Choose Craft CMS if you need
- Integration with Salesforce, Mailchimp or Hubspot. We haven't found them on Directus' website.
At a glance
- Directus has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Craft CMS.
- Both offer a free trial (Craft CMS: length not stated, Directus: 14 days).
- Directus' lowest paid plan is Core at $89 per month billed yearly, or $99 monthly, as of November 13, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list GDPR and SSO.
- Only Directus lists SOC 2.
- Both have a public API.
- Both can be self-hosted.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Directus if you need
- Integration with Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT. We haven't found them on Craft CMS's website.
- SOC 2. We haven't found it on Craft CMS's website.
Craft CMS
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Directus
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Review DirectusThe facts
- What it does
- Craft CMSA flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond.
- DirectusThe collaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database.
- Free plan
- Craft CMSNot confirmed
- DirectusYes
- Pricing
- Craft CMSNot confirmed
- DirectusNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Craft CMS
- Salesforce
- Mailchimp
- Hubspot
- Stripe
Only Directus
- Claude
- Cursor
- ChatGPT
- Windsurf
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Craft CMS and Directus yet.
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