Compare October CMS vs. Concrete5

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.

Concrete 5 is a long running content management system. It is known for it's user friendly interface and with it's recent iterations has moved to adopt Symfony components.

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

• Ease of use
• Extensions marketplace
• Reasonably sized community

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

• Product versioning can be confusing
• Not many examples for complex implementations
• Multilingual architecture not top notch