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Users consistently praise the ease of use and fast development capabilities of CakePHP, highlighting its straightforward installation and effective documentation that streamline project workflows. Many appreciate its built-in security features and the ability to quickly create applications, although some note that it can struggle with performance issues on larger projects.
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Mir M.
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Mir M.
Chief Executive Officer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Convention and component based development"
3.5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Convention over configuration, cell is good for partial view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

It would be nice to have more aggregated belton components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Packaging and Containers
IP
Verified User in Packaging and Containers
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"CakePHP is a good option for coders"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

What I like about CakePHP is that it offers clear documentation to follow up. In addition to that, it helps build applications very fast by assisting developers in reducing the time from building projects from scratch. It is really amazing. Moreover, it is really easy to use by utilizing an amazing MVC architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Everything is perfect, but I have two concerns. The first is that it is PHP, and the other is the performance when it comes to big projects. I think PHP is a dying language, and regarding the performance, I faced some issues with the performance when creating and building somewhat big projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KJ
kherbe j.
sOFTWARE
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simplest and Fast Development process framework"
3.5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Based on my experience the best thing about cakephp framework is the features it offers for the developer such as security...etc. Moreover it provides simple and easy way to start implementing and finish hard projects on time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

What i didnt like about the framework is that it is built in php and i dont like php but everything else is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAGMOHAN P.
JP
JAGMOHAN P.
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Similar to Java concepts you are restricted to or aligned to oop’s."
4/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Plug-in Multi domain functionality I like very much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Community and documentation of cake PHP need to improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Facilities Services
IF
Verified User in Facilities Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fast, clean, and amazing Framework"
4/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

What I like is that we, the developers, can finish our clients' requirements and projects very quickly without reinventing the wheel. It is really good in such circumstances to finalize projects quickly. Moreover, the documentation is clean and simple. In addition, it provides fast installation to start with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Personally, to be honest, I hate PHP in general, and I disliked the architecture behind the app, which is always MVC and monolithic, that cannot be used for huge big projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
IA
Verified User in Accounting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Efficient and Fast Development"
4/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Cakephp is a very easy to use offering simple documentation that helps in development flow in addition to the time it reduces to finish and deploy the project. Productivity is really important for the developer and with help of CakePHP it helps in achieving it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

The only single failure is in when starting programming large projects. Errors and a lot of problems will pop up in addition to the performance that will slow down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajiv P.
RP
Rajiv P.
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cakephp is really good lightweight performance oriented and good for big and small projects."
5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Performance of cakephp. Security. Lightweight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Everything was good. I really like php very much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mirhat B.
MB
Mirhat B.
Senior Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I have used CakePhp for 6 months"
3.5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

Scaffolding, reusable components, ORM mappings and speed of development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

It would be better if there were more community questions and guidelines for best practices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
IC
Verified User in Consumer Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best Development Experience"
4/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

What I loved and liked the most about CakePHP framework is that it offers a really simple installation and steps setup to start with. Using CakePHP I was able to implement and complete many projects without reinventing the wheel from scratch. My performance was really quick when it came to finishing tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

It is crashing when implementing large projects and it starts to slow down. So I don't recommend using the framework when it comes to large projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
CT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Highly Recommended Cake PHP to everyone."
5/5
What do you like best about CakePHP?

MVC Pattern. Model View Controller targets the modern programming needs. ORM. Simply put - Object Relational Mapping. Class inheritance. Easily extend with plug-ins. No Configuration. Built-in Validation. CRUD Scaffolding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Control structures Adding Too Much Complexity to the Code, Instead of Returning Often and Early Not Using the DRY Principle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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