🆚 Craft vs. ExpressionEngine

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Craft is three times more popular than ExpressionEngine.
🌎 Craft is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
🌍 ExpressionEngine is more popular in Croatia, Greece, and Turkey.

Type

Content management system

About

Craft is a flexible open-source content management system written in PHP that supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and is built on the Yii framework.

It includes a templating system powered by Twig, a built-in GraphQL API and headless mode, hundreds of free and commercial plugins, custom fields and relationships, live preview, localization, and fine-grained user permissions.

ExpressionEngine is an open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

Headquarters

Bend, Oregon, United States

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Website

craftcms.com #892,822

expressionengine.com #417,772

Pricing

Free version ✔️

Team$279

Pro$399

Updates$99/year

Free version ✔️Open source

Pro$249

Updates$49/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Craft CMS is 2.9 times more popular than ExpressionEngine.

Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Craft is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, while ExpressionEngine is more popular in Croatia, Greece, and Turkey.

United States

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Belgium

Australia

Germany

Switzerland

Canada

Norway

Austria