CrafterCMS vs Drupal
CrafterCMS
craftercms.comDrupal
drupal.orgSide by side
| Figure | CrafterCMS | Drupal |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Content Management Systems | 9.3 (#3) | 9.0 (#10) |
| Spec score · Digital Experience - Midmarket Software | 9.3 (#2) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Extensibility | Groovy, Java, FreeMarker and a plugin framework can extend APIs, workflows, delivery behavior and authoring UI. | Drupal can be extended with thousands of modules, themes and distributions. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Elastic Stack, Stripe, GitLab, Bitbucket, Elastic Path, GitHub, Jenkins, commercetools and Shopify. | Drupal can integrate with external services and other applications in an organization’s infrastructure. |
| Support | Commercial support includes 24/7 support with SLAs, priority security patches, certified builds and high-availability support. | Drupal CMS support is available through its user guide, Drupal Slack’s #drupal-cms-support channel and the project issue queue. |
Plans
CrafterCMS
- CommunityPrice not published
- EnterprisePrice not published
- Crafter CloudPrice not published
- CrafterCMS CommunityFree
- CrafterCMS Enterprise$5,472 a year
In their own words
CrafterCMS
CrafterCMS is a content management system from CrafterCMS, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, USA. It supports content localization, custom role permissions, webhooks, content preview, and asset transformations. Its API types include REST and GraphQL, and it is listed for web, Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The available plans represent three deployment and support arrangements. Community is an open-source GPL v3 release with community support and a self-hosted download. Enterprise is commercially supported and can be self-hosted or self-managed, with enterprise features and support. Crafter Cloud is a fully managed SaaS option with managed infrastructure, monitoring, and upgrades. The pricing model is listed as free, with a free plan available, but no prices are provided for Community, Enterprise, or Crafter Cloud.
Drupal
Drupal is content management software for building websites and applications. Drupal CMS is a ready-to-use platform for marketing teams, content creators, and site builders, built on Drupal 11 core. Included tools cover media management, SEO, AI-driven website building, consent management, analytics, search, and automatic updates. Drupal supports structured content, multilingual publishing, editorial workflows, custom user roles, and APIs for serving web, mobile, and other channels from one source. Thousands of modules, themes, and distributions can extend it, and it can connect with external services and organizational applications. Drupal identifies accessibility, API-first architecture, security, performance, and scalability as core capabilities. The software is free open-source software with no licensing fees, but self-hosting and technical setup are required. Linux or a similar system is recommended for hosting; Windows is supported only for development, not production. Drupal CMS offers temporary browser-based trial sites. After setup, Drupal CMS itself is not updated, although installed modules and themes are updated like other Drupal sites.