Built-in Applications:  

Fewer than half of the built-in applications on our list are built-in on Mambo – however the rest are all available as a free plugin.

One of the best things about Mambo is there is little need to visit the back end –you can update content from the front end.

Mambo access control levels are very useful when delegating site work to relatively unskilled employees. There are five levels of user: public, registered, publisher, editor and author.

Management:  

From the back end, you can handle site configuration, of course, add syndicated feeds, syndicate your own content, mass email registered users, and manage any site advertisement. Plugins are easily downloaded and added to your site. You can also schedule automatic expiration and publication dates.

The search tracking feature is stunning mechanism that keeps track of all searches made on your site. Combined with web stats – also built-in – this information can help you keep the site running at its highest possible level. By identifying what your site visitors are looking for you can update your site to reflect that.

This CMS uses an intuitive content organization hierarchy, referred to as sections, categories, and items. Sections are receptacles for one or more categories. Categories are receptacles for items.

Commerce:  

All commerce options are available as free plugins, including a point-of-sale mechanism, which is rare among the products we reviewed. Installing a plugin isn’t at all difficult – you just download the files with the plugin you want, and a wizard will talk you through the rest.