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Comparison · Mkt Auto
Craft CMS vs Optimove
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Craft CMS and Optimove — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Craft CMS vs Optimove: at a glance
What is Craft CMS?
Craft 6's alphas have moved from rewriting plugin APIs to rebuilding the control panel.
Craft CMS 6.0 is at alpha.20 on its Laravel foundation, with recent alphas consolidating the control panel: inline editing, exports and search-as-you-type in element indexes, and Matrix, nested elements and addresses moved onto shared Vue controls. The stable line has moved to 5.12, where the latest release is a one-fix patch for duplicate icons in icon pickers.
What is Optimove?
Optimove's API can now delete customer profiles, 10,000 at a time.
Optimove keeps adding API surface. The newest endpoint deletes up to 10,000 customer profiles per request, asynchronously, with the outcome posted to a callback URL; batch-ingested customers and ID-mapped environments are excluded. Before that, the work centred on the loyalty and gamification layer: player-scoped leaderboards, loyalty store endpoints, participation tokens and gameplay limits.
Craft CMS vs Optimove: editorial side-by-side
Craft CMS
5.0MKT AUTO
Craft 6's alphas have moved from rewriting plugin APIs to rebuilding the control panel.
◆ Current state
Craft CMS 6.0 is at alpha.20 on its Laravel foundation, with recent alphas consolidating the control panel: inline editing, exports and search-as-you-type in element indexes, and Matrix, nested elements and addresses moved onto shared Vue controls. The stable line has moved to 5.12, where the latest release is a one-fix patch for duplicate icons in icon pickers.
◆ Where it's heading
Early alphas broke plugin APIs and swapped image libraries; the recent ones are about the editor experience on the new Inertia/Vue control panel, porting each legacy HTML form onto shared components. The breaking-change notes are getting shorter as the UI work grows.
◆ Prediction
More legacy screens moving to shared Vue controls is the clear next step, followed by a beta once plugin-facing breaking changes stop. No date for that is visible in the entries.
Optimove
5.0MKT AUTO
Optimove's API can now delete customer profiles, 10,000 at a time.
◆ Current state
Optimove keeps adding API surface. The newest endpoint deletes up to 10,000 customer profiles per request, asynchronously, with the outcome posted to a callback URL; batch-ingested customers and ID-mapped environments are excluded. Before that, the work centred on the loyalty and gamification layer: player-scoped leaderboards, loyalty store endpoints, participation tokens and gameplay limits.
◆ Where it's heading
Optimove is filling in programmatic control on both ends of the customer record: engagement mechanics for players and now data removal. The deletion endpoint's exclusions show the data model still has paths the API can't reach. Expect steady endpoint-by-endpoint expansion rather than headline launches.
◆ Prediction
A follow-up extending deletion to batch-ingested customers or ID-mapped environments is the most likely next API change.
Alternatives to Craft CMS and Optimove
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Recent activity from Craft CMS and Optimove
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoOptimoveOptimove API: Delete Customers endpoint
- 3d agoCraft CMSCraft 5.12.0.1 fixes duplicate icons in icon pickers
- 29d agoCraft CMS5.11.5.1 restores editing of third-party nested elements
- 1mo agoCraft CMSCraft 6 alpha.20 moves more editors onto shared Vue controls
- 1mo agoOptimoveLoyalty System API: list leaderboards for a player
- 1mo agoCraft CMSCraft 6 alpha.19 adds inline editing and exports to indexes
- 2mo agoCraft CMSCraft CMS 6.0.0-alpha.18
- 2mo agoOptimoveGamify API: Loyalty Store Catalog and Purchase Endpoints
- 2mo agoOptimoveGamify API: Corrected Code Samples Across all Endpoints
- 2mo agoOptimoveGamify API: Campaign Participation Token
- 2mo agoOptimoveOptional gzip compression for campaign delivery
- 2mo agoCraft CMSCraft CMS 6.0.0-alpha.17
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Craft CMS and Optimove?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Craft CMS and Optimove are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Craft CMS better than Optimove?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Craft CMS and Optimove are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Mkt Auto products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Craft CMS?
Top Craft CMS alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Craft CMS alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/craft-cms for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Optimove?
Top Optimove alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Optimove alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/optimove for the full list with editorial commentary on each.