Content management system (CMS) development is needed to create intuitive, customizable, scalable, and SEO-oriented solutions for handling your corporate content. CMS development by ScienceSoft helps companies ensure prompt and cost-effective web content management and encourage website lead generation.

Why Opt for CMS Development Right Now

With a robust CMS, you can get the following benefits:

230–400%

annual CMS ROI due to an optimal feature value/cost ratio, cost-effective website development and optimized maintenance
+10-50%

website traffic due to faster web content publishing and updating as a result of automation
+2-10%

conversion rate due to integrations with SEO tools, user behavior analytics software, and more
30–60%

growth in content managers' productivity due to simplified content management (no technical skills like visual design or coding are required) and real-time collaboration on web content
1.2-1.5x

reduced number of content managers needed to handle a website due to efficient workflows, fast content creation and search, web content reuse, and more

Key CMS Features We Deliver

Content creation and storage

WYSIWYG editor and content templates.
Content hierarchy taxonomy.
Indexing and full-text search.
Integrated file managers.
AI-powered auto-tagging and metadata creation.
Content archiving.

CMS administration

Content governance.
Reporting and analytics (e.g., content usage, user behavior).
Integrated help desk.
Alerts and notifications (e.g., about content publishing, modification).

Content publishing and promotion

Built-in SEO tools and SEO-friendly URLs.
Customizable content approval and publishing workflows, including non-linear, multistep processes.
AI-driven content personalization (smart suggestions).
Multisite and multilanguage support.
Accessibility on mobile devices.

Security and compliance

Access control and multi-factor user authentication.
Role-based permissions.
Versioning and audit trail.
Content retention and deletion policies.
Technical compliance (e.g., WCAG 2).
Industry-specific compliance (e.g., GLBA, SOX, HIPAA).

Useful CMS Integrations We Implement

ERP
CRM
PIM
Ecommerce software
Marketing automation software

Social media
Collaboration solutions
BI solutions
Web analytics tools
CRO tools

Pavel Ilyusenko

Head of PMO at ScienceSoft

I usually recommend my clients to consider custom CMS development services if you need a flexible and convenient CMS tailored to your specific content management needs. Unlike out-of-the-box software, a custom CMS solution will contain only (and all) the features you need: e.g., built-in SEO tools, AI-based content personalization, multisite and multilanguage support, custom branding, integrations with legacy software, and more.

Examples of CMS Capabilities ScienceSoft Can Implement

Streamline creating content for your intranet, portal or website due to an intuitive content editor

Accelerate content creation due to customizable templates

Facilitate content search due to CMS search filtering capabilities

Get full visibility into content management in your company

Optimize your website using built-in SEO tools to drive more conversions

Accelerate content publishing due to automated approval workflows

Enable content personalization based on user roles, locations, and more

Easily track changes in content due to CMS versioning capabilities

What Makes ScienceSoft a Go-to CMS Development Company

33 years in IT consulting and software development services, over 3,300 success stories.
11 years in custom CMS development.
Senior PHP and Python developers, including experts in Symfony and Django frameworks.
Business analysts with 5–9 years of experience in CMS.
Expertise in 30 industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, banking, and retail.
Pimcore, Magento, Adobe, Akeneo partnerships.
A quality-first approach based on a mature ISO 9001-compliant quality management system and deeply rooted in our team's mindset.
ISO 27001-certified security management based on comprehensive security controls, advanced technologies and security-first culture ingrained at ScienceSoft.

CMS Development Process

To give you an idea of what you can expect from our CMS developers, we outline the scope of a typical CMS project. However, our development team is ready to adjust the workflow to each customer’s unique situation.

Conceptualization stage

Details

Analyzing a company’s information architecture and content management workflows.
Defining the content management needs.
Outlining the solution’s scope.
Specifying the future CMS users and their roles.

Planning stage

Details

Deciding on a content governance strategy.
Defining the core CMS features.
Creating a CMS requirements specification.
Choosing a suitable platform/tech stack.
Planning CMS integrations with enterprise systems.
Creating a CMS development plan and a business case.

Design stage

Details

Designing content management workflows.
Creating personas and user journey maps.
Building CMS prototypes.
Conducting usability testing of the prototypes.

Development stage

Details

Developing a CMS solution from scratch or on the basis of the chosen platform.
Integrating the solution with necessary third-party or legacy systems.

