Craft CMS

Craft CMS

Pixel & Tonic
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About

Craft empowers the entire creative process. From the user-friendly interface to the completely customizable backend, everything you interact with is designed to just make sense. Support plans and SLAs are available when needed, in addition to community support. Connect Craft to marketing tools like Salesforce, Mailchimp, HubSpot, and countless more. Translate and localize your content for an unlimited number of sites, languages, and locales. Craft’s control panel is translated into 25 languages, and features support for hundreds of locales. Give your authors an intuitive authoring experience, so they can focus on what they do best. Craft powers design portfolios, multinational marketing sites, and everything in between. Build anything you can imagine with Craft’s built-in Plugin Store and powerful plugin framework. Connect with hundreds of agencies and thousands of developers around the world.

About

We're the leading open-source CMS for ambitious digital experiences that reach your audience across multiple channels. Because we all have different needs, Drupal allows you to create a unique space in a world of cookie-cutter solutions. Drupal is the open-source platform of choice for media and publishing. Create engaging multi-channel experiences to connect with your audiences - everywhere. Top-notch security thanks to robust architecture and dedicated security team. Strong community support ensures regular updates and ongoing innovation. API-first with a rich theme ecosystem and integration capacities.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Organizations that need a powerful and beautiful CMS

Audience

Organizations interested in an open-source customizable CMS

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$299 per project
Includes one year of updates then $59 per year after that
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
Open source
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.3 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Flexibility and Control! Craft CMS provides the flexibility to create custom digital experiences on the web. It allows developers to design and develop exactly what they need, without wrestling with pre-defined themes. Users can write and design their own HTML, create custom templates with clean code powered by Twig, and manage multiple sites or use Craft as a content API. Ease of Content Management! Craft CMS makes it incredibly easy to manage content, putting the focus on content creation and management. This is in contrast to some other CMS platforms where content management can be more challenging. Active and Supportive Community! Craft CMS has an ever-growing and extremely active community, which can be beneficial for getting support, sharing knowledge, and finding resources Quality and Security: Craft CMS is known for its quality, security, and scalability. It is regularly updated with improvements, bug fixes, and developer support, and it allows for the installation of additional libraries and custom functionality through plugins and Composer. Customization and Multilingual Support! Craft CMS offers full freedom in the design of templates, strict separation of content from structure, and built-in support for multilingual websites. It allows for the development of tailor-made content and provides an awesome, customizable dashboard. Performance and Speed: Craft CMS is recognized for its fast development of tailor-made content, great admin interface, and the use of proven technologies like PHP, Yii, Twig, and MySQL or PostgreSQL, which contribute to its performance and stability.

Cons

  • Craft CMS may require more effort to convince stakeholders to use, as it is not as well-known as WordPress or Typo3.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It is capable of very complex relational loading of pages. If you know how to use it then it can do absolutely anything you want it to do. However, there is a steep learning curve unlike that of other CMS systems. It is open source though and that makes if useful if you need to customize the code.
  • Free to use & Open Source Supports many third party integrations Good scalability Has a great community Frequent updates
  • Free & Open Source. Lots of customization options. Frequent Security updates. Scaleable - to meet growing demands. Great community support. Integration with lots of third party apps.

Cons

  • It really doesn't have very good ease of use. You really have to be familiar with CMS systems and databases to be comfortable with this software. There is no drag and drop to speak of it is more like building with Legos
  • Steep learning curve when compared to other alternatives.
  • Decent learning curve compared to WordPress. Version updates bring massive changes making it challenging to keep up.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Pixel & Tonic
Founded: 2011
United States
craftcms.com

Company Information

Drupal
Founded: 2000
Belgium
www.drupal.org

Alternatives

Alternatives

Backdrop CMS

Backdrop CMS

Backdrop

Categories

Categories

Content Management Features

Audio Content
Customizable Templates
Document Indexing
E-forms
Full Text Search
Image Editor
SEO Management
Text Editor
Version Control
Video Content
Website Management

Content Management Features

Audio Content
Customizable Templates
Document Indexing
E-forms
Full Text Search
Image Editor
SEO Management
Text Editor
Version Control
Video Content
Website Management

Integrations

Avalara
Constant Contact
Elasticsearch
Facebook
Mailchimp
Mailjet
New Relic
Oh Dear
ProjectHuddle
Silktide
Skynet Accessibility Scanning and Monitoring
StoryChief
YouTube
Zendesk
CoSurfing
Feedbackly
Grasp
MotaWord
Netrix iCMS
WriterAccess

Integrations

Avalara
Constant Contact
Elasticsearch
Facebook
Mailchimp
Mailjet
New Relic
Oh Dear
ProjectHuddle
Silktide
Skynet Accessibility Scanning and Monitoring
StoryChief
YouTube
Zendesk
CoSurfing
Feedbackly
Grasp
MotaWord
Netrix iCMS
WriterAccess
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