# Concrete CMS Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Concrete CMS Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Concrete CMS

## What is Concrete CMS?

Concrete CMS is an Open Source Content Management System for teams. Run a secure website your content contributors will love using with Concrete CMS. Build complicated web applications that are a delight to manage. Concrete was designed for agencies making pixel perfect websites for demanding clients. It's easy to develop with quickly, and it's intuitive to use so training is simple. Free and open source so you can use it anywhere.

## What is Concrete CMS used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 54 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

91%

Neutral

2%

Negative

7%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Concrete CMS

4.5 (54)

VS.

[4.6 (88)](https://www.capterra.com/p/201318/HubSpot-CMS/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$15

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.5 (54)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (31)

Value For Money

4.6 (47)

Value For Money

4.3 (28)

Customer Service

4.0 (43)

Customer Service

4.5 (28)

## Concrete CMS alternatives

[4.5 (1,132)](https://www.capterra.com/p/148516/Marketing-360/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

90%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (91)](https://www.capterra.com/p/185819/Mighty-Networks/reviews/)

Starting price

$41.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.4 (48)](https://www.capterra.com/p/88191/Agility-CMS/reviews/)

Starting price

$1249.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

92%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[Wix Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/264956/Wix-Enterprise/)

[4.8 (31)](https://www.capterra.com/p/264956/Wix-Enterprise/reviews/)

Starting price

$19.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/264956/Wix-Enterprise/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Alerts/Notifications

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Approval Process Control

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Compliance Management

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Content Publishing Options

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Facilitates online authoring and publishing of the content

Document Management

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Electronic Forms

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Digital forms that are shared and accessed online

Concrete CMS 50 features

Regulate who can view information within the system

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Manage assets throughout their lifecycle to optimize profit

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Facilitates online authoring and publishing of the content

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Customize contracts and forms to collect specific information

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Manage digital assets

Assign categories, labels, tags, or attributes to documents for organization, search and storage

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Digital forms that are shared and accessed online

Create, save, and store files

Store, manage and track all forms in a centralized location

Search for specific words or phrases within a document or database

Edit, touch up, and convert images for publishing

Create landing pages or online forms designed to capture new leads and prospects

Collection of images, videos and other digital content that can be used

Collect and maintain structured information that describes data or content

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Manage and support multiple languages

Pre-defined templates within a library for common cases such as contracts, websites, emails, and more

Preview materials before finalizing projects

Preview and make real-time changes in the web content

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Optimize and manage the search engine optimization efforts for a website or digital content

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Security protocol that ensures secure, encrypted communication over the internet, safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access

Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Sample files or documents that could be customized as needed or used as is

Edit text as needed

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Built-in website builder or integration with third-party site

Options for publishing a website/landing page online, whether through a publishing site plugin, the user's site, or a subdomain

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

What You See Is What You Get is a no-code tool that allows users to create and edit content using a visual interface

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Features

4.3 (54)

4.3

Based on 54 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.6 (47)

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Value for money

4.6 (47)

4.6

Based on 47 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.0 (43)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.0 (43)

4.0

Based on 43 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 54 reviews

Filter by rating

5(38)

4(11)

3(1)

2(1)

1(3)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

CR

Cor R.

Webmaker

Computer Software

### "Best open-source CMS for PHP"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 11, 2024

Great for clients but they will need a ConcreteCMS developer to do the ideal setup.

Pros

Ease of editing websites, small learning curve for our clients, much safer than Wordpress,

Cons

Thre Ecommerce section is not finished yet

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

On page editing, not easy to hack, stability

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Response from Vendor

March 12, 2024

Thanks for taking the time to share your love of Concrete CMS!

MA

Mikaeel A.

owner

Consumer Goods

### "sucks"

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

September 28, 2022

sucked

Pros

free and didn't cost me. Than k my lucky stars for that.

Cons

I tried add some content to the initial page and an error page came up with some php errors. I saw no way to go back or actually edit the php code. I had to delte the site and have no plans on starting over. You forced us back to joomla

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

mistakingly thought we could actually use it!

Review source

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JG

Jim G.

Librarian

Government Administration

### "Stay away from this"

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

April 1, 2022

Pros

are there any? I have not been able to find them

Cons

It is NOT A CMS - it's just a web tool. It was not worth the money.

Alternatives considered

[Drupal](https://www.capterra.com/p/119594/Drupal/)

[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

I thought it was a good alternative to Drupal. It's not.

Review source

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OS

Olivier S.

Informatic ingeneer

Information Technology and Services

### "Concrete5 simply the best ^^"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 3, 2021

i'mm using ConcreteCms for all website, e-commerce, content management, proffessionnal software, intranet back end. I can do all with it, then i do :)

Pros

maning thing to say the content and page manaegament, the block system flexibility, the page's management, the easy way for the design development, and so on

Cons

perhaps the docs not completely done for new version

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

12 years ago it was the best for in context editing, and it's always the case in these days

Review source

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GE

Garrett E.

