Compare Symphony CMS vs. Pimcore

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.

Pimcore is a CMS whose development started in 2009. Originally the Content Management System was built on the Zend PHP Framework, but the system will switch to the Symfony full stack framework.

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

• Solid feature set beyond regular CMS features
• Commercial backing
• Quality codebase

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

• New product version can be risky
• Limited adoption
• Can be too "heavy" for simple sites