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Silverstripe CMS vs Craft CMS: catalog facts
Silverstripe CMS	Craft CMS
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.	Freemium Paid editions, support plans and SLAs are available alongside community support.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
CMS and MVC application framework in one package Permissive BSD licence	Content model is fully customisable rather than fixed Twig templates or headless use through GraphQL
Needs developer work to build custom sites Requires your own server to run	Needs a developer to build the front end Not open source
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
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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