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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ButterCMS

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AButterCMS is a headless content management system and blog engine from the company of the same name in San Francisco. The vendor boasts users can integrate it easily into any new or existing web project in minutes.N/A

    Craft CMS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACraft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web. Craft can support design portfolios, multinational marketing sites, and other kinds of sites, and integrates with tools like Salesforce, Mailchimp or Hubspot to offer a full business solution.

    $130

    per month per project

    Pricing
    ButterCMSCraft CMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Team
    $130
    per month per project
    Pro
    $240
    per month per project
    Team
    $279
    per year includes one year of updates ($99 for support each subsequent year)
    Pro
    $399
    per year includes one year of updates ($99 for support each subsequent year)
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    Pricing Offerings
    ButterCMSCraft CMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Hosted Craft CMS option available with a discount for annual pricing.
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    Features
    ButterCMSCraft CMS
    Hybrid CMS
    Comparison of Hybrid CMS features of ButterCMS and Craft CMS
    Feature
    ButterCMS
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Craft CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Collaborative editing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content versioning9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval and authoring workflows8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content personalization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    ButterCMSCraft CMS
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    User Ratings
    ButterCMSCraft CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    Usability
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    ButterCMSCraft CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ButterCMS
    I think it would be really well suited for anyone who is looking to have content that is often changing and doesn't need to make a code change to alter the content
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    Pixel & Tonic
    Suitable for mid-size to large websites (20 pages+). If you have a massive project with dozens or hundreds of content contributors, complex editorial process/workflow, are tied to a non-Linux platform (Microsoft Server), you may want an enterprise CMS like Episerver. If you need a small, cheap, theme-based, basic website with 5-15 pages, you'll probably go to WordPress.
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    Pros
    ButterCMS
    No answers on this topic
    Pixel & Tonic
    • Design-agnostic templating system. No themes. This means you can use whatever HTML, CSS, JS you want, and integrate it with Craft.
    • Versatile field types, with 3rd party plugins providing a bunch more. Everything from plain text to address, color picker, date/time, file assets, one-to-many relationships, and more.
    • Control panel with clean, responsive UI makes content updates easy for clients.
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    Cons
    ButterCMS
    • Repeaters in collection items
    • The UI of the ButterCMS website could be smoother
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    Pixel & Tonic
    • Could use a more robust implementation of rich text editor.
    • Some functionality that requires plugins, for example, advanced field management, should be part of the core install.
    • It should be a bit easier to brand the control panel w/logo and color scheme.
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    Usability
    ButterCMS
    Overall it's really easy to use, but the UI/UX of the site is a bit clunky sometimes
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    Pixel & Tonic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    ButterCMS
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    Pixel & Tonic
    Craft was originally developed in response to ExpressionEngine's shortcomings. While ExpressionEngine has caught up in some regards, it still looks and feels a bit unpolished by comparison. Additionally, ExpressionEngine's vendor has never gotten UI right - not on their website, nor in their CMS. Craft remains easier to use, more polished and provides a wider feature set in its base install (without needing plugins). As for WordPress - while I recognize its massive popularity, I find its reliance on themes, third-party plugins, along with security shortcomings, make it a poor fit for the larger custom projects we build. On the other hand, if you want to throw up a passable website in a day, you can't beat WordPress.
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    Return on Investment
    ButterCMS
    No answers on this topic
    Pixel & Tonic
    • We don't have hard numbers on Craft's impact on our ROI, but we recognize that its feature set, ease of use, and integrated ECommerce allows offering a superior product to clients.
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