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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Concrete CMS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AConcrete CMS (formerly Concrete5) is a free and open source, PHP built content management system for content on the web and also for intranets. It is optimized to support the creation of online magazines and newspapers.N/A

    ExpressionEngine

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AExpressionEngine is a content management system from EllisLab in 2002, a successor to pMachine Pro, a blogging system, which is written in object-oriented PHP and uses MySQL for data storage. ExpressionEngine is their flagship Content Delivery Platform.

    $249

    per year

    Pricing
    Concrete CMSExpressionEngine
    Editions & Modules
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    License
    $299.00
    One Time Fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Concrete CMSExpressionEngine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Concrete CMSExpressionEngine
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    Portland Labs
    Chose Concrete CMS
    Concrete5 compares very well to other content management systems such as Wordpress, Drupal, Expression Engine and Joomla. Concrete5 seems to have the easiest learning curve from development standpoint and much easier to use for the end user.
    Incentivized
    Open Source
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Concrete CMSExpressionEngine
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Concrete CMS and ExpressionEngine
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.5
    38 Ratings
    ExpressionEngine
    10.0
    35 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.538 Ratings10.035 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Concrete CMS and ExpressionEngine
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.7
    33 Ratings
    ExpressionEngine
    9.4
    28 Ratings
    API9.731 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.730 Ratings9.722 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Concrete CMS and ExpressionEngine
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    8.4
    42 Ratings
    ExpressionEngine
    8.9
    35 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor9.342 Ratings9.132 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.037 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Admin section10.040 Ratings9.134 Ratings
    Page templates10.040 Ratings8.129 Ratings
    Library of website themes4.238 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.739 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.737 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Form generator6.639 Ratings9.420 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Concrete CMS and ExpressionEngine
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    6.9
    40 Ratings
    ExpressionEngine
    9.4
    35 Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.939 Ratings10.027 Ratings
    SEO support9.039 Ratings10.027 Ratings
    Bulk management6.039 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions5.439 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Community / comment management5.439 Ratings9.931 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Concrete CMSExpressionEngine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (59 ratings)
    10.0
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    5.3
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.2
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)