Overall Satisfaction with Progress Sitefinity
I use Sitefinity with clients now to provide them a CMS solution that has a good user interface and a wide variety of features available "out of the box." I also use their available libraries and platform to add custom components or integrations for my client's unique needs. For those that need a .Net based proprietary CMS solution, I find it the best option available for the most reasonable price.
- Intuitive and user friendly interface for creating and editing content.
- Easy to implement additional features, such as a blog, news feed, or document repository.
- Powerful library to extend your site with custom integrations.
- Powerful ability to build customized templates and user controls for reuse on multiple pages.
- Solution code does not play well with a standard source control mechanism such as Git. A few changes will be needed.
- Creating custom widgets that are non-trivial takes additional time and effort.
- Upgrading the platform can be problematic if the default tool doesn't work.
WordPress is a solid competitor to Sitefinity, but it lacks the WSYWIG editor that Sitefinity provides. Additionally, a lot of features that Sitefinity has out of the box, such as advanced document management and form generation, require additional extensions to be installed in order to work. WordPress is also open source, which is a concern for some companies.