Even in 2010, managing and maintaining a website can be a daunting and complicated process. Blogging platforms like Tumblr () and Posterous () are great, but they aren’t always the right solutions for small businesses that might need a product page, contact forms and other landing pages associated with a business.
Similarly, popular content management system (CMS) solutions like WordPress (), Drupal () and ExpressionEngine can sometimes be overkill for businesses that just want the ability to build out a few pages and have an easy way to modify and update those pages.
Fortunately, there is a solution. More and more developers are catering to the “lightweight CMS” market. These alternatives might not have as many options and features as a traditional CMS, but they are built with an emphasis on making webpages easy to create and update.
Here are five of our favorite lightweight CMS alternatives for small business users.
1. MojoMotor – $49.95 per site, self-hosted
We really like the front-end friendly design that is accessible for end users (who will be inputting most of the content), but also flexible enough to support rapid customization via HTML and CSS. If your needs outgrow MojoMotor, you can easily import your content into ExpressionEngine, a much heftier publishing platform.
2. CushyCMS – Free, Pro plan is $28 per month, hosted
The free account is good for unlimited sites and pages, but the Pro account includes WYSIWYG editing and the ability to brand the CMS any way you want.
3. GetSimple CMS – Free, self-hosted
GetSimple also supports features like sitemap generation and keyword and tagging suggestions.
4. Simple CMS – Free for one site, $15 per month for each additional site, hosted
Like CushyCMS, the backend is hosted on the Simple CMS servers and no downloading or web installation is necessary.
5. Perch – £35 (~$55 USD) per site, self-hosted
Perch includes some really great features like image resizing and microformats.
These are five of our favorite lightweight CMS alternatives for small business users. Do you have a favorite that we didn’t mention? What do you use to power your small business website? Let us know in the comments below.
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