Hello

Perch is a really little content management system for when you (or your clients) need to edit content without the hassle of setting up a big CMS.

Perch costs £35 (+ VAT where applicable) as a one-off unrestricted license cost per website. Perch runs on your own server and there are no ongoing monthly costs.

Free add-ons make adding things like a blog, forms, gallery or events calendar a breeze.

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key features

Quick Start

Managing content on a page is as simple as pasting in a PHP tag. You’ll be up and running in minutes.
Simple to use

Perch has a clear, simple and smart interface, just right for handing over to your clients to use.
Low, one-off cost

Licensed per-website at £35+VAT with all features including add-ons, there are no on-going costs for you or your client.
Retrofit

Want to manage content on an existing static site? Perch is easy to go back and retrofit to existing files.
Complete control

Installs on your own web server, keeping control of your data and without giving your FTP details away.
Brandable

Customise the interface with your or your client’s colours and logo, right out of the box.
Full markup control

XHTML, HTML4, HTML5? You completely control the markup with simple templates. Use our forms functionality to add new HTML5 forms features.
Free add-ons

Add functionality with a range of free add-ons such as a blog, events calendar or image gallery.
PHP and MySQL

Perch uses PHP5 and MySQL, so it’s easy to get up and running on a basic shared hosting account.

customer stories, how people are using Perch

Ryan Singer of 37signals

I love that Perch is apparently trying to stay out of my templates. I feel like my templates are still fully under my control, and I can sprinkle a little Perch in here and there to get the client-editable magic that I need.
Al Macmillan of Atomised Co-operative Ltd

What I immediately liked about Perch was that it is itself built on a modern light MVC framework and you can content manage your site rather than the other way round. For example in something like WordPress the underlying assumptions are so fixed you need to fit your site into the WordPress mold. So many CMS work this way but I want to manage my site architecture rather than have it dictated to me.
John Robinson of Heaton Creative

Perch hasn’t changed the way we create sites and that’s the beauty of it. It has made the web services we offer more valuable. As designers we love the simplicity of installation, ease of use, great support and the way it’s extendible with apps and through the api.
Andrew Appleton from Float Left

Clients find the editing experience super easy. I have never had a question about how to do something or how something works. The only training I have had to do is point the client at domain/perch and tell them their log in details!
Todd of Xiiro

I felt Perch offered enough wiggle-room to grow and mature with the site. Also, apart from any technical considerations, something that often gets overlooked yet factored heavily into my buying decision was the technical support from Rachel and Drew which has always been fast, friendly and thorough, both pre-sale and after.