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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CakePHP

    Score1.7 out of 10
    N/ACakePHP is a free and open source PHP framework.N/A

    Sencha

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASencha is a mobile application development platform acquired by IDERA in 2017.N/A
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    CakePHPSencha
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    CakePHPSencha
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CakePHPSencha
    Small Businesses
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
    React (React.js)
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
    React (React.js)
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    React (React.js)
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CakePHPSencha
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    CakePHPSencha
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    If you need to create simple CRUD applications using a MVC framework, I could say CakePHP could achieve this. But with frameworks like Laravel on the market, I would have a hard time recommending CakePHP for anything.
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    Idera, Inc.
    It's great to develop business applications. Previously, we tried different technologies but we find it the most suitable for us. We also deploy a generic backend so we don't need to install anything new to implement new applications. This helps us to develop very fast and with very low effort.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Easy learning curve
    • Can be used by new developers without paying a formation
    • The MVC is pretty well implemented
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    Idera, Inc.
    • It's a complete solution that has a vast array of pre built components, charts and a data-grid based solution.
    • Security comes out of the box.
    • It's mobile and tablet ready.
    • It has a lot of support from the community so solutions are easily available
    • You can add your own flavor via theme customizations and built in component extension.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • The biggest issue inherit in CakePHP, and why we switched to Laravel, is the base configuration of the program. Most people aree that CakePHP uses old (outdated, even dangerous) PHP habits. There is some truth in this: Cake has not been as quick to adapt to the newer PHP versions as they should. I was always surprised that with new major releases, from 2.4 to 2.5 for example, that the minimum version of PHP will never increase. For example, CakePHP only requires version 5.2.8 of PHP, but it would not have been difficult to update the minimum version at least 5.3 when adapting a new version.
    • Speed - our company had many issues scaling CakePHP to a medium size application software, even with using REDIS/memcache we would still run into many issues with the built-in ORM.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • More default themes
    • Biggest community
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    Cakephp is more easy to implement and to learn that CodeIgniter. That's why I switched pretty quickly from the first (CodeIgniter) to cakephp.
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    Idera, Inc.
    Each of the above platforms offer a specific solution. Sencha provides a complete solution that is a library of components as well as a framework to modularize your application so that it's better manageable. Once you get over the learning curve of the whole technology it's a breeze to implement new functionality within the application. We have an aggressive client who comes to us every other day with some new requirement, and sencha has been able to answer all of those without issues.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Negative Impact - we ended up having to rewrite our entire web-application from CakePHP to Laravel.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • Excellent applications
    • Very good performance
    • Not very used, and developers don't like it at the beginning
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