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Craft vs Statamic: What are the differences?
Developers describe Craft as "A CMS built to do one thing and do it well: manage content". Craft is a content management system (CMS) that’s laser-focused on doing one thing really, really well: managing content. On the other hand, Statamic is detailed as "Build simply. The flat file CMS built for developers and clients alike". Statamic 2 is now built on Laravel and sporting a brand new Vue.js-powered control panel. As a developer you can build, configure, and manage everything right in your code editor. As a client or content manager you never have to leave the c.
Craft and Statamic can be primarily classified as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.
Some of the features offered by Craft are:
- Relations
- Matrix
- Assets
On the other hand, Statamic provides the following key features:
- Bring Your Own HTML
- Drag and Drop Pages
- One Click Updates
"Quick bespoke CMS" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Craft, while over 2 developers mention "No database" as the leading cause for choosing Statamic.
Pros of Craft
- Quick bespoke CMS8
- Easy to use CMS5
- Clean slate approach to templating5
- Great support2
- Free licence available for single user account version2
- Clean templating markup (twig)1
Pros of Statamic
- Version control your content5
- No database5
- Surprising flexibility4
- It is based on Laravel3
- Easy templating3
- Too expensive for personal blog2
- Great documentation2
- Self hosting1
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Cons of Craft
Cons of Statamic
- Not user friendly2