Cockpit CMS
by Cockpit CMS
What Cockpit CMS is
Cockpit CMS is a web-based content management system with an open-source core and a paid Pro option. It supports localized content, custom role permissions, webhooks, content preview, and asset transformations. The product offers both listed API types, allowing content systems to use its API support in either form recorded for the service. Cockpit Core is free forever. Cockpit Pro costs €299.00 EUR as a one-time purchase and includes one year of updates, one production site, and unlimited development or staging environments. After that included year, updates cost €99 a year. The pricing summary identifies Cockpit as freemium, with paid plans starting from €299. Cockpit CMS was founded in 2011. Its combination of a free core and an optional paid license gives teams a choice between open-source use and a production site with continued development or staging capacity.
Who it suits
It suits teams managing localized web content that need custom permissions, previews, webhooks, and asset transformations. The free core fits users wanting an open-source option, while Pro is for one production site with unlimited development or staging environments.
What it does well
- Open-source core is free forever
- Content localization support
- Custom role permissions
- Webhooks and content preview
- Unlimited development or staging environments
What to know first
- Pro is a €299.00 EUR one-time purchase
- Pro covers one production site
- Updates cost €99.00 EUR yearly afterward
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cockpit Core | Open-source core · Free forever | On request |
| Cockpit Pro | One-time purchase; includes one year of updates · 1 production site · Unlimited development or staging environments | €299, paid once |
| Cockpit Pro updates | €99/year for updates after that · Updates after the first included year | €99 a year |
As getcockpit.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Cockpit CMS provides a free open-source core alongside a clearly defined Pro license. Review the one-site allowance and ongoing update cost when deciding whether Pro fits your publishing setup.
Facts from Cockpit CMS's own pages
- API types
- both · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Asset transformations
- Yes · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2011 · getcockpit.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Content localization
- Yes · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Content preview
- Yes · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Role permissions
- custom · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Webhooks
- Yes · getcockpit.com, 20 Sept 2026
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