Compare Concrete5 vs. Contentful

Concrete 5 is a long running content management system. It is known for it's user friendly interface and with it's recent iterations has moved to adopt Symfony components.

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.

• Ease of use
• Extensions marketplace
• Reasonably sized community

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

• Product versioning can be confusing
• Not many examples for complex implementations
• Multilingual architecture not top notch

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