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Compare the 5-year total cost of WordPress, Contentful, Sanity, Ghost, Strapi Cloud, and UnfoldCMS. Enter your actual usage and see the real numbers — not the marketing ones.
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5-year total cost
Cumulative cost by year
Includes software licenses, hosting, plugins, and estimated setup/maintenance dev hours.
UnfoldCMS saves you $0 over 5 years
Compared to the most expensive option in your selection.
Cost breakdown
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How we calculate this
- • Software cost: official list pricing as of June 2026. Subscription CMSes assume no annual discount.
- • Hosting: VPS ~$6/mo (Hetzner CX22); managed cloud ~$30–80/mo depending on traffic tier.
- • Plugins: average premium WordPress plugin $49/yr; Contentful/Sanity use API calls instead of plugins.
- • Setup hours: typical initial setup time per platform × your hourly rate (one-time, year 1 only).
- • Maintenance hours: annual upkeep estimate × your hourly rate (recurring each year).
- • UnfoldCMS Pro is a one-time $99 payment. No subscription, no renewal.
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One-time Pro license at $99. Runs on any $6/mo VPS. No subscription, ever.
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