CMS Commander vs ManageWP Comparison

10 Comments

1. Chris Gingrich
   8 years ago Permalink

   Another feature you may want to add to your list is payment options. CMS Commander accepts PayPal and ManageWP does not.

2. Steve
   9 years ago Permalink

   Thanks for all the reviews you did on the wordpress management systems. i am late in this conversation, but want to add my experience.

   I have been using ManageWP for a few years for about 20 sites. It was easy to use and fairly reliable. So, here is the “but”… but, they recently redesigned their interface to “Orion” and it has been a horrible experience. The user interface is sloppy and complicated.

   This prompted me to search for a new system. CMScommander and iControlWP are two of my finalist. Both have easy to use interfaces. I like CMScommanders backup system better (I can save to Google Drive (iControlWP uses their own system).

   In any case, I give CMScommander the thumbs up over ManageWP. The new ManageWP dashboard is mess… Hope this is helpful.

3. Steve
   11 years ago Permalink

   One thing that I would ask be clarified between the two. ManageWP has tiered pricing based on features you want to use – whereas – CMS Commander is all inclusive. If that’s the case that would make CMS Commander a better value, to my mind. Is this the case?

   Steve

   1. Thomas Höfter
      11 years ago Permalink

      Yes, it is true that ManageWP has tiered pricing and CMS Commander does not. Because of that for most people ManageWP would be more expensive. You can go to the main article of this WP manager comparison and enter the features you need to get an exact price comparison between CMS Commander and ManageWP.

4. James Mowery
   11 years ago Permalink

   James Mowery, CEO of ManageWP here. I just wanted to make you aware that the comparison table is not accurate as it stands.

   ManageWP includes Self Hosted options, primarily for larger enterprises, universities, government, and other high-end clients and other institutions that have specific needs for data retention.

   You can very easily bulk edit any WordPress posts and pages within ManageWP’s dashboard.

   You can bulk create and manage multiple WordPress user accounts within the dashboard, which we consider essential for security reasons.

   Furthermore, you also have the ability to easily access all your dashboard and rapidly make changes to settings.

   Can you please update the article to reflect this?

   Thanks!

   1. WPscoop
      11 years ago Permalink

      Hi James and thanks for your comment.

      The fact that you offer a self-hosted option for enterprise clients is noted in our ManageWP review under unique features. It can not be included in the comparison since the self-hosted version is not publicly available and does not have a price tag attached.

      I have updated the comparison and included the bulk create WP users feature for ManageWP, that was indeed missed. I can not find any details regarding bulk editing posts or pages though, neither in your software nor in its documentation. Can you point me in the right direction?

      1. Nemanja
         11 years ago Permalink

         Hi Thomas,
         Sorry for not following up on this sooner, James suffered an injury a while back, preventing him from responding.
         The bulk edit option is covered near the end of this article (the edit/overwrite option):
         http://managewp.com/user-guide/how-to-use-managewp/publish/bulk-create-wordpress-page-or-post
         There’s also an inaccurancy in the ManageWP review – we’ve recently tweaked our pricing plan, so you could now run an unlimited number of sites on a single domain for as little as $1.50 per month
         http://managewp.com/plans-and-pricing

         1. Thomas Höfter
            11 years ago Permalink

            Hi Nemanja and thanks for the update. I have added the bulk edit feature to ManageWP in the comparison and updated the review with an explanation of your changed pricing.

   2. Mark K
      10 years ago Permalink

      I am currently using the Standard 5 Domain ManageWP. I also run several Drupal sites that I thought of considering CMS Commander but I am in process of switching over.

      My main concern right now and should be a red flag is that your SSL Certificate is expired and you do not use SSL for the dashboard. That means that my login/pass credentials are all in the open, more concerned fact would be if the other 5 domain credentials are out in the open.

      RapidSSL sells certs. for less than 10 dollars.

      1. Thomas Höfter
         10 years ago Permalink

         Hi Mark, I think James Mowery is not with ManageWP anymore so your comment here might get missed. Better try contacting them directly with your concerns.