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Concrete 5 CMS

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Build and manage websites with an intuitive in-context editing interface

VG SCORE
9.0
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Product Details

PricingOpen Source
API✅ REST
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations10 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Strong permission system ideal for multi-user, client-facing sites.
  • Excellent editor experience with intuitive, visual page editing.
  • Strong permission system suitable for multi-user environments

WEAKNESSES

  • −Smaller market share means fewer third-party themes/plugins than WordPress
  • −Smaller ecosystem and fewer third-party themes/plugins compared to giants like WordPress.

KEY FEATURES

Developer-Friendly

Built with PHP, extensible via packages and themes

Drag-and-Drop Layouts

Build pages visually using customizable content blocks

Granular Permissions

Control user access with detailed permission sets

File Manager

Built-in asset management with versioning and thumbnails.

WHO IS Concrete 5 CMS BEST FOR?

Small to medium businesses and web agencies

They need a flexible, open-source CMS to build and manage client websites with a balance of ease-of-use and developer customization.

Marketing teams and content editors

They can directly edit website content in-place without needing developer help, thanks to the intuitive in-context editing.

INTEGRATIONS

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
API

✓ REST

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DOSSIER

LAST VERIFIED MAR 23, 2026
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Open Source

ALTERNATIVES

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INTEGRATIONS

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PRICING MODEL

open source

BEST FOR

Small to medium businesses and web agencies Marketing teams and content editors

FEATURES

Has API

FINAL ASSESSMENT

APPROVED — WORTH YOUR MONEY

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