1. A feature and deployment recommendation system for content management systems operable on one or more microprocessors, the content management system comprising: a vendor-site deployment including a customer configuration repository adapted to store content usage metrics received from one or more customer-site deployments; an analytical engine configured to generate content usage patterns based on the stored content usage metrics; and a recommendation engine configured to recommend an adaptation of any of the one or more customer-site deployments based on the generated content usage patterns.