Compare Symphony CMS vs. Sulu 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.

Sulu is a new take on content management. It has been started from scratch using an existing content repository.

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

• Clean architecture based on Full Symfony Full Stack Framework
• Uses ready made components such as CMF, PHPCR
• Clean user interface

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

• Limited adoption
• A new product, there are use cases not covered yet
• Initial setup and flexibility requires expert developers