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What is Concrete CMS?

Concrete CMS, previously known as concrete5, is an open-source content management system designed for collaborative teams. It empowers users to create secure and visually appealing websites that content contributors find enjoyable to work with.

Its user interface emphasizes in-context editing, making it as user-friendly as a word processor.

As a result, you’ll spend less time on training and troubleshooting. The open-source framework facilitates the development of intricate applications, incorporating essential features like workflow management, file organization, and scheduling tools. Additionally, Concrete CMS boasts a marketplace filled with themes and add-ons that can enhance your project and streamline the development process. This versatility ensures that you can tailor your site to perfectly fit your needs.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$0
Price Overview:
Open source, or we can host it for you.
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, Concrete CMS provides an API

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Company Facts

Company Name:
PortlandLabs Inc
Date Founded:
2002
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese (Mandarin)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Lithuanian
Malay
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Welsh
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Concrete CMS Categories and Features

Website Builder Software

Auto Update
Content Import / Export
Drag & Drop
Invoices
Landing Pages / Web Forms
Newsletter Management
Online Booking
Online Store Builder
Pre-built Templates
Real Time Editing
SEO
Survey Builder
White Label

Content Management System

Audio Content
Customizable Templates
Document Indexing
E-forms
Full Text Search
Image Editor
SEO Management
Text Editor
Version Control
Video Content
Website Management
  • Reviewer Name: Brian M.
    Position: Owner
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Powerful, Extendable, User-Friendly

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    I have used Concrete5 for "business-card" type websites and complex applications including product lifecycle management, project management software, and health claims. Costs are very low to implement and the structure is robust and well thought out. Concrete5 allows me to build secure sites quickly that my clients love to use.

    Positive

    Concrete5 is great for everything from simple websites to custom, complex, applications. The peer-reviewed marketplace offers out-of-the-box solutions that save plenty of time and cost less than developing on your own with many add-ons available for free. Community support is fantastic with user forums and projects, including an e-Commerce solution that is robust and inexpensive to run with no monthly fees (seriously, the best e-Commerce package you're going to find). Sites can be deployed quickly with minimal costs and end-users can be trained often in minutes instead of hours or days. The platform is secure and allows fine-tooth permissions control. Internationalization is handled too for those that need to display their sites in multiple languages. Self-hosted and Concrete5 hosted options are available and maintenance is usually easily managed at the user-level.

    Without question, Concrete5 is the perfect mix of power and usability to allow sites to be deployed quickly at a reasonable cost.

    Negative

    There can be a learning curve and the technology used in the background has grown more complex over the last few years. This is not to say that it can't be used by those with less technical knowledge, just that like with any CMS there is a learning curve and some occasional pitfalls.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Technical Support Engineer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
    Feature Set
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best tool for web development

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    Overall Concrete 5 is wonderful product to bring out our skills of designing and development of web sites and content. It is well recommended for the people in web development field.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 provides full freedom to demonstrate your web development skills through multiple tools and addons, so we can manage and create our web content as we like.

    Negative

    Sometimes a slow response and addons integration issues are observed.

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  • Reviewer Name: Jennifer B.
    Position: Data Analyst
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Flawless Content Management

    Date: Apr 23 2021
    Summary

    For the basic and advanced uses Concrete 5 is well on the right course. There is no specific knowledge needed to run this program and everything is very clear and understandable.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 is well organized and flawless content management service. We can easily create forms and surveys for data collection and on sites without using any codes or special tech knowledge.

    Negative

    Form and data results take few extra minutes to consolidate and forming reports.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Assistant Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
    Feature Set
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Plenty of features

    Date: Apr 24 2021
    Summary

    Concrete 5 is easy to use and have good customer support if anyone face issues. Designs and themes are great and fresh.

    Positive

    There are plenty of addons available to customize the content in your way and also give notifications for automatic addon updates. Designs are wonderful with themes available freely on Concrete 5.

