Compare Grav vs. BackBee

Grav is a fresh flat-file database which is easy to install. It uses a number of Symfony components and is very fast to get started with.

BackBee is a content management system from the company Lp Digital. The software is Open Source and released under the GPL3 License. BackBee uses multiple Symfony components for core functions.

• Fast to install and get started with
• Extensible via Plugins, Skeletons and Themes
• A fresh codebase, no PHP4 cruft here

• Great user experience with in-place editing
• Contemporary implementation without 
• Backed by a company

• Limited use cases due to flat-file approach
• Limited developer base
• Needs more work to round the edges in real-world use

• Limited adoption outside of France
• Custom implementation, Symfony in components
• Missing power user features like multilanguage and multisite