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Add to SafariWhen comparing ExpressionEngine vs Pinegrow, the Slant community recommends ExpressionEngine for most people. In the question“What are the best web content management systems?” ExpressionEngine is ranked 14th while Pinegrow is ranked 18th.
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Pros
Pro No restrictions on how a site can be designed
Pro Focus on security
Pro Commercial support
Pro Realtime preview
You can see the screen preview at real time. No need to click [Preview] button.
Pro Supports top front-end frameworks
Bootstrap, Foundation, Materialize, etc. Also many other frameworks, languages, etc.
Pro Multi platform desktop software
Windows, Mac & Linux. 32 / 64 bit.
Pro Reasonably priced
Not free as the main con says, but the cost is fair; and it's okay to encourage a company that produces a quality tool at a very reasonable price.
Cons
Con Simple pages can hurt performance
A simple page can rack up on database queries. Many sites usually suffer from this. Create an empty page and there's a few queries that run and it's unneccessary.
Con Can be overkill for simple or smaller sites
Con Cost is high
Especially for commercial sites
Con Built on top of codeigniter: an outdated framework
Codeigniter was cool.... back when PHP was at 5.2
Con Free update is available only 1 year
Update version will be available only 1 year once you buy the license.
