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Run a secure website your content contributors will love using with Concrete CMS.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Concrete CMS?
Pros
- Respectful
- Trustworthy
- Enables Productivity
- Acts with Integrity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Management Interface
Web Publishing Capabilities
Content Security
Content Repository
Digital Asset Management
Translation Facilitation
Social Media Integration
Standard Templates
Analytics and Reporting
Multi Channel Support
E-Commerce Integration
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Ease of Customization
Usability and Intuitiveness
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Data Integration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Vendor Support
Availability and Quality of Training
Concrete CMS Reviews
Vincent K.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Communications
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2020
Easy to use and easy to design custom things with
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Concrete CMS from other similar products?
The easy of use for people that use the software. All is done from the frontend, without any plugins. This had the advantage that a page can be made truly the way the content editor wants it to be. On the other hand, the coding system, makes it really easy to add, change or make other customizations on block levels. Do you want a block that takes planning pages and turn them into a custom-designed planning layout? Super easy to make.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Updating sometimes goes wrong and regularly needs adjustments
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Just go with it, you can't find a product that is as complete and ready to use as concrete5. Even my grandmother knows how to use it, it really is that simple!
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Simon C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2020
Intuitive, purpose built CMS
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Concrete CMS from other similar products?
Ease of use Purpose built CMS as opposed to a glorified blogging platform In context editing
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Relatively small user base so not many themes / add-ons available
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Get involved in the community - there are some really helpful and knowledgeable people who will offer help and advice
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
David K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2020
The best CMS you've never heard of
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Concrete CMS from other similar products?
Concrete5 was started as a way for Portland Labs clients to easily edit their website, I believe that philosophy still holds true, Concrete5 is great for end-users I haven't met anyone that does not pick up how to edit a page almost instantly, its also very dev friendly building blocks to suit your/clients needs is easy, it feels rewarding when you hand over a site with a custom made block that you know adds value to your clients site.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I love making themes for Concrete5 you can basically do anything with it. it's very versatile, and I would say that versatility is its greatest strong point.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Lack of marketing, I think if more people just used it they would be hooked. Concrete5.org is beginning to show its age, I think a nice modern makeover would go a long way to attracting new users. Concrete5 marketplace lacks a structured payout policy, I would love to build more themes for C5 but at the a cannot rely on payments being made at a certain time which affects cash flow.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go in with an open mind, and you will be pleasantly surprised, it does everything the more well known CMS's do but in a lot of instances does it better, it sits on top of a very modern modular code base, and is easy for clients to use and for devs to work with.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
