Concrete CMS Customer Reviews 2024

Concrete CMS

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What is Concrete CMS?

Run a secure website your content contributors will love using with Concrete CMS.

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Awards & Recognition

Concrete CMS won the following awards in the Digital Experience - Midmarket category

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8 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

6 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Concrete CMS Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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?

1% Negative

12% Neutral

87% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Trustworthy
Enables Productivity
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

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

Average 83

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

John L.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

I wouldn't use anything else

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Concrete CMS from other similar products?

Usability. Ease of integration. Ease of extension. Curated marketplace of extensions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of extension.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing significant to dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do a user blind test of concrete5 and your other candidates. Set them a few simple tasks with no coaching and no prior experience such as registering an account, adding a page, adding some text and pictures to the page.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Caring

Josh B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2020

It's a developer's dream compared to other CMSs

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Concrete CMS from other similar products?

Elegant coding structure and modularity - very easy for developers to extend and create their own packages. Simple, effective theme structure for creating custom designs. Highly SEO friendly out of the box. Works perfectly well without needing lots of different plugins.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Powerful publishing features combined with easy-to-build complex page layouts.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of support for high-end website back-ends (such as Amazon AWS EC2 and Litespeed)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take the time to get familiar with the editing tools, as it's very powerful once you've learned the system from the inside out.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

A powerful and fully featured open source CMS.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

Concrete CMS Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Concrete CMS?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Management Interface Advanced management interface functionality for enterprises that perform frequent refreshes of their site, perhaps through a syndication or publication process.

Web Publishing Capabilities The ability to build and upload websites, update the associated webpages, and post content online.

Content Security The ability to integrate existing security protocols and technologies, SSO, and Role-based permissions. Support for content filtering integration

Content Repository Database of content with an associated set of data management, ability to search, and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content.

Digital Asset Management Controls non-text assets such as images and video clips; includes advanced DAM functionality for product marketing.

Translation Facilitation Certain WCM tools offer workflow capability to facilitate language translation. This feature is appropriate primarily for multinational entities.

Social Media Integration The solution provides support for social property and content creation management, as well as social media analytics.

Standard Templates The solution provides the ability to use standard pre-made website designs, which help to simplify the process of building web presence.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

E-Commerce Integration Includes payment and multiple design options, website security, online support, and integrated shipping.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Concrete CMS Reviews

John L.

I wouldn't use anything else

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Josh B.

It's a developer's dream compared to other CMSs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A powerful and fully featured open source CMS.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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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