A variety of CMS’s are available to ease the work of enterprises having diverse functioning and operational areas.

• Web CMS (WCMS) assists an organization in automating various aspects of web content creation, content management and delivery. Delivery to the web is its primary function, but many WCM systems also deliver to wireless devices.
• Transactional management system or Transactional CMS (TCMS) assists an organization to manage e-commerce transactions.
• Integrated CMS (ICMS) assists an organization in managing enterprise documents and content.
• Publication CMS (PCMS) assists an organization in managing the publications’ (manuals, books, and help) content life cycle.
• Learning CMS (LCMS) or managed learning environment (MLE) assists an organization in managing the web-based learning content life cycle.
• Enterprise CMS (ECMS) vary in their functionality. Some support both the web and publications content life cycle, while others support web content life cycle with either transactional content or customer relationship management content.