    Negative

    Some knowledge and guidance needed for adding hyperlinks on sites.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Web and Content Developer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    CMS with lot of Pros

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    Overall Concrete 5 is a product with lot of cons and functions and suitable for all type of web sites development and content management.

    Positive

    There are many pros in Concrete 5, some are them are as below:
    Easy installation and setup on the devices.
    Many addons for customization and productivity.
    Preinstalled templates and layouts for content organization.
    Pre configured image editor.

    Negative

    Concrete 5 has not much cons as a product, but the pricing can be an issue for some.

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  • Reviewer Name: Christina G.
    Position: Data Analyst
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Layout
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Futuristic CMS

    Date: Apr 23 2021
    Summary

    Future is well in the sight within this creative content management product. There are several tools available to cater current and future needs of web configurations.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 has all the advanced and upcoming technology available needed for a futuristic content management solution. The availability of all advanced editing and monitoring tools for contents makes it valuable asset.

    Negative

    It took a little time to understand the tools of concrete 5 but it's all ok now.

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  • Reviewer Name: Katilyn R.
    Position: IT Specialist
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Perfect

    Date: Apr 24 2021
    Summary

    Concrete 5 has every feature and potential to create or configure any web content. Easily configured on all devices.

    Positive

    There are lot of pros in Concrete 5 and it is a complete solution for developing any type of site and managing content for it. Several designs are on offer for creating new or updating exiting websites.

    Negative

    Operates smoothly for any task we through to it and performs well.

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  • Reviewer Name: Josh B.
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Powerful for developers, easy for site editors

    Date: Feb 18 2021
    Summary

    I've been using this CMS since 2009 and over a decade later, I'd still choose it again in a heartbeat. The team behind ConcreteCMS is always pushing the platform further, and taking bold, brave steps to make it a world-class system. As a developer, it's a breeze working with ConcreteCMS. The elegant architecture makes it easy to create complex add-ons and functionality that is clean, fast, and future-proof.

    Positive

    Comprehensive editing tools for site owners.
    User-friendly and intuitive interface.
    Extendable architecture for developers.
    Solid community forum for asking questions and getting free & paid help.
    Good number of 3rd party add-ons and themes to extend the core features.
    Regular news updates from core team about platform improvements and strategic direction.

    Negative

    Average quality and depth of developer documentation.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Technical Support Executive
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
    Feature Set
    Layout
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    Best CMS

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    Concrete 5 produces a fun filled websites and web content with ease. It is a must have tool now a days for the web developers and content managers/editors.

    Positive

    The content and media management is easy and user friendly with Concrete 5. There are several tool bars available right over the dashboard for simple configurations and adding choicest addons to bring the best designs of your websites.

    Negative

    Handling of several sites at once is not programable with this product, but still it worth to have for management of few sites.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ryan T.
    Position: Data Analyst
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Concrete solution for website designing

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    Overall Concrete 5 is a fantastic tool for web development with beautiful designs and gives a proper editing toolkit for the purpose.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 is undoubtedly a concrete solution for websites development and designing. It has all modern designs to integrate into your site and gives a modern look to overall website through unique features.

    Negative

    For using advanced functionalities of the tool, a little more knowledge base is required from the community.

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  • Reviewer Name: Bryan Y.
    Position: IT Support Desk
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
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    Reasonably good CMS service

    Date: Apr 23 2021
    Summary

    There are multiple addons and themes available with Concrete 5, which are very useful for the designing of websites as per your requirements and needs. Overall a wonderful product.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 has been part of my software catalogue for a long period now and it is the best content manager with lot of addons and editing tools availability.

    Negative

    The only thing which I would like to see is more themes and fonts availability.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: IT Support Engineer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Concrete 5 review

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    My overall experience of using Concrete 5 is exceptionally wonderful and it makes the most difficult site management issues look simple and easy.

    Positive

    It is very easy to configure and use Concrete 5 tool for web development and management with beautiful designs and available templates. Can handle any type of media content on sites.

