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Craft CMS is a flexible PHP content management system for custom websites, localized publishing, and headless applications.
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Publishing Software in 2026
List of Publishing Software | Last updated: September 23, 2026
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Publishing Software
| # | Software / Tool | Best For | TechZella Score | User Rating | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Affinity Photo | Professional photo editing within Affinity’s free desktop app, with RAW development, retouching,… | 8.7/10 | — | $0 / $180 |
| 2 | Pixelmator Pro | Pixelmator Pro is Apple’s image editor for Mac and iPad, combining photo… | 8.7/10 | — | $49.99 / $12.99 |
| 3 | GIMP | GIMP is a free, open-source desktop image editor for photo retouching, composition,… | 8.6/10 | — | $0 |
| 4 | RawTherapee | RawTherapee is free, open-source software for non-destructive RAW photo processing on Windows,… | 8.5/10 | — | $0 |
| 5 | Riverside.fm | Riverside is a remote recording and content production platform for capturing, editing,… | 8.5/10 | — | $0 / $29 |
| 6 | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Photoshop is raster-image editing software for photography, compositing, graphic design, digital… | 8.4/10 | — | US$22.99 / US$19.99 |
| 7 | DxO PhotoLab | DxO PhotoLab is desktop RAW photo editing software with AI masking, DeepPRIME… | 8.4/10 | — | $159.99 / $249.99 |
| 8 | Prismic | Prismic is a headless CMS with visual page building, structured content modeling,… | 8.4/10 | — | $0 / $10 |
| 9 | Scribe (by Descript) | Scribe is Descript’s current Scribe v2 transcription model, used inside its AI… | 8.4/10 | — | $0 / $16 annual or $24 monthly |
| 10 | Decap CMS (formerly Netlify CMS) | Open-source, Git-based CMS for editing content in static-site projects through a browser-based… | 8.1/10 | — | $0 / u20ac0 |
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Publishing Software in 2026
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Content Management System
TYPO3
TYPO3 is an open-source PHP content management system for enterprise websites, portals, multilingual publishing, multisite management and custom integrations.
$0 / one-time
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Content Management System
Joomla
Joomla is a free, open-source web content management system for websites, intranets, portals and PHP-based applications.
$0 / forever
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Developer Tools
Snipcart
Developer-focused shopping cart software that adds customizable e-commerce to websites through HTML, JavaScript, APIs, and webhooks.
$0 / forever
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Creator Economy Software
ConvertKit (Kit)
Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is web-based email marketing software for creators, newsletters, audience growth, automations, and digital product sales.
$0 / month
Email Marketing
EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus is a web-based email marketing platform for campaigns, newsletters, automations, subscriber management, forms and reporting.
$0 / month
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Email Campaign Management
Campaign Monitor
Campaign Monitor is a web-based email marketing platform for creating campaigns, managing subscribers, automating journeys, and measuring engagement.
$0 / 30 days
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Creative Collaboration
OpenText Hightail
OpenText Hightail is a cloud platform for large-file sharing, creative review, approvals, project management and collaboration.
$0 / month
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AI Search Visibility
Clearscope
Clearscope is a web-based SEO and content optimization platform for researching topics, improving drafts, monitoring content, and tracking visibility in search and…
$129 / month
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Backlink Analysis
Serpstat
Serpstat is a web-based SEO and search marketing platform for keyword research, competitor analysis, rank tracking, site audits, backlinks, reporting, and API…
$0 / 7 days