Compare Symphony CMS vs. October 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.

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.

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

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

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

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