Compare Symphony CMS vs. Symfony CMF

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.

As a Content Management Framework Symfony CMF is not a complete CMS product, but more of a framework to build your own CMS on top of. This makes it stand out from the crowd.

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

• Full stack Symfony Framework Implementation
• Flexibility in design alowing tailored experiences
• Can be embedded into existing Symfony applications

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

• Longer time to market than with CMS
• Content editor experience easily compromised
• Smaller community than CMSes