Statamic vs Craft CMS: pricing, stack and fit

Prices in USD, checked on 30 October 2026 at statamic.com/pricing and craftcms.com/pricing. Technical details from the Statamic and Craft 5 docs. Craft’s docs also list a 6.x version, so check requirements for the version you plan to use. Statamic publishes its own comparison with Craft, written from Statamic’s side, and our interest leans the same way.

• You have Laravel developers, or a Laravel application the site should live inside.
• You want content in Git with your code, and no database to run for a simple site.
• You want unlimited editors at the lower paid price.
• You want to write custom features as ordinary Laravel code.

• You have developers who know Twig or Craft already, and no Laravel in the picture.
• You want a database as standard, which suits large content volumes and existing database tooling.
• You need several sites or languages on a small budget, since multi-site is included in every edition.
• You want two-factor sign-in without an enterprise contract.
• You want the vendor’s own hosting, with the licence included.

The licence difference is tiny compared with the build. Team skills make the bigger difference, because whichever you choose, someone has to maintain it for years. If your current developer or agency works in one of these, that is a strong reason to stay with it. Ask who else could take the site over, and how readily you could hire them.

The support calendars matter too. Statamic plans a major release roughly yearly, with security fixes for 18 months per release. Check Craft’s current policy for the version you would use before comparing the two. On the budget side, our Statamic cost guide has a calculator you can use with your own quotes, and our Statamic development page describes what we do.