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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

    Strapi

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AStrapi is an open-source software platform that helps developers to easily build, deploy, and manage APIs.N/A
    Pricing
    CakePHPStrapi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CakePHPStrapi
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CakePHPStrapi
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CakePHP and Strapi
    Feature
    CakePHP
    -
    Ratings
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of CakePHP and Strapi
    Feature
    CakePHP
    -
    Ratings
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CakePHP and Strapi
    Feature
    CakePHP
    -
    Ratings
    Strapi
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CakePHP and Strapi
    Feature
    CakePHP
    -
    Ratings
    Strapi
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    CakePHPStrapi
    Small Businesses
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CakePHPStrapi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CakePHPStrapi
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Strapi
    1. If a headless CMS is needed. 2. Need the cms UI to be clean. 3. There is a need for customization options in the UI and API as well. 4. Expertise in javascript and need cms with node js backend. 5. Want auth APIs pre-made. 6. Easy to customize the backend as well. 7. The user interface can be fully customizable.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Strapi
    • Free and open source.
    • CMS UI is nice and clean.
    • Customization options.
    • Regular updates and bug fixes.
    • Easy to find and understand docs.
    • Blogs available to learn more.
    • Plugin eco system.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Strapi
    • Tutorial videos.
    • Use typescript for it's backend.
    • Detailed explanation of commands available.
    • More clear docs for releasing.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Strapi
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Negative Impact - we ended up having to rewrite our entire web-application from CakePHP to Laravel.
    Incentivized
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    Strapi
    • Easy to setup.
    • Customize the ui.
    • Increased productivity.
    • Get prebuilt auth apis.
    • Customize the backend and add new apis.
    Incentivized
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