Astro compared
with Next.js, Webflow, WordPress and Gatsby.
Astro is a free, open-source framework for content-driven websites. Each page puts it beside one alternative and says when the other is the better pick.
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What is Astro?
In its own words, Astro is the web framework for building content-driven websites like blogs, marketing and e-commerce. It renders pages to HTML on the server and sends no JavaScript to the browser unless a part of the page needs it; Astro calls those parts islands.
Astro is free under the MIT licence and runs on Node, Netlify, Vercel or Cloudflare. Its team joined Cloudflare in January 2026, and Astro 7 came out in June 2026.
Visit astro.buildEvery comparison, side by side.
Astro vs Next.js
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See Astro vs Next.jsWebflow vs Astro
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Compare With AstroAstro vs WordPress
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See Astro vs WordPressAstro vs Gatsby
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FAQ
Questions,
answered.
Content-driven websites: marketing sites, blogs, documentation and content-led stores. Astro prerenders pages to HTML and adds JavaScript only where a part of the page needs it.
Yes. Astro is open source under the MIT licence. You pay for hosting and for the people who build and look after the site.
For a content site it is usually the simpler choice, because it sends less JavaScript by default. For a React app with logins and dashboards on most pages, Next.js gives developers more built in. Our Astro vs Next.js page has the detail.
Through a headless CMS, yes. Astro has no visual editor of its own, so developers build the layout and editors write in the CMS.
The team behind Astro joined Cloudflare in January 2026. Astro stays MIT licensed and still deploys to hosts other than Cloudflare.
Yes. Astro is one of the frameworks our Frontend Development service builds on, alongside Next.js.
