Craft CMS
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Features
56 features across 19 categories
API(1)
Built-in self-generating GraphQL API for headless content delivery
Admin Interface(4)
Customize system email messages and provide custom email templates
Personalize the control panel with custom branding
Centrally manage licenses and plugins for your Craft installation
Personalize the dashboard to display relevant content and information
Asset Management(2)
Manage assets with custom fields, store files locally or with cloud providers like Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage
Built-in image editing capabilities
Content Management(10)
Preview content from multiple targets including single-page applications
Intuitive authoring experience allowing authors to focus on content creation
Element indexes support inline editing of all visible elements from table view
User-friendly interface designed to make sense for content creators with intuitive authoring experience
Schedule content to be published at specific times
Content-first approach that allows content to drive the CMS rather than conforming to CMS limitations
Version control for content changes and history
Immediately see how content will look while editing with shareable preview URLs
Entries can have multiple authors instead of being limited to a single author
Built-in content search functionality
Content Modeling(5)
23 built-in custom field types including Address, Assets, Categories, Checkboxes, Color, Country, Date, Dropdown, Email, Entries, Icon, Lightswitch, Matrix, Money, Multi-select, Number, Plain Text, Radio Buttons, Table, Tags, Time, URL, and Users
Easily define content with custom fields managed centrally in Craft with 23+ built-in field types
Reuse custom fields in the same field layout with unique names, handles, instructions, and conditions
Manage nested entries instead of blocks with cards, entry lists, or classic blocks view mode for complex content
Relate anything-to-anything and edit related items without leaving current context
Content Organization(1)
Organize content with categories and tags
Deployment(1)
Fully headless mode for decoupled content delivery
Developer Experience(3)
Manage configuration and database schema
Developer debugging toolbar for development and troubleshooting
Bring your own front end with Twig templates or keep completely decoupled with GraphQL API
Ecommerce(4)
Powerful first-party ecommerce platform for Craft
Flexible and customizable ecommerce capabilities to build exactly the store needed
Build integrated content-first storefronts with Shopify
Sync and add custom fields to Stripe products, subscriptions, customers, and more
Extensibility(3)
Build custom plugins and modules with unlimited capabilities
Build anything imaginable with Craft's built-in Plugin Store and powerful plugin framework
Extend Craft with custom plugins and private modules or find integrations on the Plugin Store
Forms(1)
Form building capabilities through plugins like Freeform and Formie
Integrations(1)
Connect Craft to marketing tools like Salesforce, Mailchimp, and Hubspot
Localization(4)
Control panel translated into 25 languages with support for hundreds of locales
Translate and localize content from single fields to entire projects for unlimited sites and languages
Serve multiple related and localized sites from a single Craft installation
Translate and localize content for unlimited sites, languages, and locales
SEO(1)
SEO optimization tools through plugins like SEOmatic and SEO by Ether Creative
Scalability(1)
Powers design portfolios, multinational marketing sites, and everything in between
Security(4)
Two-factor authentication to enhance user account security
Single sign-on and SAML authentication for enterprise security
Built with GDPR compliance to ensure data protection
Speed up logins with passkeys based on fingerprint or facial recognition
Support(5)
Access to community support through Discord and other channels
Assigned customer support manager for Enterprise tier users
Developer-to-developer support directly from the Craft core development team
Direct email support for issues and questions
Support plans and SLAs available in addition to community support
Templating(2)
Advanced templating capabilities for complex frontend development
Templates powered by Twig, the elegant templating system from the creators of Symfony
User Management(3)
Create custom user roles with granular permission settings
Create and manage user accounts with varying levels of access and permissions
Set detailed permissions for groups or individual users with public user registration support
Pricing
Solo
- ✓One user account
- ✓Ultra-flexible content modeling
- ✓Multi-site and localization
- ✓Advanced previewing
- ✓Twig and GraphQL support
- ✓Asset management
- ✓Custom fields
- ✓Live preview
- ✓Image editor
- ✓Content versioning
- ✓Content scheduling
- ✓Categories and tags
- ✓Customizable dashboard
Team
- ✓Everything in Solo
- ✓Up to five user accounts
- ✓One user group
- ✓Developer support
- ✓Custom roles and permissions
- ✓User account creation
Pro
- ✓Everything in Team
- ✓Unlimited user accounts
- ✓Unlimited user groups
- ✓Branded control panel
- ✓Branded communication
- ✓Email support
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓First-party SAML SSO
- ✓Custom license agreement
- ✓Procurement support
- ✓Dedicated premium support
- ✓Dedicated customer support manager
Cost Calculator
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Build vs Buy
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Craft CMS saves ~$55,440 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
15 known integrations