Performance & Scalability
Engineered for Performance, Built to Scale
Power your digital experiences with an enterprise-grade CMS, designed for performance, scalability, and flexibility and built on trusted technologies that will grow with your business.
How It Works
dotCMS is powered by a foundation of solid and trusted enterprise technologies, ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance needed for the most demanding use cases.
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Technology
The core of our platform is built on rock-solid technologies including:
- J2EE frameworks that deliver enterprise performance, security and scalability
- Elasticsearch for rapid content retrieval
- PostgresSQL to ensure data integrity and reliable transactions
- Kubernetes for automated deployment and scaling
Publishing Architecture
Publishing Architecture
Designed for enterprise platform architectures, dotCMS will design your publishing architecture and environment capacity based on your use case, and optimize for sites where performance matters the most.
Content Delivery Network
Content Delivery Network
Deliver instant access and maximum content performance everywhere by integrating dotCMS with an enterprise-grade CDN that will give you global coverage at scale. dotCMS has a globally scalable and secure CDN out of the box, or you can integrate your own CDN such as CloudFront. Ensure a fast, seamless experience for users--no matter where they are.
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- 26Dec 25
Five Pillars of a Successful Enterprise Headless Implementation
Lessons learned from the field, and how to build systems that hold up when it matters most.
- 26Dec 25
dotCMS’ Thesis: The Smaller the Core, the Bigger the Impact. | Part 2
A clear-eyed argument for why enterprise DXPs fail when treated as products instead of operating models and what a durable, outcome-driven experience spine actually looks like.
- 26Dec 25
Stop Buying DXPs. Start Building a Spine. | Part 1
A critical look at why enterprise DXP initiatives collapse when platforms are treated as SKUs rather than as operating models for change.
- 26Dec 25
dotCMS as the Experience Spine. | Part 3
How dotCMS is designed as a durable experience spine enabling hybrid headless delivery, evergreen upgrades, governed AI, and measurable optimization without platform theater.
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Success stories from teams building what’s next
Real teams. Real outcomes. Explore how organizations modernized their digital stacks, reduced operational load, and delivered better customer experiences with dotCMS.
Reducing IT Dependencies with dotCMS Cloud
Learn how Northwest College stays up-to-date on the latest dotCMS upgrades and security fixes without overtaxing IT resources.
Being on the Cloud has been a lifesaver for me. I try to upgrade our dotCMS instance at least once a year and the support I get from dotCMS to do that is critical. I couldn’t do it on my own.