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Craft CMS vs Winter CMS: catalog facts
Craft CMS	Winter CMS
Freemium Paid editions, support plans and SLAs are available alongside community support.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with paid support available.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Content model is fully customisable rather than fixed Twig templates or headless use through GraphQL	Built on Laravel, familiar to PHP developers Plugin and theme marketplace
Needs a developer to build the front end Not open source	Needs a PHP server and Composer to install Aimed more at developers and agencies than casual site owners
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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