Compare Symphony CMS vs. Concrete5

Symphony CMS is a content management system that is built using PHP language. Despite the similarity in naming it has nothing to do with the Symfony project also written in PHP.

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.

• Simple to read codebase
• Easy user interface
• Extensible by default

• Ease of use
• Extensions marketplace
• Reasonably sized community

• Codebase shows it's age
• Heavy investment in project specific technology
• Limited popularity

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