Compare BackBee vs. Pimcore

BackBee is a content management system from the company Lp Digital. The software is Open Source and released under the GPL3 License. BackBee uses multiple Symfony components for core functions.

Pimcore is a CMS whose development started in 2009. Originally the Content Management System was built on the Zend PHP Framework, but the system will switch to the Symfony full stack framework.

• Great user experience with in-place editing
• Contemporary implementation without 
• Backed by a company

• Solid feature set beyond regular CMS features
• Commercial backing
• Quality codebase

• Limited adoption outside of France
• Custom implementation, Symfony in components
• Missing power user features like multilanguage and multisite

• New product version can be risky
• Limited adoption
• Can be too "heavy" for simple sites