Hybrid CMS
The freedom of a headless CMS with the full functionality of a traditional CMS.
A true hybrid CMS gives you the freedom of a headless CMS ー with the functionality and ease-of-use of a traditional platform. Whether you’re looking to build headless, traditional, or a combination of both dotCMS has you covered.
Edit Mode Anywhere
Giving your marketing team an undisrupted editor experience, regardless of your content delivery model, is the key to growth in the IoT era.
This is why we built Edit Mode Anywhere, making dotCMS the only Hybrid CMS on the market that gives your team access to our intuitive authoring features — including inline editing, layout design, personalization, drag and drop, and more — no matter how your content is delivered, closing the usability gap marketers find in a pure headless environment.
Hybrid CMS Key Features
Create the ultimate customer experience across all channels, devices, and touchpoints - with an undisrupted authoring environment to stay ahead of the competition and maximize ROI.
Publishing Freedom
Both static and dynamic content publishing are supported simultaneously. Schedule campaigns and use the TimeMachine to preview future or past experiences.
API-First
Everything in dotCMS is content - and all content (including permissions and relationships) is exposed over modern REST APIs to future proof your content.
Multi-Channel
Manage hundreds or even thousands of sites or channels from one centralized platform. Share content across your ecosystem to reduce inconsistencies and create a consistent experience.
Multi-Cloud
The flexibility to deploy on a public or private cloud (or even on-premise) at the same time delivers the tailored level of control and reduces the costs of any IT budget.
Push Publishing
Easily schedule and publish sites, content, and code between authoring and production environments as well as publish assets, files, or even entire sites to CDNs.
LowCode / NoCode
dotCMS provides the drag-and-drop capabilities needed to easily create custom layouts, templates, workflows and content types.
Roles & Permissions
Customize roles and permissions to keep your content safe and team members productive.
Workflows
Build multi-step workflows with features like Four Eye approval, AI translations, and third-party integrations.
Scalability & Speed
Java infrastructure and multi-tenant capabilities allow you to scale across your organization quickly and easily.
Success Stories
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Related Resources
Why dotCMS is Your Hybrid CMS Solution
Before writing off the investment in a suite solution to go to a pure headless CMS, consider a different approach: Hybrid CMS. Hybrid CMS gives you the best of both worlds, however, there are only a few CMS vendors in the industry that can operate as a hybrid CMS by design, and dotCMS is one of them.
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dotCMS and DEPT sit down for a fireside chat about Hybrid CMSs and how Edit Mode Anywhere impacts the field.
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