Craft CMS Pricing 2026: Plans, Pros & Cons

Overview

Craft CMS is a self-hosted PHP content management system known among agencies for flexible content modelling and a clean control panel. It uses an unusual per-project licence. The Solo edition is free for a site built for oneself and includes one user account; Team costs US$279 per project with up to five users; Pro costs US$399 per project with unlimited users and a branded control panel. Both paid editions include one year of updates, after which updates cost US$99 a year.^[10]

Team and Pro licences are free when the site is hosted on Craft Cloud, the vendor’s managed hosting, and verified non-profits receive a 15% discount on licence fees. Enterprise adds SAML SSO and a custom licence agreement.^[10] Craft suits agencies building bespoke marketing sites for clients. It has a smaller plugin ecosystem than WordPress, and the Solo edition is not intended for client work.

Craft CMS features

Custom fields and content modelling
Per-project licensing
Branded control panel on Pro
Free licences on Craft Cloud hosting
SAML SSO on Enterprise

Craft CMS pricing

Solo free (one user). Team US$279 per project (up to five users); Pro US$399 per project (unlimited users); one year of updates included, then US$99/year. Enterprise custom. 15% non-profit discount on licence fees.