The DotNetNuke Professional Edition, Elite Edition, and Elite Premier Edition are tested and verified versions of the DotNetNuke web content management system (WCM or CMS) and application development framework for organizations running business-critical web sites on Microsoft .NET. They all offer the same features as the Community Edition plus additional features specifically for business-critical applications. The matrix below details the differences between the Editions for web content management system (CMS) applications.

Web Content Management System The most widely adopted web content management system (CMS) for Microsoft .NET with hundreds of thousands of production web sites worldwide
Advanced Content Approval Process Allows administrators to create custom workflows with an unlimited number of states and reviewers
Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Defined access to the toolset through standard user interface extensions provided with the core DotNetNuke platform
Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Developer License The leading AJAX components toolset including 32 major and 35 helper controls with proven reliability that allow you to build elegant, rich DotNetNuke user interfaces. An enterprise license allows your entire development team to use the controls natively within your Professional or Elite Edition instance.
Telerik RadEditor Enhanced Rich Text Editor  A rich text editor based on the Telerik RadEditor provides advanced features like Microsoft Word “clean”, spell checking, HTML templates, image resizing and compression, and much more. Created as a plug-in to the DotNetNuke framework, it provides seamless integration with the Professional Edition extended security model.
Google Analytics Support Support for injection of analytics tracking code or other content in a specific location of every page
Google Analytics for Marketing Support Support for advanced Google Analytics functionality such as visitor type, landing page, role, or referrer segmentation
Change Audit Last modified and full history audit trails
Granular Permissions Page, module and folder level extended permissions to provide more granular security rights
Module Caching A database caching provider for module content which stores module content in a centralized database for faster page loading without requiring web server processing.
Page Caching Allows your site to save an entire page of rendered content to one of three different caching locations: memory, database or disk. Improves page delivery speed for site visitors.
Distributed Caching Provider More efficient resource usage in large web farms
File Integrity Checking Checks files in the installation and reports any inconsistencies which may impact website reliability
Health Monitoring Pings the website periodically to identify failures and will notify the site owner. Also ensures the site stays in web server memory for faster user accessibility
Security Center A host-level feature which dynamically loads a list of any known security vulnerabilities affecting the version of DotNetNuke software you are running. It also provides you with navigational guidance to acquire the latest upgrade.
Comprehensive documentation including more than 2,000 pages of both user and administrator manuals
An online Knowledge Base that provide guidance for DotNetNuke administrative tasks and answers to common technical questions
Impersonate User A host-level feature that allows you to impersonate another user who is a member of your web site. Search for a user by name and then click an icon to assume their identity to view the site using the user’s permissions while keeping their password confidential.
Unlimited technical support through the DotNetNuke Support Network (DSN) online ticketing system
Unlimited phone support over a wider time window than is available with the standard DSN online support
Installation or upgrade assistance on a one-time basis with a DotNetNuke Corp. technical support engineer
Source code access for the proprietary DotNetNuke Professional Edition modules
Flexibility to negotiate custom contract terms including higher product copyright indemnification limits than our standard