Compare Concrete5 vs. Thunder CMS

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.

Thunder is a Drupal 8 distribution specialised for media houses. It is initially developed by Burda, a German media company, who is now seeking to get other members on the project.

• Ease of use
• Extensions marketplace
• Reasonably sized community

• Everything included
• Relatively modern architecture
• Easy to get started

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

• Coupling on pre-packaged product
• One size fits all - a lot of choices have been made
• Unsure future with being a new distribution