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ExpressionEngine

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3.7 out of 5 stars

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Users value the customization options of ExpressionEngine, enabling tailored designs and content without limitations. (1 mentions)
Users value the flexibility of ExpressionEngine, enabling tailored designs without restrictions on content or themes. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of ExpressionEngine

1. Customization
Users value the customization options of ExpressionEngine, enabling tailored designs and content without limitations.
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Tim C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"The Best Website Content Management System"

What do you like about ExpressionEngine?

ExpressionEngine is great for the following reasons: - It's flexible, and we can implement any design - It's highly secure with an incredible track

2. Flexibility
Users value the flexibility of ExpressionEngine, enabling tailored designs without restrictions on content or themes.
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Tim C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"The Best Website Content Management System"

What do you like about ExpressionEngine?

ExpressionEngine is great for the following reasons: - It's flexible, and we can implement any design - It's highly secure with an incredible track

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Ruma S.
RS
Business Development Executive
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Use Expression engine"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

The expression engine is a great platform to work in as it makes your website more secure and versatile with strong coding and customization. It always works best for business websites, Industrial websites have good plugins too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

It requires a bit time as the website you build is strong so for better things you always consume better time and this is it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A complex web CMS but there’s better modern solutions out there for your effort"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

Expression engine is great to build a large server side rendered web site or app. It can be cumbersome but it scales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

It usually requires a lot of client training compared to competitors and on boarding new developers can be a hassle. I find I need a lot of plugins beyond the core to make it work for simple projects, minimizing boilerplate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Religious Institutions
AR
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"ExpressionEngine's templates & ability to integrate code from alternate projects are quite flexible"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

Ease of integrating lots of dynamic content was our main push. Ability to include pre-existing code from existing projects was a bonus. Very flexible! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

Less about ExpressionEngine itself, complex sites are, well... complex! :) Training non-technical users took some additional work but once the process was learned, it was not a deal breaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Siminiciuc A.
SA
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Not the best but a viable alternative to WordPress"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

As a developer, when some client asks if there is an alternative of WordPress that he can use I recomend ExpressionEngine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

The documentation is not very well done. It should be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

aleksandar p.
AP
SEO and automation specialist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Learning curve is a little steep, but in a few weeks it will get under your skin."
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

It offers tags that enable you to build quickly the content structure of your page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

There was misaligned documentation between versions and I needed the information while building plugins and modules. However, after some Googling, I found the needed info... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices
AM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Offers basic CMS functionality"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

The product is simple and easy to use, with great interface, my clients were able to post regularly and update their web content by themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

Very limited number of addons/extensions are available in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy
AO
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Fairly user friendly, will need to learn some techniques before using"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

Ability to quickly and easily add news stories, it is also very easy to close content to remove it instantly. Having the blocks makes it easy to move things around or quickly remove certain content if it is no longer required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

Uploading images, system is difficult to use and has issues when deleting and re-uploading files with the same name.

Cannot seem to set news stories to publish in the future, would be helpful if going away on holiday as i am the only one within the company who knows how to update the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The fast extendable CMS implementation (for PHP development)"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

Its easy templating system and channel system is the most expressive feature. Not yet trying this for a huge database but it performs well in term of speed and reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

It needs a proper PHP and HTML skill for the good website development will be an advantage for CI users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"EE: Easy Fire posting, hard for design"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

How easy it is to post things like blog posts or to create new pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

I disliked how difficult it was to create dynamic responsive webpages, and lack of ability to design new pages easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
CI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fullstack developer"
What do you like best about ExpressionEngine?

Easy to use cms. It’s cleary one of the best on the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ExpressionEngine?

Most of The plugins available are no longer maintained or they were built for an older version of ee Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.