🆚 Contao vs. ExpressionEngine

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

Contao is an open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL.

It offers advanced editing features, a fine-grained permission system, responsive images, a full-text search engine, a flexible form generator, and built-in SEO tools.

ExpressionEngine is an open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

Headquarters

Lyss, Switzerland
Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Open source
Pro$249
Updates$49/year

Categories

CMS › Rank #10
CMS › Rank #18

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Contao CMS is 2.2 times more popular than ExpressionEngine.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Contao is more popular in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, while ExpressionEngine is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
Germany
United States
Austria
Switzerland
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Canada
Australia
Croatia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Contao is more popular among sites focused on travel, public information, and software and hardware, while ExpressionEngine is more commonly used on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services
Health
Public Information
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,564
#14,419
#14,638
#28,258
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Rank
#3,203
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