Compare Craft CMS vs. Thunder CMS

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.

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.

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

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

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

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