The Frontier application is server based and if you are setting up hundreds of sites, it's a worthwhile purchase with many easy to use features for admins.

If you are like most people and looking for an easy to use CMS solution for one or two sites, manila sets the bar very high. It's fully featured and nearly everything you want will be installed and ready to go from the moment you setup your site. No plug-ins to install or scour the web to find. Tyoe in your site name and you are running at full speed with complete and esay control of your templates. If you are a skilled web developer, a manila site for CMS when rendered to a "regular" apache server makes for a VERY powerful and rapid development environment.

Here are a few features that are included with that few other solutions offer without additional installations or purchases:

• Undo
• WYSIWYG Editor
• Static Content Export for Compatibility with Existing Sites
• Podcast Support and Subscription
• Content Staging & Workflow
• Content Scheduling
• Departments or Catagories, Each Having it's Own RSS Feed!
• Built-in, Dual-View Discussion Forum with RSS feeds!
• eMail to Discussion Group
• Comment Notification
• Automatically Created Print-Friendly Versions of Your Web Pages
• Automatically Created "Mail-This-Page" Forms
• Content Only Versions of Your Web Pages
• Automatic Calendar Based Archives
• A Powerful, Easy to Use Template Language
• Access Control to Content
• Multiple Page Templates
• eMail Confirmation of New Members
• Spam-Safe eMail Form for All Memebrs
• Built-in Poll Software
• Easily Upload Files -- movies, sound files, zip files, spreadsheets, etc.
• Closed, Private Members Only Websites
• Flickr Support

p.s. they're up to version 9.6 now...