--- title: "Migrate Craft CMS to Replit — SEO-safe | Sitejump" description: "Move a Craft site to Replit with redirects, metadata, assets, design evidence and every language preserved." canonical: https://sitejump.dev/migrate/craft-to-replit lang: en lastmod: 2026-08-14 image: https://sitejump.dev/__l5e/assets-v1/8dc2e947-a061-42d9-91cb-bfd316729ef8/migrate.jpg image_alt: "Sitejump CMS migration" --- # Migrate Craft CMS to Replit — without losing SEO Move a Craft site to Replit with redirects, metadata, assets, design evidence and every language preserved. ## What is a Craft CMS migration? A Craft CMS migration means rebuilding the Twig-templated front end and its entry structure — sections, entry types, Matrix fields — as React + Tailwind. The entry hierarchy and URI formats are preserved so the site keeps the addresses it earned. The live Craft install continues serving until you publish the rebuild. ## Why do Craft CMS migrations lose SEO? Craft builds URLs from per-section URI formats, so structures like {parent.uri}/{slug} mean the whole subtree changes if one parent moves during the rebuild. Multi-site setups serve each site on its own locale path or domain with Craft-generated hreflang that disappears with the templates. ## Why teams leave Craft CMS - **Twig templates limit the front-end** — Craft is a great editor experience but a limited front-end. AI-builder rebuilds unlock modern React while preserving your content model. - **Plugin licensing adds up** — Commerce, SEO, Redactor, and other Craft plugins each carry per-project fees. A AI-builder rebuild ships those features as code. - **Preserve entry structure and matrix fields** — We document your sections, entry types, and matrix blocks in the migration bundle so nothing gets lost. ## Why teams leave Craft CMS for an AI builder - **Build and run in one place** — The rebuilt site runs immediately, so page-by-page progress is visible while the migration package is being applied. - **Full-stack when the site needs it** — Forms, server routes and integrations have somewhere to live, with secrets kept in the environment rather than in client code. - **Deployment built in** — Custom domain, HTTPS and the redirect rules from the migration package are configured on the deployed project. - **Edit by prompt, not by ticket** — Once the Craft site is rebuilt in the selected AI builder, the team can edit pages by describing changes in plain language. - **AI-native, not AI-bolted-on** — The migration package is prepared for the selected AI builder, v0, Replit, Cursor or Claude, with instructions suited to the selected destination. - **Portable React + Tailwind you actually own** — No more proprietary templating locking your site to Craft. The rebuild is standard React + Tailwind — any developer or any AI assistant can extend it, and no vendor can hold the codebase hostage. ## How it compares | Option | Verdict | | --- | --- | | Stay on Craft CMS | Keeps monthly bills and the vendor lock-in. Every edit still needs a developer or agency ticket, and the platform gets older, not smarter. | | Rebuild in Next.js on Vercel | A capable route, but migration discovery, content capture, redirects and evidence still need to be assembled before the rebuild begins. | | Move to Webflow or Framer | Trades one hosted builder for another. You still don't own the code, and you'll re-platform again the day you need real product surfaces (auth, dashboards, checkout). | ## FAQ ### Do I need to touch Craft during the migration? No. Sitejump crawls your live site the same way search engines do — we only need the public URL. Your Craft install keeps running until you're ready to cut over. ### What about SEO? Will rankings drop? Every URL is preserved or 301-redirected to its new route, and every page's title, description, canonical and OG tags are carried forward. Search Console sees a clean move, not a rebuild. ### Is this a subscription? No. One free audit, then a one-time payment based on your site's page count. Lifetime access to your migration data through your account MCP connector. ### How does the rebuild actually happen? Paste one MCP URL into an AI builder, v0, Replit Agent or a compatible coding workspace. The builder reads the migration package and rebuilds pages on your instruction — you stay in control of design and structure. ### Does paying for a migration replace my live website? No. The current site keeps running as-is. Payment unlocks the migration package and connector for the saved destination. The switch happens only when the rebuilt site is published and the domain is moved. ### Which AI builder should I use for a Craft migration? Choose the selected AI builder, v0 or Replit for a hosted project, or Cursor or Claude for a portable repository deployed to a host you control. Sitejump saves the choice with the migration and adapts the instructions and package. ### What would this cost with an agency instead? A manual Craft rebuild is typically quoted at €3,000–€12,000 for a typical business site — most of that is the copying: pages, redirects, images and language versions carried over by hand. Sitejump automates that part for a one-time fee. ### Can non-developers edit the site after migration? Yes. The selected AI builder can apply plain-language changes after the rebuild. Complex product features and integrations may still need developer review. ## Next step Run a free audit at https://sitejump.dev/ — it samples about five pages plus the sitemap, detects the CMS, counts pages and languages, and returns an SEO preview before you pay anything.