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What is eZ Platform?

ezPlatform, formerly ezPublish is a content management solution from eZ Systems. The vendor says their solution provides organizations with the technology and framework to build a suite of digital experiences including news and media sites, brand sites, multichannel apps and…

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What is eZ Platform?

ezPlatform, formerly ezPublish is a content management solution from eZ Systems. The vendor says their solution provides organizations with the technology and framework to build a suite of digital experiences including news and media sites, brand sites, multichannel apps and the Internet of…

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Product Demos

eZ Platform JSON Schema Field Type Demo

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eZ Platform CMS GraphQL Bundle API - Demo

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eZ Platform Demo on Platform.sh

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Persisting a React.js app with the eZ Platform JavaScript CAPI (headless CMS)

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Product Details

What is eZ Platform?

ezPlatform, formerly ezPublish is a content management solution from eZ Systems. The vendor says their solution provides organizations with the technology and framework to build a suite of digital experiences including news and media sites, brand sites, multichannel apps and the Internet of Things, intranets and web portals. This solution is multichannel, multilingual and multisite ready.

ezPlatform features user defined content and classes, version control, templates, workflow management and tasking, document management with image conversion and scaling, search engine support, localization, regionalization, and internationalization, and is scalable to support enterprise level activity with support and maintenance provided by the vendor.


eZ Platform Features

Web Content Creation Features

  • Supported: WYSIWYG editor
  • Supported: Code quality / cleanliness
  • Supported: Content versioning
  • Supported: Admin section
  • Supported: Page templates
  • Supported: Library of website themes
  • Supported: Mobile optimization / responsive design
  • Supported: Publishing workflow
  • Supported: Form generator
  • Supported: Content scheduling

Web Content Management Features

  • Supported: Internal content search
  • Supported: Content taxonomy
  • Supported: SEO support
  • Supported: Browser compatibility
  • Supported: Bulk management
  • Supported: Page caching
  • Supported: Availability / breadth of extensions
  • Supported: Built-in e-commerce / shopping cart
  • Supported: E-commerce / shopping cart extension
  • Supported: Community / comment management
  • Supported: Import / export
  • Supported: Website analytics

Platform & Infrastructure Features

  • Supported: API
  • Supported: Internationalization / multi-language

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Version history
  • Supported: Simple roll-back capabilities

CMS programming language or framework Features

  • Supported: PHP

Additional Features

  • Supported: Landing page management
  • Supported: Drag-and-drop functionality
  • Supported: Multichannel content delivery
  • Supported: Multisite management
  • Supported: Compatible with Internet of Things

eZ Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Editors and marketers create content.Screenshot of Content strategists model their content.

eZ Platform Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationMobile Web
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Score 6 out of 10
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eZ Publish can easily satisfy the needs of customers who want a classic "brochureware" site. However, it can satisfy the other end of the spectrum when clients:

  • Need to allow their internal IT department access to the site and its hosting
  • Have dozens of active content editors and need to schedule publishing
  • Content Taxonomy: Content is managed in a tree. Though taxonomy vs folksonomy is a near-religious debate among professionals, clients seeing the system for the first time just seem to "get it" more often.
  • Content Flexibility: Common content types such as blog posts and articles are available out of the box. However, customizing these and creating new content types is very easy.
  • Developer Friendly: Developers need only a little PHP experience to get started. Of course being an expert doesn't hurt and opens the door for the development of custom modules.
  • The template language: Outputting content or doing something special with it requires use of the templating language. Myself along with other developers I have trained, found this to be one of the biggest hurdles.
  • Layout of physical files: The system decides what settings files and templates to use based on a hierarchy of modules. The same file can exist in multiple modules and you can find yourself deep within very similar looking folder structures, causing confusion during debugging.
  • Community: eZ has a solid set of community contributors but the gap between it and Drupal or Wordpress is pretty large.
For a new site:
1. Are there any hosting requirements? eZ Publish works best on a traditional LAMP stack.
2. What is the expertise of the development and systems administrations individuals? There should be some PHP development experience and a solid level of Apache and MySQL hosting.
3. Who will be managing the content of the site? What is their bandwidth for training? For ongoing content changes?
Web Content Creation (8)
47.5%
4.8
WYSIWYG editor
70%
7.0
Code quality / cleanliness
50%
5.0
Admin section
70%
7.0
Page templates
30%
3.0
Library of website themes
20%
2.0
Mobile optimization / responsive design
N/A
N/A
Publishing workflow
80%
8.0
Form generator
60%
6.0
Web Content Management (5)
56%
5.6
Content taxonomy
90%
9.0
SEO support
50%
5.0
Bulk management
20%
2.0
Availability / breadth of extensions
60%
6.0
Community / comment management
60%
6.0
Platform & Infrastructure (2)
80%
8.0
API
70%
7.0
Internationalization / multi-language
90%
9.0
Security (1)
90%
9.0
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
CMS programming language or framework
N/A
N/A
  • Common knowledge: By making eZ a core offering, developers, system administrators, and project managers were able to communicate with each other effectively.
  • Training: Due to its content taxonomy, end-user training often went well.
  • Support: In our case, we had Gold support from eZ Publish which saved time and helped with customizations.
eZ Publish isn't as large in community size and number of installations as other content management systems. However, it's just as capable and met our needs:

  • Developers, system administrators, and project manager can all speak the same language during the development and maintenance cycles of a site.
  • End-user training is very straight-forward.
  • Vendor support is available.
  • Client IT departments can access if need (developers/designers/sysadmins).
  • The community is there (forums) and there are solid contributions (extensions) from both the vendor and the community.
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