# Optimizely CMS

Commercial .NET content management system from Optimizely, installed from NuGet packages on Microsoft SQL Server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/optimizely-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.optimizely.com/products/content-management/
- docs: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13
- pricing: https://www.optimizely.com/plans

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Optimizely North America Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: dotnet
- language: unknown
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlserver
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: dotnet new install EPiServer.Templates, then the epi-alloy-mvc template

### License

- licenseModel: commercial
- license: unknown

### Releases

- currentMajor: 13
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.optimizely.com/products/content-management/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- description: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://www.optimizely.com/legal/privacy-notice (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainerType: https://www.optimizely.com/legal/privacy-notice (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- headlessApi: https://support.optimizely.com/hc/en-us/articles/44937048830221-2026-Optimizely-CMS-13-release-notes (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13 (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://support.optimizely.com/hc/en-us/articles/44937048830221-2026-Optimizely-CMS-13-release-notes (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://support.optimizely.com/hc/en-us/articles/44937048830221-2026-Optimizely-CMS-13-release-notes (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://www.optimizely.com/products/content-management/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.optimizely.com/products/content-management/ (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Optimizely CMS is a .NET content management system maintained by Optimizely North America Inc. under a commercial license. Version 13 is installed from Optimizely project templates and NuGet packages, requires .NET 10, and stores its data in Microsoft SQL Server 2022 or Azure SQL. The [install guide](https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/content-management-system/v13.0.0-CMS/docs/install-cms13) also requires Opti ID and Optimizely Graph, which Optimizely includes in the CMS 13 license.

The CMS exposes a REST API and manages several sites from one installation. Optimizely also documents a hosted edition, CMS (SaaS), in [its own docs](https://docs.optimizely.com/cms-saas/docs).

## Worth knowing

Testing and production environments need a commercial license, as the install guide states.

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