Testing and QA stage

Details

Creating a CMS test plan, test scenarios and test cases.
Conducting comprehensive CMS testing.
Fixing the defects detected during the testing.

Data migration stage

Details

Creating a data migration plan.
Defining the content eligible for migration.
Checking the legacy content for errors and duplication, outdated or inconsistent data.
Conducting content migration.
Testing the transferred data and content.

User training and launching stage

Details

Creating documentation on the CMS use.
Conducting training sessions for CMS users.
Performing user acceptance testing.
Collecting user feedback and implementing relevant improvements.
Launching the CMS to the production environment.

After-launch support stage

Details

Resolving user issues.
Adjusting the solution to the changing business needs.
Monitoring and improving CMS regulatory compliance.

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What Our Customers Say

Morten Øien Eriksen

CEO at Enonic

ScienceSoft's team of five Java developers and one test engineer have been working hard to ensure our product – Enonic XP – exceeds our customer's expectations. ScienceSoft's experience in agile development ensured smooth project implementation and iterative development of Enonic XP. As a result, Enonic XP has evolved into an easy-to-use and scalable platform, which is crucial for our success.

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Given Radingwana

Product and Partnerships Manager

Now that we’ve been working with ScienceSoft for 4 months, we can say that we are no doubt happy with our choice of development partners. The quality they deliver is consistently high. Given that the whole project team is international, we have no communication problems, and the reports are on time. What we appreciate is their ability to work independently, with no need for our careful guidance.

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Sultan Masad

Group IT Manager

We partnered ScienceSoft for building a SharePoint document management system to streamline document storing, search, approval, and archiving. [...] To facilitate document search and search filtering, the team implemented document tagging. Also, the team created an approval workflow for policies and procedures.

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What You Will Get from ScienceSoft

Reliable and high-performing CMS architecture

We use multi-layered structure and microservices in developing CMS solutions. We also adhere to such architectural design principles as separation of concerns (SoC) and high concurrency.

Optimized CMS development costs

We apply proven third-party components and public APIs, which helps us reduce development costs. We also regularly monitor and optimize the use of cloud services.

Guaranteed CMS quality

We provide regular code reviews, integrated APM (application performance management), systematic QA with optimal test coverage, including unit testing, automated API and UI testing.

Fast CMS delivery

The first working version of a CMS solution is ready within 2-3 months due to agile development and established DevOps practices with CI/CD.

Technologies We Apply

Web

Back end

Front end

Mobile

PHP frameworks

.NET Frameworks

Java frameworks and extensions

CMS platforms

Databases / data storages

SQL

NoSQL

Clouds

project details

Let Us Meet You Where You Are

Custom CMS development

To build a tailored CMS, we will:

Create an optimal CMS feature set.
Select a tech stack for CMS implementation.
Design CMS architecture and UX/UI.
Develop and test a CMS solution.
Conduct user training.
Perform CMS support and evolution (on demand).

I’m interested

Platform-based CMS development

To help you reduce CMS implementation costs, we will:

Selecta fitting CMS platform.
Configure, customize, and integrate your CMS solution with legacy or third-party systems.
Provide QA and user training.
Perform CMS support and evolution (on demand).

I’m interested

CMS module development

To address your specific content management need, we will:

Create a requirements specification for a CMS module.
Design Architecture, UX and UI of a CMS module.
Develop a module and integrate it with your CMS solution.
Provide CMS module QA.

I’m interested

Timeframes for Our CMS Development Services

MVP development: 2-3 months.
MVP with an innovative component: 4-6 months.
Creation of a CMS module with basic features (e.g., content creating, storing, organizing, publishing): 1-2 months.
Investment payback period: 0.4-1.2 years.
Releases: every 2-6 weeks.
Minor changes and hotfixes: several times a day.

CMS Implementation Costs

CMS development pricing ranges from $20,000 to $50,000 for a basic solution and from $150,000 to $400,000 for an advanced CMS that offers multilanguage support, AI-powered analytics and personalized suggestions, and more.

The costs depend on multiple factors such as the complexity of CMS features, the diversity of the content types, the overall volume of content, the number and complexity of content management workflows and integrations, and more. Please specify the relevant parameters below, and our rep will get back to you within 30 minutes to discuss your options.

Please specify the relevant parameters below, and our rep will get back to you within 30 minutes to discuss your options.