Compare Contentful vs. Craft CMS

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.

Craft CMS is a new player in the PHP CMS field. It does not use Symfony components, but is a popular and more modern option for WordPress.

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

• Superb usability
• Focus on content management
• Clean code base

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

• Limited adoption
• Not a part of a larger ecosystem (like Symfony)
• Coding style is a bit old school PHP