Concrete5

I have had positive a experience with Concrete5. I have built a couple of sites on it.

What do you like best? Easy edits, lots of resources, pretty good customer service forums. I really like the themes and how you can take a theme design and make it your own. Most CMS have limitations. What do you dislike? The updates. Seems like every three months there is an update. I actually did an update and it disrupted the entire site. I had to do a complete rebuild. The contact page, despite the fact there is a recaptcha, doesn't seem to have a spam filter. I get inundated with ...

Pretty user friendly and fast, but not as diverse as more popular platforms

What do you like best? The speed and simplicity of the platform is where it shines. It's also easy to implement. What do you dislike? Looking at form inquiries is more challenging than it needs to be. Since it is not as widely used as, say, WordPress the support and plugins are limited. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We've used it as the content management system for smaller websites. Easier to implement is a positive - saves ...

Works well, does exactly what I need it to.

What do you like best? Decent photo editor built in, well organized, easy to use. Well suited for even the most non-tech person to use. What do you dislike? Occasionally an issue with a lag between editing a photo and then it showing correctly on site. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Streamlining our website as well as integrating our student and parent portals with the website.

User feedback about Concrete5

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Highly scalable, especially from being a simple blogging tool for us. This is helping us create websites without consuming much time and without going through a lot of hassles. This is serving its intended web development purposes. Concrete5 has everything needed for creating different websites; right after installation. What aspects are problematic or could work better? Some tasks are more difficult depending on the integrations ...

Suitable for almost all websites today

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? The most popular benefit of C5 is its suitability for front end users. Making on-page editing is unbelievably easy. It lets you use customized attributes and codes to make more sophisticated websites too. What aspects are problematic or could work better? We have faced some problems when three or more developers work on the same site. It cannot seamlessly connect local and remote environments too. Moreover, it is not that suitable ...

Highly adaptable, but have experienced problems with the providing agency

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Concrete5 is an open-source CMS tool. So, many developers have already created great plugins that users can easily search and use on their own sites. Concrete5 also lets us do any necessary tweaks on our websites, whether with the use of programming codes or with plugins. This makes it easier for us to customize our sites. What aspects are problematic or could work better? We can’t make the most out of our Concrete5 account. This is ...

Suitable for front-end users

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Inserting blocks and on-page editing is super easy with C5. Our clients can pull those tasks off, regardless of them having no sufficient programming background. What aspects are problematic or could work better? Some of the themes load sluggishly. We’ve also observed that the quality of the plugins has decreased. What specific problems in your company were solved by this product? We have been helping clients migrate from other ...

Super convenient and smooth to use for a powerful CMS

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Preparing and planning for our work is easier with the help of Concrete5. Personalizing plugins for building websites is also hassle-free. Not to mention, it has a lively community with expert developers; ready to help us anytime. What aspects are problematic or could work better? I like the plugins in the Concrete5 marketplace. But I wish there would be more free plugins available for users. What specific problems in your company ...

Wonderful user experience when creating websites

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Concrete5 is a lot better than other content management platforms. It helps me easily edit the sites I make. It also has plenty of plugins among other resources. The tool carries a lot of cool themes and designs too, and I can customize them depending on how I see fit. And I have lots of great experience from the support I receive in the forum for user support. What aspects are problematic or could work better? I am having some ...

Robust content management tool, promotes improvements for our outputs

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? This CMS is very easy to use, robust and helps us improve. It is easy to personalize themes from pre-built themes without sacrificing proper arrangement. This helps us accomplish many things such as setting up automated tasks and completing packages. What aspects are problematic or could work better? Installing the tool consumes a lot of time, and installing updates means adding new parts to the platform. As a result, we’ve ...