--- description: Review of October CMS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: October CMS | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Content Management Systems](/directory/4543/cms/software) > [October CMS](/software/240736/october) # October CMS Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/240736/october Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/240736/october?page=2) > October CMS is a content management system built using PHP and the Laravel framework, designed to make it fast and easy to develop modern applications that scale. October CMS's intuitive interface makes it simple for non-developers to manage their own sites, while its extensible architecture allows developers to build customized features quickly and easily. The October CMS Marketplace offers a curated collection of themes and plugins created by the community of October developers. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 108 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 108 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: October CMS ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$29.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada and 120 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Audio File Management - Calendar Management - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Content Library - Content Publishing Options - Customisable Branding - Customisable Templates - Document Management - Drag & Drop - Electronic Forms - Image Editing - Multi-Language - SEO Management - Search/Filter - Tagging - Text Editing - Third-Party Integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Content Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4543/cms/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Confluence](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/430492/confluence) — 4.5/5 (3663 reviews) ## Reviews ### "best CMS, easy to use and develop, but I don´t like composer install method" — 5.0/5 > **Tim** | *19 August 2024* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to work with and also easy to get started — I like the simplicity > > **Cons**: can not be installed without composer, please add an installation wizard again... > > I would love to see a better plugin/theme market/gallery and an installation wizard. ----- ### "Build complex websites easily with OctoberCMS\!" — 5.0/5 > **Tiziano** | *20 June 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The easy setup and a fully ready to go website is what makes OctoberCMS so good.There are many templates and plugins to include with no effort and you are sure that every feature you include in your project is well written and has a good code quality.And if you can't find what you need in the marketplace, you could easily create your plugin or extend existing ones to build what you need\! > > **Cons**: Many customers asks for easy customizable templates that are often a challenge to do.Unfortunately OctoberCMS has a poor drag 'n drop page building and customization. > > I'm in love with OctoberCMS and i created also very complex websites full of customizations.This framework helped me a lot and is more intuitive than pure Laravel, with many tools like the builder plugin, to help developers to avoid to write several lines keeping the work very simple ----- ### "Good for some purposes" — 3.0/5 > **MIchal** | *1 November 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: ease of use by end user, tailor, simplicity > > **Cons**: documentation - not so many tutorials on tailor or how to make own plugins ----- ### "My favourite development platform" — 5.0/5 > **Cy** | *13 January 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to setup and deploy. Powerful and flexible. > > **Cons**: The text editing experience needs improvement and modernising. A simple integrated eCommerce system would be a game changer. > > I love building with October CMS. Predominantly build custom client sites. ----- ### "The perfect CMS for custom websites" — 5.0/5 > **Pietro Emiliano** | *11 January 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like the fact that it's very easy to customize, themes are totally customizable, you can use whatever framework you like and connect it with the backend in a very easy way.Even the backend can be customized with your own colors, styles, etc.Another thing that I like a lot is how easy you can create custom plugins, it's not hard to build plugins that do whatever you want, plus, there's a big community focused on QUALITY that shares useful plugins that you can integrate in a few steps, not like other marketplaces that have tons of plugins that do the same thing, and they do it wrong. > > **Cons**: I think that the only "Con" that I can find is that an average user won't be able to use it fluently, it's built for developers and developers adapt it for the average user.But as I said, it's focused on developers, so it's not really something that bothers me as one. > > OctoberCMS has helped me build dozens of websites for clients, websites for hotels, restaurants, agencies, etc.And it has really helped my business to grow, I'm very thankfull for this, and I will continue to support OctoberCMS by paying the licenses and contributing in every way I can.And of course, recommending it to every developer I know\! ----- Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/240736/october?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/240736/october) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data