Pulse CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pulse CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pulse CMS's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Core | Free | Free for organizations under $400K USD in revenue · 1 username · no automatic upgrades |
| Premium | $297 a year | Unlimited domain installs · install on client servers · all features included · 12 months of upgrades · 1 creator · Billed Annually, cancel anytime. |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited team users · unlimited installs · all features included · priority support · ActiveDirectory and LDAP support · Audit, HIPAA & FEDRAMP modules · Upgrade Later |
The facts
Each one read from Pulse CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Content features
- The feature list includes media management, blogging, SEO tools, multilingual sites, forms, ecommerce, site search, and backups.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Flat file
- Pulse says it requires no database for installation or page references.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Hosting requirements
- Pulse says it works on Apache web hosts running PHP 7.0 or higher, including shared hosting, and also mentions Nginx and cloud servers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists integrations and compatibility including GitHub, MailChimp, Stripe, YouTube, Google Maps, Blocs, RapidWeaver, and MarsEdit.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents Pulse as a tool for designers and developers building websites for clients, including sites that clients can edit.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Local development
- Pulse can be run locally using a server such as MAMP, and the maker describes a GitHub-based version-control and deployment workflow.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Premium limits
- The pricing FAQ says Premium is for one creator who can build any number of projects with any number of editors; Enterprise is for unlimited creators, editors, and projects.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy features
- The GDPR section lists local assets, an optional cookie consent form, a contact form opt-in checkbox, and a policy generator tag.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pulse describes itself as a static site CMS with a WYSIWYG editor and support for HTML and Markdown editing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Renewals
- The maker says Premium users can cancel updates and continue building on the latest version they downloaded.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security features
- The feature list states SSL compatibility, two-factor authentication, salted and hashed passwords, and reCAPTCHA availability for forms.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The maker says customers host Pulse on their own, shared, or client servers and that it charges no monthly hosting fees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- The support page links to documentation, bug reporting, community forums, and private messages.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 23 Sep 2026
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