Owner

Design

### "The right CMS for me for years"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

March 8, 2021

No idea why people use any other CMS. Hard to be Betamax in a VHS world. Appreciate that add-ons can be tested on new sites before buying. Also the compact marketplace is easier to navigate, though there are some more advanced ones that haven't been developed/ported yet. The Major upgrade to Version 8 was manageable for them in a way other platforms can't pull off no matter how badly they need them.

Pros

When I first started using it more than 10 years ago the field of CMS platforms was pretty rough. It had the best user interface for users to manage content. More recently others have imitated their approach but they still show their clumsy roots in a way C5 doesn't. Impressed by their commitment to update and upgrade over the years.

Cons

The transition to the latest version a few years ago was a tad rough (it was a major update), but it was worth it. Required starting over for most sites, though the old version still runs so disruption was minimal. The user forum needs a shakeup and update. Wish it was easier to manage lots of sites, but luckily they don't require much attention. Some template designers use tricks that undo the ease of use.

Alternatives considered

[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

When I was first in the market it was still early and many of the other ones were still too technical to implement. Don't know that any of them survived. I've dabbled in WordPress and avoid it like the plague.

Review source

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CJ

Carsten J.

Web-Developer / General Manager

Information Technology and Services

### "Great CMS"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 4, 2021

Projects reach from standard websites that need CMS-functionality to portals with a lot of individual customization

Pros

It has a wide range of features and can be easily customized and extended. Concrete5 serves as a framework.

Cons

It is not known very much in Germany, so it might happen that you have discussions in the selection process and have to prove more than with other systems that this CMS is the right choice.

Review source

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RP

Raphael P.

Project Manager

Internet

### "Awesome tool for a better web"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 25, 2021

I build a lot of websites for different industries like medicine, construction, food, automation, real state etc. The principal benefit is the time I save building with concrete5.

Pros

Easy: installation, configuration, customization and to do improvements. A great community that help everyone in trouble (if hapens). Tons of add-ons and great numbers of theme options (could be more, but is ok).

Cons

A few options to customize a theme on core system and few themes selling on market place.

Switched from

[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

Concrete5 is a system to build an Internet more inclusive, with tools more easy to manage. Wordpress is a tool to make a blog and you need a lot of modifications to reach a basic Concrete5.

Alternatives considered

[Wix](https://www.capterra.com/p/169007/Wix/)

[Drupal](https://www.capterra.com/p/119594/Drupal/)

[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

Concrete5 offer a better enviromment to build a solid website than the other I listed.

Review source

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TC

Tim C.

Marketing Director

Architecture & Planning

### "Painless CMS"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 25, 2021

It has made it possible to both create customer sites for clients in the past as well as maintain a highly functioning enterprise website today. The learning curve is manageable and the addons are, typically, well tested and reliable. It is the best development platform I've used to date.

Pros

C5 allows you to set up either templated site frameworks or makes it fairly easy to adapt a scratch design to enterprise-level CMS. As a developer, I find set up easy and fairly intuitive. As a user and one who coordinates other users, I find it far superior to Wordpress in terms in managing and adding content. And, while no framework is bulletproof from a security standpoint, I've found C5 to be the best at preventing issues, easily backing up and easily restoring a site when stuff does happen.

Cons

There's a bit of a lag between the software's upgrades and PHP updates. Like Wordpress, functionality is managed via plugins created largely by independent developers. As host update PHP versions, there is frequently a disconnection between functionality and available/installed "stuff." In other words, the core C5 app may well be functional with an updated PHP version but the plugins in use will, on occasion, not keep up. That leaves short period of scrambling to either fix it yourself or make due until the fix is made.

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

Cost and easy of use.

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AU

Anonymous User

Web Developer

Marketing and Advertising

### "Amazing CMS, easy to use for both developers and admins"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

February 24, 2021

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.

Pros

\- 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. - The versioning system allows admins to roll changes back and work on changes before publishing them. - The permissions system is exceptionally powerful, allowing roles and/or individual users to be included or excluded from each permission. - The attributes system allows pages, files and users to be given custom properties of various types (e.g. text, image, colour).

Cons

\- 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 for adding an indefinitely long list of page/file/user attributes.

Alternatives considered

[Gatsby](https://www.capterra.com/p/197486/Gatsby/)

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

Speed and familiarity of both development and ongoing updates

Review source

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Chris K.

Network Support Technician

Banking

### "Concrete5 is fast to setup and looks amazing while being very easy to use"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 23, 2021

Fast setup and easy to use. Just enough expansion to make everything work the way we needed it to.

Pros

Its ease of use and high quality looks. It has just enough addons to make everything work as it should and the community is there for you if you have any issues. Plus, since it is open source you can make changes where you need to or even make your own addons.

Cons

The addons market is a little on the small side, but Concrete5 is growing fast and that won't always be the issue. The ones that are there are of high quality.

Alternatives considered

[Drupal](https://www.capterra.com/p/119594/Drupal/)

Reasons for choosing Concrete CMS

Ease of use and quality for the price.

Review source

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