LifeRay vs ModX

Comparing two widly different products based on there Web Content Management features:

	Liferay Portal	MODx
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Product Details
Product Name	Liferay ​Portal	MODx
Company / Developers	Liferay,​ ​Inc	MODx ​team
Latest Stable Release	Liferay ​Portal ​6.​0.​6	MODx ​1.​0.​2
Application Server	Apache J2EE	Apache        J2EE
Price	$​0	$​0
Operating System	Platform Independent	Platform Independent
License	GPL LGPL	GPL        LGPL
Programming Language	Java        PHP	Java PHP
Database	DB2 Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Other PosgreSQL	DB2        Microsoft SQL Server MySQL        Other        PosgreSQL
Overview	Liferay Portal Web Content Management System by Liferay, Inc is distributed through a LGPL license. It runs on a J2EE server with support for a DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Other, PosgreSQL database and is in the Java programming language.	MODx Web Content Management System by MODx team is distributed through a GPL license. It runs on a Apache server with support for a MySQL database and is in the PHP programming language.
Website
Website	Liferay Portal  (liferay.com)	MODx  (modxcms.com)
Features
Root Access
Shell Access
Authentication Type	Kerberos LDAP NTLM Pluggable	Kerberos LDAP        NTLM Pluggable
Page Caching
Database Replication
FTP Support	Limited
XHTML Compliant
UTF-8 Support
Database Reports	Costs ​Extra
Metadata
Friendly URLs	Yes	Yes
URL Rewriting	Yes	Yes
Other Features
Content Approval		Free ​Add ​On
Versioning		Free ​Add ​On
Commercial Support/Training		Limited
Drag-N-Drop Content		Limited
Subscriptions
Load Balancing
Web Statistics	Limited
Web Services Front-end	Yes	Yes
RSS
	More Details	More Details

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