ExpressionEngine - the CMS of Choice
March 15, 2018
ExpressionEngine - the CMS of Choice
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with ExpressionEngine
I worked at an advertising agency that used ExpressionEngine for all their client websites; it was their CMS of choice. All of the developers installed it, set up custom fields and made it meet the client's requests, each site is fully customized for the client. We had a boilerplate set up that enabled us to set up a new install quickly.
- ExpressionEngine manages content and users extremely well and with ease.
- ExpressionEngine is reliable and scales for small websites to enterprise websites.
- ExpressionEngine has a large community following and many reliable plugins.
- ExpressionEngine makes a ton of calls to the database, so caching is extremely important.
- ExpressionEngine has a learning curve when learning to set up templates properly.
- ExpressionEngine has a positive impact on our business, as we were allowed to build websites quickly and meet tight deadlines.
- ExpressionEngine has a learning curve, however, can be learned in a relatively small amount of time.
- Because ExpressionEngine scales well our Junior Developers were able to work on the Enterprise website as if it were a smaller website.
I feel ExpressionEngine is on par with the major CMS systems, WordPress, Drupal, and Craft. It's used by many companies exclusively and is trustworthy. Lately, I've been building more sites with WordPress and still prefer how ExpressionEngine handles certain aspects, such as website templates and user management. ExpressionEngine is much easier to learn than Craft.