Free vs Pro
Compare AstroWEBTheme Core (Free) and Pro: shared features once, Pro additions clearly marked.
Compare editions
What both editions share, and what Pro adds.
Shared features are listed once. Pro additions are marked in the table below, and each feature links to its article.
In both editions
- Strict security by default — No inline scripts or handlers; policy generated at build time.
- Built for AI coding agents — AGENTS.md, per-feature docs and a link checker.
- Privacy-first — No analytics or ads on by default; consent bar only when needed.
- One settings folder — Name, colours, menus, pages and deployment in config.
- SEO and AI-ready — Canonical URLs, Open Graph, schema, sitemap, RSS, robots.txt, llms.txt.
- Fast static output — Pages built ahead of time; runs on Cloudflare's free plan.
- Starter pages — About, Privacy, Cookie and Terms driven from settings.
- Safe content editing — Markdown/MDX with schema validation; invalid fields fail the build.
- Light and dark mode — Header toggle and a theme-aware icon set.
- No Tailwind, no font CDN — Hand-written CSS tokens and self-hosted fonts.
Full comparison
| Feature | Core (Free) | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | ||
| Static Astro output | ✓ | ✓ |
| One settings folder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Light and dark mode, icon set | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-hosted fonts, no Tailwind | ✓ | ✓ |
| Starter legal and about pages | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security and privacy | ||
| Inline scripts and handlers blocked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Build-time generated policy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Response-header CSP with per-request nonce | — | ✓ |
| Script manifest with lazy/idle loading | — | ✓ |
| Consent-aware analytics and ads | Bar only | ✓ |
| Content and data | ||
| Markdown/MDX with schema validation | ✓ | ✓ |
| D1 live and hybrid content | — | ✓ |
| R2 media with sync and relations | — | ✓ |
| Admin dashboard, auth and MFA | — | ✓ |
| Client content MCP server | — | ✓ |
| Discovery | ||
| Sitemap, RSS, robots.txt | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site-wide llms.txt | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-collection llms.txt and RSS | — | ✓ |
| Search and taxonomy pages | Basic | ✓ |
| Agents and updates | ||
| AGENTS.md and per-feature docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Source-aware update plans | — | ✓ |
| Contact form (Turnstile and email) | Basic | ✓ |
| Support and license | ||
| Public issue tracker | ✓ | ✓ |
| Price | Free | $119 |
Pricing
Choose an edition.
Prices last updated 2026-10-26; the license file shipped with each edition is authoritative.
Free
Core (Free)
$0
Public starter under its published license
Everything in “both editions”, plus:
- Home, blog and documentation layouts
- Static deployment example
- Public issue tracker for questions
Pro
Pro Developer License
$119
Agency/Developer license from $349
Everything in Free, plus:
- SECURITY Response-header CSP with nonces — Per-request nonce and a policy built from config, sent as a real header.
- DATA Live content on D1 — Static, live or hybrid collections merged in one place.
- MEDIA R2 media and sync — Public and private assets, relations to entries, dry-run sync.
- ADMIN Admin dashboard and auth — Content, media and taxonomy admin with sessions and MFA.
- AGENTS Client content MCP server — Drafts, uploads and publish requests; no publish tool by design.
- DISCOVERY Per-collection llms.txt and RSS — Site-wide and collection exports from your content.
- PRIVACY Consent-aware analytics and ads — Providers held back until the visitor consents.
- FORMS Turnstile forms and email delivery — Honeypot, Turnstile and DNS-aware sender setup.
- UPGRADES Source-aware update plans — Reviewed core updates with a diff before anything is applied.
- EXAMPLES Docs, blog, features and services layouts — Working example collections to keep or remove.
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