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58.4% CMS market share
Key facts
| Verified detail | Content approvals, change logs and version rollback |
|---|---|
| Best suited to | Editorial sites and structured publishing. |
| Before you commit | Before choosing: who handles hosting, security updates and backups? |
| Pricing & plans | Free license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗ |
| Source | www.concretecms.com ↗ |
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The basics of managing a site in Concrete CMS version 9 · Concrete CMS
Pricing & plans
Free license; hosting billed separately
Software license only; hosting and operations cost extra.
Pricing & plans ↗Usage by country
| Country | Live websites |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 11,118 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 3,681 |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 2,772 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1,997 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1,751 |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 1,726 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1,227 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 1,170 |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 1,155 |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 597 |
Live websites detected by BuiltWith. Leading countries; partial coverage. · Source ↗
Company
| Company name | PortlandLabs, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Founders | Franz Maruna, Andrew Embler |
Timeline 5
- Launch↗
Concrete CMS: the previously commercial CMS became open source, opening its in-context editing platform to wider adoption.
- Product update↗
Concrete CMS 9.0: multisite support, Boards and Summary Templates expanded the CMS beyond individual website editing.
- Product update↗
Concrete CMS 9.3: a redesigned marketplace introduced Composer-based package delivery and free trials for extensions.
- Shutdown↗
Concrete CMS 8: official security support ended; the first version-nine security fix was no longer backported.
- Product update↗
Concrete CMS 9.5: Twig templating reached block views, page templates and single pages, expanding theme-development choices.
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