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Craft CMS is, if the intended use is of business nature, a commercial Content Management System. However, compared to other paid solutions, the price is currently very low at an initial $299 per project. This price covers all updates within the first year. From the second year onwards, a reduced fee of currently $59 is charged. This secures further access to system updates and security releases.

If you want to implement an online shop with Craft CMS, the official shop extension Craft Commerce is required. This, like Craft CMS, also comes from Pixel & Tonic. The costs for a Craft Commerce license are currently $999. For simple shops that only offer one product (eg donations, subscriptions or other paid content), the cheaper Lite version can be purchased for currently $199.

• Craft CMS Pricing Overview: craftcms.com/pricing
• Craft Commerce Pricing Overview: craftcms.com/pricing#commerce

It can be quite difficult at times to convince a potential customer to use a less common CMS, especially one that also comes with licensing fees.

We understand this at its core, but we would like to list a few points where Craft CMS stands out from other systems:

• Less dependency on plugins for additional functionalities.
• Multilingual capabilities are included core-side. It is different from WordPress, no third-party plugin is needed.
• Superior content management functionalities (keyword: matrix fields).
• Brilliant user experience, comparable to WordPress.
• Craft CMS is built on established developer workflows and frameworks and is much more modern in its application architecture than a more outdated WordPress in this aspect.
• Craft CMS is less susceptible to hacker attacks and thus safer than for instance WordPress.
• First-class and intelligent SEO tools.
• Core-side shop functionalities with Craft Commerce.
• A healthy Add-on ecosystem through the official plug-in directory, which offers many high-quality premium modules.
• Support directly from the manufacturer.

We think these are a whole lot of good reasons. With a one-time cost of $299 + followed by $59 yearly for update licenses, the costs for commercial use are very manageable. Especially when you consider that we provide you a state-of-the-art, high-performance website with Craft CMS that meets your goals and boosts your online success.

It is difficult to make a definitive statement about the security of a particular CMS. However, it is a fact that Craft CMS, due to its lesser popularity, is a significantly less attractive target for attacks than for example WordPress.

Furthermore, Craft CMS is a relatively new system, meaning many of its core components are programmed according to current developer standards. The technology stack and system and database architecture support the assertion that this system was realized and is maintained by very experienced developers.

The circumstance of it being a commercial yet source-open system is also an indication for more security. The code can be viewed at any time, and the team behind it is backed by a funding model that makes the efforts for further development profitable. The same applies to the plugin directory. The plugins listed here adhere to the quality standards defined in the documentation and are equally chargeable. Consequently, it is also assured that plugin developers are remunerated for their valuable work. In the area of plugins, despite this, we as a web agency follow the approach of avoiding plugins as much as possible if a feature can be realised with reasonable effort and user-friendly through core-side means. Our main concern is to keep dependencies low. This creates additional security for your project based on Craft CMS.

Furthermore, the principle applies that up-to-date software is generally considered effective protection against vulnerabilities and security gaps. Therefore, any software publicly deployed on the web should be regularly and carefully maintained. Craft CMS fulfills this premise, as evidenced by the very short intervals for software update releases. These consistently provide bug fixes, new features and changes, and, true to its reputation as a fundamentally secure system, barely any security patches. The version history can be tracked here. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in having your Craft CMS website maintained.

Craft CMS offers a demo version. Simply visit the following website demo.craftcms.com and sign up for a non-binding test. Alternatively, you can also contact us and we will show you the system from the inside in a personal conversation or a video conference.