Re: CMS Pricing models

At 09:18 AM 9/01/2004, Ben Noblet wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I was wondering if any of the CMS resources out there have any information
>on the pricing models employed by different vendors?
>
>I don't mean actual $$ pricing (although that would be interesting too), but
>am more interested in the model employed.  Some examples might be:
>- license per CPU (eg MSCMS)
>- license per CMS user
>- license by site size (eg. Page/content object)
>- license per domain (eg. Ektron)
>- license per content database
>- license per physical publishing destination
>
>Any examples of pricing models of commercial vendors or comments on any of
>these potential models would be appreciated.

Ben,

I have seen every conceivable pricing model
used across the marketplace, and I would add a
couple to your list:

- license per class of user (author/reviewer/administrator/etc)
- licence per named user
- licence for number of simultaneous users
- licence by product modules/capabilities
- monthly product 'rental'
- open-source model (software is free)

Cheers,
James
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James Robertson
Step Two Designs Pty Ltd

Knowledge Management / Content Management / Intranets

http://www.steptwo.com.au/
[email protected]

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