Compare Contentful vs. Symfony CMF

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.

As a Content Management Framework Symfony CMF is not a complete CMS product, but more of a framework to build your own CMS on top of. This makes it stand out from the crowd.

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

• Full stack Symfony Framework Implementation
• Flexibility in design alowing tailored experiences
• Can be embedded into existing Symfony applications

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

• Longer time to market than with CMS
• Content editor experience easily compromised
• Smaller community than CMSes