Likelihood to Recommend Pimcore is especially suitable for an organization that has a complex data model and processes that cannot be met easily with out of the box systems. It is especially helpful where data is lying in multiple legacy systems and needs complex integrations with these systems. It may not be the best choice for someone looking for and out of the box system with predefined features.
Read full review TYPO3 is great if you need to connect some systems in company to work together: like ecommerce + CRM + ERP + MRP and build an Extranet for partners/dealers where they can order your products, see particular BOM (bill of material), paid/unpaid invoices and use email marketing on top of it. You can do it but keep in mind that you will need a dedicated hosting, well organized admin(s) and some handwritten code. For simple blog TYPO3 is also a good choose, but WP would be better I think.
Read full review Pros PIM - Production Information Management CX - Customer Experience and Customer Data Platform MDM - Master Data Management DAM - Digital Asset Management CMS - Content Management System Digital Commerce Read full review open source - do what you want, and even if you dont know how to do it - someone will do it for you more secure than others (Joomla, WP, Drupal) - thanks to dedicated Typo3 Security Team modularity and diversity - a lot of plugins/extensions workflow and user roles - feel free to build a workflow templates ie. for documents routing assets management - no matter is it a video, audio or text file, you can REALLY manage it. typoscript language - sometimes JS is not enough Read full review Cons Can have a better UI. The data delivery channel sometimes breaks. Analytics and reporting could be improved. Read full review compared do Wordpress - far less community support when you run a simple blog - it is simple as piece of cake. But if it is a large news site, with many user roles, extensions and permissions - it may be hard to find an admin that will organize and keep that stuff working. server resources: so you want performance and speed with all that modules enabled? make sure that you have dedicated server in most cases. WP works much better here. Read full review Alternatives Considered PIMCore is Digital Platform making it single source of truth for many upstream and downstream system.
Akeneo is just PIM and its doing PIM job properly but PimCore is much more than this. AEM is too costly and can't be affordable for many small and mid size companies
Read full review more complex and elastic revoke system (undoing changes for multi-administrator systems) PHP/JS and TypoScript language LTS - long ter msupport (bugfixes and updates) usage rights and permissions (much more advanced thatn in WP/Joomla ) separation of design and content (in WP also but here is complex) many plugins to integrate with external systems several portals may be operated from a single admin/install Read full review Return on Investment With the customers we have worked with, Pimcore has quite a positive impact on ROI. Pimcore systems have helped customers not only integrate their data but also improved data quality, greatly reduced their time to market and turn around time. Read full review + 1 platform that handles connections to 11 external systems (CMS, CMR, ERP, MRP, accounting, controlling, email marketing etc.) + still lower TCO than commercial systems (Oracle, Microsoft) + LTS - long term support - can provide you an updates or bugfixes - resource consuming (forget about shared hosting in large projects) Read full review ScreenShots