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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Concrete CMS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AConcrete 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

    Jostle

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AJostle is intranet software for collaboration. Jostle is designed to make it easier to inform and connect employees to get work done. Users can share news, align teams, recognize contributions and invite participation from others. According to the vendor, Jostle can help improve employee engagement; Jostle reports engagement rates 5X higher than both traditional employee portals and social intranets. Company leaders can use Jostle to communicate plans, reinforce culture, and celebrate successes.…N/A
    Pricing
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Considered Both Products
    Portland Labs
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    Jostle Corporation
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
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    Features
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Concrete CMS and Jostle
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.5
    38 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Jostle
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Concrete CMS and Jostle
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.7
    33 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Jostle
    -
    Ratings
    API9.731 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.730 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Concrete CMS and Jostle
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    8.4
    42 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Jostle
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    WYSIWYG editor9.342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section10.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates10.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes4.238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.739 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.737 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator6.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Concrete CMS and Jostle
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    6.9
    40 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Jostle
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    Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management6.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions5.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management5.439 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (59 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Concrete CMSJostle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    I love how Jostle connects our company and allows us to celebrate milestones while also being able to share important messages. Being able to store Job Aids in the library as a resource to your team is amazing, especially when they are out in the field and they do not have a computer they can still look up how to do something.
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    Pros
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    • I have been using this application and I feel like this is a good solution to all the relevant problems.
    • Communication is key when it comes to organizations and Jostle is rightfully solving this problem so that is why I like using the software because it has many positive things.
    • The intranet software of Jostle offers well-balanced functions and all possible features that are important for an organization.
    • It has responsive and well trained support.
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    Cons
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    • The biggest drawback that I have been facing for a very long time is that Jostle’s dashboard is not well designed and has all the feature that I needed on the go. I have to go through a lot of navigation panels to actually land on the right page or tool.
    • Secondly, needs more customization with the events function, which has to add more flexibility in operations to be able to customize the calendar. The library needs a lot of customization and a lot of features need to be added like different categories to easily access the different things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Jostle Corporation
    It's a wonderful product that can be used from a computer or from the ease of an app on your phone. I love that my team can have access to Job Aids from their phones while working out in the field. I have not personally had any issues while using Jostle and I highly recommend it for your business.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Jostle Corporation
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Jostle Corporation
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Jostle Corporation
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Jostle Corporation
    Robust and specific in terms of intranet policy and news publishings.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Jostle Corporation
    • Jostle is a communication-based intranet fix that is easily accessible and available in the market to resolve one of the most common problems of communication within organizations.
    • I like how Jostle has made all of us unite on a single platform where we can share all files and ideas as well.
    • Jostle has proved to me that it is the best mode for our department.
    Incentivized
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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.

    Jostle Screenshots

    Screenshot of Simple, elegant collaboration. 
Jostle DISCUSSIONS helps teams get their work done. It enables private conversations, confidential team discussions and open “town hall” style forums. Attach files of any type. Employees can join in from their iPhone or iPad.Screenshot of Simple events planning.
Promote events that are org wide, or tied to specific teams or locations. Never again will your sales meeting be the same day as the new building opening.Screenshot of Recognize co-workers.
Everyone likes to be acknowledged. Shout-Outs provide a contagious way for everyone to recognize his or her peers. You can even recognize teams. Then everyone can pile on with a “like”.Screenshot of Target the right people. 
Thanks to TEAMS® technology, you can target information to specific teams, roles or locations in a click. For example, publish a NEWS story that is only visible to engineers working in Germany.Screenshot of Make info easy to find. 
LIBRARY gets critical content out of the chaos of file shares. Ensure the right people have secure access to the latest versions of sales materials, onboarding videos, forms, etc. Content ownership and permissions are always clear.