First off I like how October is based on the Laravel PHP Framework. It's an elegant framework that doesn't put a lot of restrictions on the developers. It has a simple back end that provides extensibility through the use of plugins which can override any behavior you want. The ability to customize other peoples plugins without ever touching their code has been a huge benefit. For the non-programmers, it allows for easy customization of pages and content across their platform. Being a developer myself, documentation and support are very important to me, and OctoberCMS does a great job at making both available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that it is based on Laravel has led to some upgrading issues at times, where Laravel packages are updated that break some of the functionality of October. Though they tend to be fast at providing fixes, it still can cause problems when something unexpected happens during an update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.