Compare Bolt CMS vs. Contentful

Bolt CMS is a lightweight CMS built with the Silex Microframework. It is well built and a great alternative for developers looking for a modern PHP system to replace WordPress, for example.

Contentful is a pure CaaS (Content as a Service) player. It comes from Berlin, and is currently the global market leader for decoupled hosted content management.

• Clean architecture built with Silex, very easy to learn
• Standard components for Forms and Database
• Clean purpose, not trying to solve every problem

• Widely used across industries
• No technical operations needed
• Free tier for hobbyists

• Developer availability compared to WP
• Extensibility for multilingual, etc. depends on extensions
• Limited community size

• Limited customisation capabilities
• Vendor lock in (though export is possible)
• Pricing for large amounts of content