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Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/11/2018

"Web design for beginners"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

I like the preview mode that is available while editing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

I dislike the lack of freedom of the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/3/2018

"Friendly, Yet Flexible CMS"

5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Many CMSes appear to be built solely for the developers who set them up ... Craft is built for developers and content admins alike. It's flexible, intuitive and easy to use. It's also powerful and impressive in what in can do. (Sometimes easy = limited.) As someone who has used many a CMS over the years, including the well-known ones, as well as proprietary ones, its obvious to me that Craft is the product of well-thought out design and development – which is what my company sells to its customers. Craft allows us to implement unique designs in a logical and thoughtful way. I love using it and training others to use it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

There are some features not yet offered in Craft that some customers come to expect in CMSes, specifically with workflow and permissions. However, I am impressed with their commitment to updates and improvements, and the open-source nature of the product means that the developer community has produced many plugins. It's also great that our in-house team can do custom development to partner with it, as well. Looking forward to future features and improvements! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Craft CMS:

From training, content management and client-satisfaction perspectives, Craft is a home-run. (I am not a developer, but the devs I work with love it.)

It's built thinking about users first – developers as the users setting it up, content managers as the users maintaining it and end-users experiencing a great website because Craft is powering it.

And the open-source community is great. Can't beat the low cost of entry (soon to be a minimal yearly subscription), either. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Craft CMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Craft allows us to provide customers with wesbites that are flexible and easy-to-administer. Though we don't reuse a design template, we learn more about Craft and its capabilities with each project. Problem-solving with Craft in our toolkit means fewer work-arounds and "no-can-dos" ... we are able to realize individualized designs while completing complex technical functions in the websites we create for our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ottó R.

Founder

Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/3/2018

"Most flexible CMS I have ever used"

5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Craft CMS makes no assumptions what type of content or function you will handle or you will need: as you make progress in setting up the CMS becomes the admin more feature packed: the default installation is pure and barebone, no clutters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

There are much less plugins for Craft CMS - but this is because the attitude of the system: you build what you need from much smaller pieces than on any other CMSes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/7/2017

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Flexibility is Key"

4/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Our team has found Craft to be a huge asset when building larger scale custom sites. There are very few restrictions for our developers and limitless options when building out a fully editable CMS where our clients can eventually adapt, change and setup limitless pages within a working system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

Craft is a great solution to provide flexibility, but that flexibility makes it very easy for clients to mess up a site once the CMS has been handed over. There are a lot of pieces to manage but it has been better than most of the other CMS options we have tried. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Craft CMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to adapt pages and create a larger system that doesn't feel too "theme-y" when creating custom sites is a clear benefit. Our programmers are better able to control the end look of pages and match the creative team's designs. Craft allows for highly editable pages and design with modules that can easily be reordered on a page which alyas seems to be a key benefit to clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Miguel C.

Content Marketing Manager

Events Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/6/2017

"Stable and vast"

4/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

It's stable and trustworthy. Great support and you don't get that Frankenstein feel as with other brands. it all works together and seamlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

Their SEO capabilities could be better, they're even less reliable than Yoast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Luca D.

COO

Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/23/2017

"The best in town (if you like PHP and crave full control over your frontend code)"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

The CMS is built around a very good implementations of Custom fields and let you write frontend code as you like, without adding any html bits whatsoever! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

Craft 2 is a little bit slow for my taste. Also plugins does not have a common repository (but Craft 3 will have it's own plugin store). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CI

Verified User in Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/28/2017

"Content Management System & Event Management Platform"

4/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Great system with a flexible interface that allows for customization and creative use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

Admin interface UX could be improved to facilitate ease of use and content management for inexperienced users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Craft CMS:

Great platform for creating custom sites and platforms, with limitations indicative to CMS platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Craft CMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We've created a completely custom event management platform based off of craft to manage data, front end website and data collection. It has allowed us to streamline our workflow and processes and has contributed significantly to successful event operations and management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/23/2018

"I'm not a fan of this platform"

1.5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Creating entries is fairly simple in craft, but I don't really like craft. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

I think the user experience for craft needs some serious work. I have a lot of problems being able to adequately do the things I want to with craft. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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David R.

Principal/Design Director

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/31/2017

"Perfect for Helping Clients Manage their Content"

5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Flexible for developers but easy for our clients to maintain their own content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

It's still a relatively new product so it's a little harder sell for some clients who may be used to something like WordPress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Craft CMS:

Craft is not for DIYers or heavy enterprise usage (although it could be used for either). The middle of the market (SMB) is where Craft seems to find a lot of usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Craft CMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

For those of us who prefer to write our own code, Craft gives us the tools necessary to help facilitate that. With their first party e-commerce system it's also pretty flexible in the commerce space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kelly D.

Education Coordinator

Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/20/2018

"My Craft Experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Craft CMS?

Craft is a user-friendly way for me to quickly learn information about companies in our membership base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Craft CMS?

Sometimes the system can be very slow/not refresh quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.