
Add on
Pluggable Shipping
Add on
Pluggable Tax
Add on
Point of Sale
Add on
Shopping Cart
Add on
Subscriptions
No
Wish Lists
No


References -
  • http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix
  • http://marklogic.com
  • http://developer.marklogic.com
  • http://rajaamir.blogspot.com/2007/11/documentum-6-new-features.html
  • http://www.emc.com/products/index.htm
  • http://developer.emc.com/docs/documentum/xdb/manual/#_4
  • WYSIWYG Editor:
  • http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/emc-documentum-releases-v65-full-of-web-20-002923.php
  • certification:
  • http://dmcram.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=17
  • public forum:
  • http://www.dmdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9977
  • Blogs, chat
  • http://www.emc.com/products/detail/software/centerstage.htm
  • Security:
  • http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/data-sheet/h3138-security-ds.pdf
  • http://www.emc.com/products/documentum-platform/security.htm

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