For the below comparison we quite frankly had a hard time even finding general commercial Content Management Systems. By the following comparison we are not saying our system is better in every way over all of the competition, but simply illustrating it's strengths over the competitors including price and features.
| Costs | AdaptCMS Pro | Subdreamer | phpFoX | PHPCow | ArticleLive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Price | $25/domain* | $99.95/domain | $300/license | $399/website | $239 |
| Support | Life of Script | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
| © Removal | Pending ** | $35.00 | $75.00 | Optional | None Required |
| Installation (optional) | $10.00 | $49.95 | $49.00 | Free | Free |
| Upgrading | Free - Life of CMS | N/A | $49.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Features | |||||
| Simple template system? | Yes | No | No | Somewhat | No |
| S2S Messages (or similar)? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Stats Program? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Full Permissions? | Yes | No | Simple | Yes | No |
| Advanced Custom Fields? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Auto Error Reporting? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Custom Settings? | Yes | Simple | Simple | No | No |
| Mod_Rewrite? | Yes, advanced | Yes, simple | No | No | Yes, simple |
*= Price is pending, using current AdaptCMS v1.0 price
**= Price for copyright removal is pending, but is expected to be low