ApostropheCMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ApostropheCMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ApostropheCMS's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Apostrophe Pro | $199 a month | 5 editors included · $19/mo for each additional editor · advanced permissions · AI-powered translations and SEO · warranty support · document versions · $199/mo |
| Apostrophe Assembly | $499 a month | 5 sites included · additional sites $99/mo · volume pricing at 10+ sites · multitenant dashboard · white-label delivery · $499/mo |
| Community Edition | Free | Unlimited users and content types · visual editing · localization · headless or standalone · SEO tools · basic permissions · SSO · Free forever |
| Basic Environments | $39 a month | Single-server environment · 2GB RAM · development, staging, or lightweight production · $39/mo |
| Performance | $89 a month | 4GB RAM per app server · MongoDB Atlas included with at least two servers · CDN deployments · $89/mo per app server |
| Enterprise hosting | Priced on request | Dedicated environments · enhanced security and isolation · flexible configurations · custom server sizing · Custom pricing |
The facts
Each one read from ApostropheCMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture
- ApostropheCMS supports standalone templating with Nunjucks or JSX, headless delivery through a REST API, and an Astro integration.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The hosting FAQ says compliance documentation for requirements such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, GDPR, or ISO 27001 is available by discussing requirements with the Apostrophe team.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Content capabilities
- The Community Edition includes editorial workflows, localization, SEO tools, media management, APIs, and unlimited users, pages, and content.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Databases
- ApostropheCMS supports MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Editors can create and update content directly on the rendered page using developer-defined components and guardrails.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Hosting
- Teams can use Apostrophe-managed hosting or self-host on infrastructure that supports Node.js; hosting is priced separately from the CMS license.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The official Astro integration connects ApostropheCMS content management and visual editing to an Astro frontend, which can use frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte, or Solid.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Notable limits
- The hosting guide recommends Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, Node.js 22.x or newer, a reverse proxy, and a supported database for self-hosted production.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 199checked 23 Sep 2026
- Product
- ApostropheCMS is an open-source, full-stack JavaScript CMS built on Node.js that combines structured content and in-context visual editing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security page describes access controls, SSO support, scrypt password hashing and salting, and built-in CSRF and XSS protections.checked 7 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- Pro includes Warranty Support with initial response targets ranging from 2 hours for urgent issues to 36 hours for low-priority issues.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The product page describes use for marketing websites, JavaScript websites, customer-facing applications, and managed delivery of many customer sites.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2010checked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- hybridchecked 23 Sep 2026
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