    Negative

    Fundamentally a good and easy way to manage your sites and content without any problems.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Marketing Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Integrated modules and reporting

    Date: Apr 23 2021
    Summary

    It is great product for content managers and web developers, but as well as the marketing teams too.

    Positive

    It has very powerful infrastructure as a CMS tool with integrated modules and reporting for flexible workings. It gives all the reporting at one module interface, so that we can take marketing decisions on the basis of available data without any issue.

    Negative

    I have used this tool for abstracting the user data for marketing purposes and the module works great without any cons.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Creative Head
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Balanced and clean software

    Date: Apr 23 2021
    Summary

    My experience with the product is positive and it has lot of features to fulfill all my requirements regarding building sites and content management.

    Positive

    It is well balanced and clean software for content and web management and related stuff. The sites are well designed by using Concrete 5 tools and customizations and built with the functions to comply all modern devices and browsers.

    Negative

    Multitasking and checking in cross platform sites is little hazy.

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  • Reviewer Name: Wayne S.
    Position: Digital Agency Owner
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
    Customer Service
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great PHP based Content Management Systems

    Date: Mar 08 2021
    Summary

    One of the best php content management systems on the market today. Still need a little more DevOps work before it can really become a mainstream CMS.

    Positive

    User friendly interface built around in content editing. Easy to build custom themes for front end developers.

    Negative

    CMS system hard to work on with multiple developers.

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  • Reviewer Name: Dragan K.
    Position: Site Maker
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Happy to use Concrete

    Date: Feb 18 2021
    Summary

    Along and with Concrete 5 is easy to manage cod, learn more about Objective Oriented Programming. It is powerful for designing.

    Positive

    Concrete is very easy to use, very easy to set up, also it is pretty comfortable, friendly and powerful.

    Negative

    Also, Concrete 5 has the good templates, it is covered by nice themes.

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  • Reviewer Name: Helen N.
    Position: Junior Engineer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good solution for content management

    Date: Apr 22 2021
    Summary

    Overall Concrete 5 provides a lot of help in developing and managing sites on your own and it gives many additional feature set for the users.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 is an easy and user friendly tool for editing and customization for developing a site. It has offering of many additional features and functions, which others lacks.

    Negative

    If we have to manage multiple platforms and sites then it doesn't perform well.

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  • Reviewer Name: Jon E.
    Position: Web Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing CMS, easy to use for both developers and admins

    Date: Feb 24 2021
    Summary

    A great CMS that makes updating a site easy. So easy, that as a web developer I choose it for my own sites safe in the knowledge that I can make updates quickly and easily without having to alter the code in most cases.

    Positive

    As a dev, the Page object (coupled with page attributes, nav menus and page lists) makes structuring a website or web app a dream. The separation of page templates from page types also helps, the former being about layout while the latter is more conceptual.

    As an admin, you pretty much have as much control as the developers of the site decide to give you.

    Negative

    - Lack of a REST API for using as a headless CMS (although I believe this will change with the next major version).
    - No built-in way that I'm aware of to integrate React and/or Vue components.
    - No equivalent to Wordpress + Advanced Custom Fields' "repeater" fields.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Web Developer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
    Feature Set
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Comfortable manager

    Date: Apr 24 2021
    Summary

    If anyone wants to enjoy dry working environment and get comfortable feel during web development and content editing, then Concrete 5 is the best choice.

    Positive

    Concrete 5 is an interesting content management product and have such comfortable addons and tools, that make extensive working into a joy instead feel of burden.

    Negative

    Works perfectly and comfortably for me with no complaints.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Creative Director
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing CMS, best I have ever used

    Updated: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    Amazing and really well thought out CMS. Works out of the box, easy to setup and is packed with features so you don't need loads of plugins.

    Positive

    Easy to use.
    Great code base for developers.
    Packed with features.
    Secure.
    Works out of the box.
    Doesn't need loads of plugins.

    Negative

    People keep trying to compare it to WordPress when its in the next league to that.

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