Deciding what Content Management System (CMS) to choose for you and your website can be a critical decision for the future of your business.

Open-source CMSs like WordPress and Drupal get a lot of attention on blogs (including this site), but they aren’t the only options when it comes to choosing a CMS.

There are many hosted CMSs available that are popular with designers and their clients.

While the features vary from one hosted CMS to another, primary benefits are common to all (or most of them).

Things like having the hosting included, while the possibility for designing and developing sites quickly, and the availability of pre-made themes, and support tend to be listed as the benefits, when choosing a hosted CMS.

This is article you’ll find 10 Amazing hosted CMS’s (including some hosted eCommerce solutions) that you can choose from.

1. Squarespace

Probably one of the most known and talked about hosted CMS product out there today,  but it’s an amazing product for designers who wanting to create the next generation of web and mobile experiences or to anyone who want to manage their own online presence for the first time.

Squarespace provides elegant solutions that set new standards for online publishing. By focusing their efforts on the fusion of design and functionality, there are too many features to mention so if you want to see them all you can by visiting their feature index page.

Sqaurespace has a few different pricing plans, if you want just a website you can chose from personal plan for $12 per month or a business plan for $18, or if you want to have an online presence you can choose a basic plan at $26 or an advanced plan at $40.

2. Voog (previously Edicy)

A powerful but yet simple to use tool for creating and managing websites that look gorgeous both on mobile and desktop screens.

Voog provides powerful tools for developers with which they can build websites with any kind of design and functionality. As Voog is built on open standards, any web developer can build sites on it, extend functionality with their open API or help you take your data and switch to some other platform.

Everything is already set up, configured and hosted by the Voog team. So you’ll never have to update the system, protect it from hackers or scale it when you get famous. It’s all done by them.

Voog has three different plans a Standard at €6, Plus at €10 or their Premium at €39 per month, all of Voog plans has different features & specs so choose one that suits you.

3. Light CMS

A product from Oracle America, LightCMS is a revolutionary CMS platform which make it easy for anyone to build a website and an online store.

Like no other CMS software, LightCMS gives you so much while keeping things so simple. With LightCMS, anyone can build an incredible website with amazing design, fantastic features, and even an online store. LightCMS includes a big selection of website designs that automatically adapt to look great all devices, but you can customise them yourself with the incredible Design Editor.

LightCMS has a full range of website elements with a complete e-commerce software solution, creating a set of CMS features unmatched by any other product. Like other on this list there’s no CMS software to install and no servers to maintain.

LightCMS has 5 different plans,Personal$19 a month, Standard$29 a month, Premium$49 a month, Professional$69 a month and  Unlimited $99 a month.

4. Surreal CMS

A Simple, Powerful, Hosted CMS, SurrealCMS has more than 20,000 websites use Surreal CMS to manage their content. As you can manage all your websites from the same account.

Surreal offers inline editing. Just click on the page and type. It’s the most intuitive way to edit.  Surreal gives you an easy but powerful way to manage users. You can select the websites each user has access, and even assign permissions for each page. Pricing is a bit different than the rest of Hosted CMS company as their offers a Pay as you grow.

5. Business Catalyst

Business Catalyst from Adobe is an all-in-one hosted Content Management System built for Digital Agencies and Business Owners. Its unified digital marketing tools allow you to build powerful websites that rank well, are easy to manage, and include the tools you need to run a successful online business.

This content management system takes the hassle out of building your website, without locking you in to constrictive theme frameworks. Choose a pre-built template, or use your own HTML/CSS – it give you complete control over the look and feel of your sites.

Business Catalyst has three different plans, webBasics+ at $10.99 per month, webMarketing at $16.99 per month or webCommerce starting at $34.99 per month with 3 users.

6. Shopify

Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops.

The platform also provides merchants with a powerful back-office and a single view of their business. Like Squarespace, Shopify has too many features to mention here but you can see them all here

Shopify has three different plans, Basic Shopify at $29 per month,  Shopify  at $79 per month or Advanced Shopify  at $299 per month

7. Zesty

Zesty.io, runs and operates 100% in a cloud network. Unlike a traditional CMS. As Zesty’s WCMS is unique because it empowers businesses to easily manage content for multiple websites, mobile apps, and IoT devices all at the same time.

Like other hosted CMS providers, Zesty features includes search engine optimisation, infrastructure scaling, and content distribution, you can see all the features here. Zesty.io pricing starts at $50 per month

8. Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition

Choosing Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition means that you don’t have to worry about servers and traffic spikes. As the entire environment Magento monitor leaving you to focus on expanding into new markets, creating engaging customer experiences, and irresistible promotions.

9. Volusion

Create a store your customers love with Volusion, as selling online is simple, whether you adding products, uploading multiple images or managing inventory.

As Volusion has streamlined the system to work for you and your business. Volusion has features such as comprehensive SEO tools to social, payment and marketplace integration’s. Volusion has expertly-designed themes, custom domains, intuitive functionality and more, Volusion has everything you need to build your store your way.

Volusion has pricing that’s perfect for everyone with 4 different; Mini $15 per month, Plus, $35 per month, Pro $75 per month or Premium $135 per month

10. Kentico Cloud

Kentico Cloud is a headless CMS allows you to provide content to any channel and device through an API.
Kentico Cloud allows you to organise your content in a cloud-based content hub and collaborate with your team.

Kentico Cloud makes it affordable for everyone and enterprise ready, Kentico Cloud has a free plan which is
free forever but you can add more only when you need. or you can have the professional that includes support and extra features from $299per month