Compare Symphony CMS vs. Contentful

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.

Contentful is a pure CaaS (Content as a Service) player. It comes from Berlin, and is currently the global market leader for decoupled hosted content management.

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

• Widely used across industries
• No technical operations needed
• Free tier for hobbyists

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

• Limited customisation capabilities
• Vendor lock in (though export is possible)
• Pricing for large amounts of content