AtomicWriter vs. Concrete CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AtomicWriter
Score 7.4 out of 10
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AtomicWriter helps users create original content optimized to maximize visibility for content marketing campaigns.N/A
Concrete CMS
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Concrete CMS (formerly Concrete5) is a free and open source, PHP built content management system for content on the web and also for intranets. It is optimized to support the creation of online magazines and newspapers.N/A
Pricing
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Content Creation
Comparison of Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Concrete CMS
-
Ratings
Ideation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval workflows10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content collaboration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content calendar10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network for content licensing/production10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Publishing
Comparison of Content Publishing features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
9.4
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Concrete CMS
-
Ratings
Content hub10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Forms / Gated content10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Embedded CTAs10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content distribution9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
8.2
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Concrete CMS
-
Ratings
Audience profiling and targeting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content performance analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitive analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
-
Ratings
Concrete CMS
9.5
38 Ratings
16% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
-
Ratings
Concrete CMS
9.7
33 Ratings
25% above category average
API00 Ratings9.731 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.730 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
-
Ratings
Concrete CMS
8.4
42 Ratings
10% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings4.238 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.739 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.737 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings6.639 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
AtomicWriter
-
Ratings
Concrete CMS
6.9
40 Ratings
6% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.939 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings6.039 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.439 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings5.539 Ratings
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User Ratings
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(59 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(12 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
AtomicWriterConcrete CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Atomic Reach
AtomicWriter is especially suitable for blog writing and for this type of work. It also gives different formats and restructures it with a great view. I think that's it.
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Portland Labs
Suitable if you are part of small to large scale companies or web-houses which have PHP developers and frontend engineers with some budgets. [Also suitable if] you or your client want to build a website that requires some features or uniqueness [and needs] some customization and freedom. Additionally suitable if you want this project to be DevOps based project or if the project requires very tight security and is inside of a closed network.
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Pros
Atomic Reach
  • Makes my writing awesome.
  • Restructures it.
  • Gives me different writing formats.
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Portland Labs
  • As a dev, the Page object (coupled with page attributes, nav menus and page lists) makes structuring a website or web app a dream. The separation of page templates from page types also helps, the former being about layout while the latter is more conceptual.
  • As an admin, you pretty much have as much control as the developers of the site decide to give you.
  • The versioning system allows admins to roll changes back and work on changes before publishing them.
  • The permissions system is exceptionally powerful, allowing roles and/or individual users to be included or excluded from each permission.
  • The attributes system allows pages, files and users to be given custom properties of various types (e.g. text, image, colour).
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Cons
Atomic Reach
  • Nothing too bad.
  • Needs more features.
  • Should be less expensive.
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Portland Labs
  • Allow end users to clear cache when updating pages.
  • Needs a few more built in forms.
  • The CMS is not multilingual by default. Even though I managed to 'hack' it so, it would be nice to have it included.
  • It'd be nice to make use of custom PHP modules through shortcodes more straight forward. It seems the hooks are a bit contrived.
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Likelihood to Renew
Atomic Reach
No answers on this topic
Portland Labs
Its a very solid, very consistent package that never lets you down or leaves you frustrated. It gets a 10/10 because its so much better than anything else currently available. It also gets a 10/10 because, even if not compared to others, it does not leave you wanting for features or functionality. It is an excellent piece of software that will answer almost every CMS need.
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Usability
Atomic Reach
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Portland Labs
I have used it on over 30 projects in the past 3 years and it's still a pleasure to work in. Doesn't always have all the answers, no CMS does, but I still find it very easy to use from prototyping to working to final project. Also there is no problem working on a localhost then moving to a live site, like there is with WordPress. It's my go to app in my CMS quiver.
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Reliability and Availability
Atomic Reach
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Portland Labs
Since it's not tied to a central server (other than for authorizing updates and assigning licenses to specific sites), it's available pretty much 100% of the time.
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Performance
Atomic Reach
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Portland Labs
The site works extremely well, the front end flies, searches and form submissions are very fast indeed. The reason its a 9 not a ten? the back end can be a little slow at times, and this is unfair, because for the backend to be so amazing, it has to do a huge amount of work!
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Support Rating
Atomic Reach
No answers on this topic
Portland Labs
Concrete5 is open-source and has an incredibly strong, polite, and supportive community. You can get an answer to nearly anything you want to do with Concrete5 by googling for it, searching the Concrete5 discussion forums or stack overflow, or posting your question to the forum. Members are very courteous and do not look down on those with less knowledge. And answers are always quick, informative, and supportive.
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Implementation Rating
Atomic Reach
No answers on this topic
Portland Labs
Build off of an existing theme to speed up the creation of custom designed themed. Bootstrap is a good one but there are many others that are probably much simpler to build from than the Bootstrap one was. Make sure you host on a Unix/Linux server so you don't have to install PHP or MySQL separately. It's just smoother on those platforms.
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Alternatives Considered
Atomic Reach
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Portland Labs
WordPress at the time was riddled with security breaches in the news and while Concrete5 was smaller (and therefore a smaller attack vector), after eleven years of use, Concrete5 has only had one published incident with an add-on that resolved within hours and with excellent communication. You can talk to the CEO and the CTO (or the rest of the team). They are very engaged and you're working with a small company of people who care, not a call-center with people just waiting to go home.
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Return on Investment
Atomic Reach
  • Nothing at all
  • -
  • -
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Portland Labs
  • Concrete5 is the customer-facing side of our business. It's where we host the site that potential customers see before they choose to purchase and create an account with us. We are able to keep that site clean, user-friendly, and with a lot of available options for customers to interact with thanks to Concrete5
  • The ability to have multiple users and admins for the site means that we all members of our team can go in and create new content, fix or troubleshoot issues, and edit the site easily.
  • Our CRM isn't directly integrated with Concrete5, so when customers go to make a purchase with us, they have to leave our Concrete5 site.
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ScreenShots

Concrete CMS Screenshots

Screenshot of In-context editing is simple to understandScreenshot of Change text just like a word processorScreenshot of Versioning and workflow built on top of powerful permissionsScreenshot of Flexible backend to power complex communities and intranets.