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I've used both, I've integrated them both ways, from big to small, I've worked with many other service companies in our industry doing this exact same thing as well, because it's such a huge ass job, the owner of the product needs that much help.
Smaller sites, setups, corps, staff, etc should go with Carma. It's that much easier to use.
If you have the time, skilled staff, and willing to actually add the features elex has, correctly, then you should go with elex.
One is not better than the other, they are different.
Integration wise, it's not in integration, it's a fresh setup, all around. The data that can be moved from db to db, is very tiny, time saving wise it's piss. Setup, structure, templates, content, format, layout, video conversions, storage, etc, is VASTLY different and no db move or special trick will save your ass... it's hand work and it's a hellish amount - period!
My actual advice is this, none are easy, no part of a cms is simple, some are easier than others, none are simple. If you want professional, good, expandable, and truly what you want - you must create it yourself, but you also better be willing to fork over $20k+ and months of work and continual maintenance as well, anyone saying otherwise has zero experience in doing it.
I have built my own, 3 times, I know exactly what it costs - and I ended up with Carma, if that tells you how f'in crazy this can get.
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