name: Django CMS FinOps
description: Django CMS is free and open-source software (BSD-3-Clause). Financial operations considerations relate entirely to self-hosting infrastructure costs, optional commercial support, and Association membership rather than any per-seat or per-API-call licensing fees.
url: https://www.django-cms.org/en/
software_cost:
  license: BSD-3-Clause
  cost: 0
  currency: USD
  notes: No license fees. The software is freely available at github.com/django-cms/django-cms and via pip install django-cms.
infrastructure_costs:
  description: All costs are determined by the operator's chosen hosting environment for the Django application and its dependencies.
  components:
    - name: Web/Application Server
      examples:
        - Gunicorn + NGINX
        - uWSGI + Apache
      notes: Typical Django hosting; cost varies by provider and scale.
    - name: Database
      examples:
        - PostgreSQL (recommended)
        - MySQL/MariaDB
        - SQLite (dev only)
      notes: PostgreSQL is the recommended production database.
    - name: Cache Layer (optional but recommended for API)
      examples:
        - Redis
        - Memcached
      notes: djangocms-rest is compatible with Redis and Memcached caching backends for improved API performance.
    - name: Static/Media Storage
      examples:
        - AWS S3
        - Cloudflare R2
        - Local filesystem
      notes: Media files and static assets require storage infrastructure.
    - name: Search (optional)
      examples:
        - Elasticsearch
        - Solr
      notes: Full-text page search endpoint (/api/{language}/page_search/) may use Django search backends.
operational_considerations:
  - Django CMS has no metered API billing — there are no per-call or per-user fees for the REST API.
  - Cost optimization focuses on infrastructure right-sizing and caching rather than API usage reduction.
  - djangocms-rest is read-only, reducing database write load from API traffic.
  - The Django CMS Association accepts donations and corporate memberships to fund ongoing open-source development.
association_membership:
  url: https://www.django-cms.org/en/
  description: Optional financial contributions to the non-profit Django CMS Association (Switzerland) that maintains the project.
  tiers:
    - Individual members
    - Silver members (agencies/SMBs)
    - Gold members (large enterprises)