ExpressionEngine and why you should choose it as your next CMS
July 27, 2015

ExpressionEngine and why you should choose it as your next CMS

Jeremy Troxell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

2

Modules Used

  • FreeFrom
  • Multiple Site Manager
  • Image Resizer
  • CartThrob

Overall Satisfaction with ExpressionEngine

I currently use ExpressionEngine for my business website, and as the primary CMS for my clients. It solves a multitude of problems. As a stable platform it allows me to build a very flexible website for my clients; EE (ExpressionEngine) is so flexible that I can build the entire site that is editable by the client or down to just the content. Feature wise EE has powerful plugins which can be installed giving the CMS even more capability. My clients love being able to go in and add/edit products, services, or even staff members to their sites. The language that EE uses is easy to learn and understand, what would take several lines in other languages can be accomplished with only one in EE. Security wise, I am able to develop roles so that I can assign only certain content to be editable by different people. Training my clients on ExpressionEngine is easy as well, if they can fill out a form, they can use EE. I will also choose ExpressionEngine as the CMS for myself, and my clients.
  • Flexibility is a huge aspect of ExpressionEngine, other CMSs lock you into certain ways your site must be built. You write the templates and write the way you want the website you are building to function with ExpressionEngine.
  • Creating editable content in ExpressionEngine is easy, allowing you to control and make your website more dynamic.
  • The plugins for ExpressionEngine are wonderful, I have never had a request for integration from a client that I can't find a plugin for ExpressionEngine.
  • ExpressionEngine would be even better than it already is if it had a page editor where you could see your page and edit the content on the actual page, some clients prefer this method when moving from online website builders.
  • Although there are add-ons for backup, I would like to see a native backup feature for ExpressionEngine.
  • ExpressionEngine is able to save me a vast amount of time which equals cost savings by allowing me to schedule different aspects of my site to go live when I want them to without me having to be there.
  • I am able to provide better quality and faster service for my clients because of how powerful ExpressionEngine is for them.
  • ExpressionEngine helps me provide better customer service to my clients as I built a custom ticketing system for my clients to submit work request and track them.
ExpressionEngine outweighs most all of its competitors by being so flexible. If you can imagine it, then you can build it with EE (ExpressionEngine). Most competitors lock you in with certain ways to build your website or use only their tools; ExpresionEngine gives you the freedom to build how you would like and decide how you want your site to run and operate. The ease of use for clients to go in and edit their content is great, and I am able to control the way they edit that content to make it the easiest for them. The feature set and plugins for EE are great, and I am able to provide top service for my clients by using EE.
ExpressionEngine is a very powerful and flexible content management system. It can handle a simple small business website all the way to a large corporation's website. If you are a business with multiple websites ExpresionEngine can handle that as well with it's Multiple Site Manager. I think ExpressionEngine would be less appropriate for a global large scale business with a magnitude of sites with different regions and languages.

ExpressionEngine Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
9
Code quality / cleanliness
9
Admin section
8
Page templates
Not Rated
Library of website themes
Not Rated
Mobile optimization / responsive design
Not Rated
Publishing workflow
Not Rated
Form generator
Not Rated
Content taxonomy
8
SEO support
Not Rated
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
10
Community / comment management
10
API
7
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
9