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Feature Set Ratings
- Contentful ranks higher in 2 feature sets: Web Content Creation, Web Content Management
- eZ Platform ranks higher in 1 feature set: Platform & Infrastructure
- Contentful and eZ Platform are tied in 1 feature set: Security
Security

9.0
Contentful
90%

9.0
eZ Platform
90%
Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features
Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features
Role-based user permissions

9.0
90%
5 Ratings

9.0
90%
1 Rating
Platform & Infrastructure

7.7
Contentful
77%

8.0
eZ Platform
80%
eZ Platform ranks higher in 2/2 features
eZ Platform ranks higher in 2/2 features
API

7.0
70%
5 Ratings

7.0
70%
1 Rating
Internationalization / multi-language

8.5
85%
3 Ratings

9.0
90%
1 Rating
Web Content Creation

7.2
Contentful
72%

5.4
eZ Platform
54%
Contentful ranks higher in 7/8 features
Contentful ranks higher in 7/8 features
WYSIWYG editor

7.3
73%
4 Ratings

7.0
70%
1 Rating
Code quality / cleanliness

9.0
90%
4 Ratings

5.0
50%
1 Rating
Admin section

8.0
80%
6 Ratings

7.0
70%
1 Rating
Page templates

7.6
76%
4 Ratings

3.0
30%
1 Rating
Library of website themes

7.5
75%
2 Ratings

2.0
20%
1 Rating
Mobile optimization / responsive design

7.2
72%
2 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Publishing workflow

4.0
40%
6 Ratings

8.0
80%
1 Rating
Form generator

7.0
70%
1 Rating

6.0
60%
1 Rating
Web Content Management

6.9
Contentful
69%

5.6
eZ Platform
56%
Contentful ranks higher in 3/5 features
Contentful ranks higher in 3/5 features
Content taxonomy

6.0
60%
5 Ratings

9.0
90%
1 Rating
SEO support

8.1
81%
4 Ratings

5.0
50%
1 Rating
Bulk management

7.5
75%
2 Ratings

2.0
20%
1 Rating
Availability / breadth of extensions

4.1
41%
4 Ratings

6.0
60%
1 Rating
Community / comment management

9.0
90%
1 Rating

6.0
60%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- Contentful is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

8.0
Contentful
80%
7 Ratings

6.0
eZ Platform
60%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
Web Marketing Manager
Lively, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
eZ Platform
For a new site:1. Are there any hosting requirements? eZ Publish works best on a traditional LAMP stack.2. What is the expertise of the development and systems administrations individuals? There should be some PHP development experience and a solid level of Apache and MySQL hosting.3. Who will be managing the content of the site? What is their bandwidth for training? For ongoing content changes?
Senior Application Developer
University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInternet, 11-50 employees
Pros
Contentful
- Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
- High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
- Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
Digital Strategist
Sherpa Design Co.Design, 1-10 employees
eZ Platform
- Content Taxonomy: Content is managed in a tree. Though taxonomy vs folksonomy is a near-religious debate among professionals, clients seeing the system for the first time just seem to "get it" more often.
- Content Flexibility: Common content types such as blog posts and articles are available out of the box. However, customizing these and creating new content types is very easy.
- Developer Friendly: Developers need only a little PHP experience to get started. Of course being an expert doesn't hurt and opens the door for the development of custom modules.
Senior Application Developer
University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInternet, 11-50 employees
Cons
Contentful
- The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
- The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
- It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
Lead Developer
SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
eZ Platform
- The template language: Outputting content or doing something special with it requires use of the templating language. Myself along with other developers I have trained, found this to be one of the biggest hurdles.
- Layout of physical files: The system decides what settings files and templates to use based on a hierarchy of modules. The same file can exist in multiple modules and you can find yourself deep within very similar looking folder structures, causing confusion during debugging.
- Community: eZ has a solid set of community contributors but the gap between it and Drupal or Wordpress is pretty large.
Senior Application Developer
University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInternet, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Contentful
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$0
Contentful Editions & Modules
Edition
Community | Free |
---|---|
Team | 489/month |
Enterprise | Custom |
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—eZ Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—eZ Platform Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Alternatives Considered
Contentful
Contentful offers a great deal of features for a relatively low price. This is what ended up persuading us to purchase it. We also gathered that this was one of the more well-rated products out there, which was encouraging. It definitely stacks up well against its competitors.
SEO Specialist
BambooHRComputer Software, 201-500 employees
eZ Platform
eZ Publish isn't as large in community size and number of installations as other content management systems. However, it's just as capable and met our needs:
- Developers, system administrators, and project manager can all speak the same language during the development and maintenance cycles of a site.
- End-user training is very straight-forward.
- Vendor support is available.
- Client IT departments can access if need (developers/designers/sysadmins).
- The community is there (forums) and there are solid contributions (extensions) from both the vendor and the community.
Senior Application Developer
University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInternet, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
Contentful
- Positive: faster changes and new associates can easily navigate without prior training/knowledge of CMS to make content updates
- Negative: Our website manager/provider can keep certain abilities (like changing specific images) so they can charge a fee for making the change
Marketing Coordinator for FirstService Realty NYC
FirstService Residential New YorkReal Estate, 10,001+ employees
eZ Platform
- Common knowledge: By making eZ a core offering, developers, system administrators, and project managers were able to communicate with each other effectively.
- Training: Due to its content taxonomy, end-user training often went well.
- Support: In our case, we had Gold support from eZ Publish which saved time and helped with customizations.
Senior Application Developer
University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInternet, 11-50 employees