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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

    SAP HANA Cloud

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.

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    Pricing
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Includes a one year free trial.
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    Community Pulse
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Portland Labs
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    313 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    271 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    319 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    198 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    264 Answers
    Features
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Concrete CMS and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.5
    38 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Concrete CMS and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    9.7
    33 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    API9.731 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.730 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Concrete CMS and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    8.4
    42 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    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 SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    6.9
    40 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
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    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
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Concrete CMS and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Concrete CMS
    -
    Ratings
    SAP HANA Cloud
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (59 ratings)
    9.4
    (362 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    9.5
    (81 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (253 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Concrete CMSSAP HANA Cloud
    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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    SAP
    I think if you have a large organization, it's probably the product and the marketplace to go to. We're a large management consulting firm operating in four to seven countries. And generally speaking, I think that's the size and the scope where it scales best. I can't speak to smaller companies, but I can't see smaller companies leveraging the benefits as much as a larger organization can.
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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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    SAP
    • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
    • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
    • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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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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    SAP
    • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
    • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
    • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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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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    SAP
    We would rate our likelihood of renewing at 9/10. SAP HANA Cloud has proven to be a highly reliable and scalable data platform that consistently delivers strong performance. Its seamless integration with our overall SAP landscape, combined with improved analytics and real-time data capabilities, makes it a core part of our long-term technology strategy.
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    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.
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    SAP
    It is very useful solution which provides you speedier data processing, real-time analytics. It helps you manage diverse data types. It also offers you excellent disaster management. It has user friendly interface which helps you navigate system and transactions easily and perform task smoothly.
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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.
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    SAP
    so far, we didn't get any outage
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    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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    SAP
    so far good
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    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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    SAP
    However, I am not the right person to answer this as we have another department to handle support and contact the service provider for any support required. Although i will say that they are the quick respondent and knows how to handle querry of the customers and provide quick and better support.
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    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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    SAP
    Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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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.
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    SAP
    I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Portland Labs
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I don't have visibility in licensing
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Portland Labs
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Limitation of training deliverable by organization
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Portland Labs
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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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.
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    SAP
    • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
    • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
    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.