Compare Craft CMS vs. Pimcore

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.

Pimcore is a CMS whose development started in 2009. Originally the Content Management System was built on the Zend PHP Framework, but the system will switch to the Symfony full stack framework.

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

• Solid feature set beyond regular CMS features
• Commercial backing
• Quality codebase

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

• New product version can be risky
• Limited adoption
• Can be too "heavy" for simple sites