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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Symfony

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASymfony is a PHP framework from French company SensioLabs.N/A
    Pricing
    StrapiSymfony
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    StrapiSymfony
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    StrapiSymfony
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Strapi and Symfony
    Feature
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Symfony
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Strapi and Symfony
    Feature
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Symfony
    -
    Ratings
    API10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Strapi and Symfony
    Feature
    Strapi
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Symfony
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Strapi and Symfony
    Feature
    Strapi
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Symfony
    -
    Ratings
    SEO support8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    StrapiSymfony
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    StrapiSymfony
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SensioLabs
    Any small project which you want to have ready in a couple of hours would be probably a bad candidate for using Symfony. Even the most seasoned senior developer can easily spend hours or days creating a small MVP with Symfony. While Symfony's learning curve isn't necessarily bad and will depend a lot on the architectural knowledge of the developer itself, because of the modularity required by Symfony you will need to spend a significant amount of time coding. If you are looking for a quick project, perhaps this framework isn't the best solution. Robust applications can benefit from Symfony's architecture. I have participated in projects on different industries including lead generation, marketing and even some micro-services for other industries which use Symfony. Because of how thorough the framework has been architected, you will have a reliable solution.
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    Pros
    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.
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    SensioLabs
    • Sonata Admin for Symfony is very versatile and we've used it for both the admin part of our website (even created a landing page constructor using it) and for the ERP system we've developed for inside use.
    • It is easy to learn if you know PHP and the community is quite large so you can easily find experts to help you with issues.
    • It's good for high-load projects. We have used it for the back-end of a custom affiliate marketing system that currently processes over 180 million requests per day.
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    Cons
    Strapi
    • Tutorial videos.
    • Use typescript for it's backend.
    • Detailed explanation of commands available.
    • More clear docs for releasing.
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    SensioLabs
    • More powerful ecosystem of apps (paid and free)
    • Doctrine (which is the goto ORM) needs more work
    • Queue manager UI
    • Deployment options
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Strapi
    No answers on this topic
    SensioLabs
    It can be a little complex at the begining comapred to some other frameworks, but this gives very good structure and makes it bulletproof for scaling actually large applications. The framework is built in a way that you can start simple and bring incremental improvements to make sure your app responds to traffic, demand, and growing usage.
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    Support Rating
    Strapi
    No answers on this topic
    SensioLabs
    There is a lot of community support but because Symfony is so flexible and unopinionated, there are too many ways to do things and if you lock yourself into one way, most of the advice online will not work for you.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Strapi
    No answers on this topic
    SensioLabs
    Symfony has become such a standard that many frameworks which previously may have been seen as competition, are actually adopting Symfony components to allow them to focus more on what makes their solution unique. Drupal 8 has replaced much of its low-level internal code with Symfony components. Laravel utilizes much from Symfony and builds on it. CakePHP was my preferred framework over Zend and CodeIgniter, but now I typically prefer Symfony or Laravel depending on the type of application and complexity of what I'm doing.
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    Return on Investment
    Strapi
    • Easy to setup.
    • Customize the ui.
    • Increased productivity.
    • Get prebuilt auth apis.
    • Customize the backend and add new apis.
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    SensioLabs
    • One negative thing to point out of Symfony is how painful it is to migrate legacy or relatively old projects from previous versions of Symfony into newer versions.
    • Symfony projects are usually reliable and provide the results you need.
    • Performance can be an issue sometime depending on the kind of project you are working on. Symfony can have some issues with cache.
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