Compare October CMS vs. BackBee

October CMS is a content management system built on the Laravel Framework. It's been in development since 2013 and is definitely part of a new generation of PHP of content management tools.

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.

• A new project with little legacy
• Built on a common MVC framework
• A functional marketplace

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

• A limited number of adopters
• Built in AJAX framework might make decoupling difficult
• Site layout management features limited

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