ExpressionEngine vs Grav
ExpressionEngine
expressionengine.com
Grav
getgrav.orgSide by side
| Figure | ExpressionEngine | Grav |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 2 |
| Spec score · Content Management Systems | 9.1 (#9) | 8.6 (#30) |
| Spec score · Website Development tools | 9.1 (#2) | 8.5 (#8) |
| API | ExpressionEngine's legacy API libraries support operations including managing templates and channels and creating, editing, and deleting channel entries. | Grav 2 provides a versioned REST API for pages, media, users, plugins, themes, and configuration, with token authentication and permission-aware requests. |
| Custom content types | Yes | Yes |
| Custom user roles | Yes | Yes |
| Editorial workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Media library | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual content | Yes | Yes |
| Platform type | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| SEO tools | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Support plans provide guaranteed first responses ranging from one business day to two business hours, depending on plan. | The Grav site links to community support through its forum, Discord, and documentation, and Trilby Media offers support packages and managed hosting. |
Plans
ExpressionEngine
- CoreFree
- Pro$249, paid once
- Pro Renewal Subscription$49 a year
- Pro Renewal$59, paid once
- Additional MSM Site$49, paid once
- MSM Pro Renewal Subscription$39 a year
- MSM Pro Renewal$49, paid once
- MSM Pro Renewal$49 a year
- Pro Renewal$59 a year
- MSM Pro License Renewal$49 a year
In their own words
ExpressionEngine
ExpressionEngine is an open source CMS from Packet Tide for storing, managing and publishing website content. Its flexible channels and fields support custom content types, editorial workflows, multilingual content, SEO tools and a media library. Templates can include HTML, JavaScript, PHP and ExpressionEngine tags, and the CMS provides more than 20 field types. Editors can update content on a site's front end, while administrators can also bring the control panel there. One installation can manage multiple sites and share design, content and members; each additional MSM site requires an additional MSM Pro License. The free Core plan allows one control panel user. Pro costs $249, paid once, includes unlimited control panel users and one year of updates. Continued updates are available through renewal options, including a Pro Renewal Subscription at $49 a year. ExpressionEngine runs on web, self-hosted and API platforms. Learning resources include documentation, forums and ExpressionEngine University.