# Replatform Craft CMS to Astro

> Keep Craft running, or move it to Astro — whichever is cheaper to own.

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Provider: Sentry Digital Services (https://sentrydigitalservices.com/)
Engagement: Project · Delivery options: Project · Support · Managed service
Last updated: 2026-10-15

Craft CMS is a well-built content system and we support teams already running it. But most Craft sites we are handed do not need a database in front of every page request. Where that is true we re-platform to a static Astro front end on Cloudflare — the same content, the same URLs, served from the edge — and the licence, the PHP hosting and the patching come out of the publishing path with it.

## What it does

Supports an existing Craft CMS installation, and where it is the better outcome re-platforms it to a static Astro front end on Cloudflare — optionally with Sanity as a headless CMS — carrying content, structure, URLs and redirects across.

## Where it creates value

Takes a per-request database and a licensed PHP stack out of the publishing path: pages get faster, hosting gets cheaper, and the security surface shrinks — without losing the content the business already owns.

## Why it cannot be ignored

A Craft site is only as safe as the server it sits on and the version it is pinned to. Every deferred upgrade is an unpatched PHP stack in front of your brand, and every dynamic page render is speed you are paying for and giving away.

## What you get

- **Supported either way** — We support an existing Craft CMS site. The migration is an option we recommend on the evidence, not a condition of working with us.
- **Faithful re-platform** — Entries, sections, assets, URLs and redirects carried across to Astro, so rankings and inbound links survive the move.
- **Editors keep a CMS** — Move the content into Sanity as a headless CMS, or go fully static — whichever matches how often your team actually publishes.
- **Cheaper to run** — Edge-served on Cloudflare — no PHP process, no per-request database, no licence renewal in the diary.

## Key concepts

- **Craft CMS** — A licensed, self-hosted PHP content management system with a well-regarded editing interface and a flexible content model. It is a sound choice for a site that is edited constantly. For a site that is mostly read and rarely changed, the database in front of every page is cost without benefit.
- **Static re-platform** — Building every page once at publish time and serving the finished file, rather than assembling it again for each visitor. It removes the server, the database and the patching from the request path — which is where both the latency and most of the risk live.
- **Redirect map** — A recorded rule for every old URL, pointing at its new home, applied on the day of the cutover. It is the difference between a migration that keeps its search rankings and one that quietly loses years of them.

## Next step

Book a free Discovery session: https://sentrydigitalservices.com/contact/ · value@sentrydigitalservices.com · 01738 506283