Concrete CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Concrete CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Concrete CMS's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | — | Free and open source · Run on your own server |
| Starter | $4.99 a month | 1 Site Editor · Unlimited support questions · No source code access · 10,000 page views/month · 2GB storage · Free SSL · Upgrades managed for you · Nightly backup · Per month, billed annually |
| Business | $19 a month | 5 Site Editors · Unlimited support questions · No source code access · 50,000 page views/month · 20GB storage · CDN · Free SSL · DDoS protection and mitigation · Upgrades managed for you · Nightly backup · Per month, billed annually |
| Custom SLA | Priced on request | Custom codebase · Unlimited support questions · Continuous backup and restoration · 1 staging and 1 production server · Custom development as needed · Co-managed upgrades and development · Custom staging and CI/CD · High availability · Large data stores · Call Us |
The facts
Each one read from Concrete CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Concrete CMS includes a REST API that can share content with third-party applications in a headless CMS capacity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Built for
- The maker describes it as an extendable platform for websites that clients can manage, and says its core includes built-in features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Current download
- The download page lists Concrete CMS 9.5.5, released October 6, 2026, and recommends Composer for installation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editing
- Editors can edit content directly on pages and drag and drop blocks while in edit mode.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- Themes, add-ons, and integrations can be added through the dashboard Marketplace connection, which is supported on Concrete CMS 9.3 and later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting requirement
- Self-hosting requires a web server; Concrete CMS uses PHP and MySQL.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Managed hosting limit
- The maker’s SaaS hosting does not provide access to the open-source codebase, so users cannot build their own themes or custom add-ons there.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Open source
- The software is offered under the MIT Open Source License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Concrete CMS is a content management system for building and managing websites, with in-context editing for page content.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security scope
- The maker’s vulnerability management program covers Concrete Core and excludes third-party marketplace products and websites it does not build and maintain.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security updates
- The security page says patches come out monthly and recommends keeping sites on the latest Concrete core version.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Structured content
- Concrete CMS supports structured content through page types and Express, which the documentation describes as a lightweight no-code relational database manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- PortlandLabs directs customers hosted elsewhere to their hosting provider for support and offers technical support to its own hosting customers.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- hybridchecked 22 Sep 2026
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