Compare Symphony CMS vs. Craft CMS

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.

Craft CMS is a new player in the PHP CMS field. It does not use Symfony components, but is a popular and more modern option for WordPress.

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

• Superb usability
• Focus on content management
• Clean code base

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

• Limited adoption
• Not a part of a larger ecosystem (like Symfony)
• Coding style is a bit old school PHP