ApostropheCMS shifts to per-editor and per-site pricing across Pro and Assembly
What happened
Between the Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026 captures of ApostropheCMS's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Pro plan card now shows explicit per-editor pricing ($19/editor after 5 included). Assembly card updated from marketing copy to explicit site pricing ($99/mo each after 5 sites, volume discounts at 10+). 'Sections' and 'Signup: Account Creation' removed from Pro card highlight list; The free open source plan was renamed from 'Open Source Edition' to 'Community Edition' on the main pricing page cards. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, plan renamed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 10, 2026) lists Apostrophe Pro at $199, Apostrophe Assembly at $499, Basic Environments at $39 and Performance Environments at $89.
It lands 27 days after ApostropheCMS's previous change, "ApostropheCMS names Astro as official headless framework partner" (Apr 7, 2026). ApostropheCMS has been tracked since 2026-02-26.
In the same window Contentful, Webflow, Netlify, Sanity and Craft also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro · PackagingChangedmarketing copyexplicit site pricing
- Community Edition · PlanRewordedOpen Source EditionCommunity Edition
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Packaging | marketing copy | explicit site pricing | Changed |
| Community Edition | Plan | Open Source Edition | Community Edition | Reworded |
Values as written on ApostropheCMS's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of ApostropheCMS's pricing page (apostrophecms.com) from Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "marketing copy" becomes "explicit site pricing".
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ApostropheCMS, the last 90 days
Full history- Aug 10, 2026packagingApostropheCMS: Hosting pricing moved off License Pricing page
- May 4, 2026packagingApostropheCMS shifts to per-editor and per-site pricing across Pro and Assembly · this change
- Apr 7, 2026packagingApostropheCMS names Astro as official headless framework partner
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- ContentfulMay 4Contentful adds enterprise observability, trims developer perks
- WebflowMay 4Webflow Drops Legacy Editor From Plans Ahead of August Shutdown
- NetlifyApr 24Netlify Doubles Compute and Bandwidth Credit Rates, Cuts Request Costs
- SanityApr 24Sanity Caps Free Embeddings at 500/mo, Adds Cross-Dataset References
- CraftApr 22Craft slashes Plus and Family plans 40% with checkout promo code
Questions about this change
Did ApostropheCMS raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, plan renamed.
What changed on ApostropheCMS's pricing page between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026?
Pro packaging: marketing copy → explicit site pricing, changed; Community Edition plan: Open Source Edition → Community Edition, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does ApostropheCMS change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for ApostropheCMS in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "ApostropheCMS names Astro as official headless framework partner" on Apr 7, 2026; ApostropheCMS has been tracked since 2026-02-26.