Headless CMS Platforms
CMS↕ | Year Launched↕ | Hosting Model↕ | Tech Stack↕ | Pricing Model↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contentful | 2013 | SaaS | JavaScript API | Free + paid tiers | Enterprise headless CMS pioneer, API-first |
Sanity | 2017 | SaaS (Studio self-hostable) | JavaScript, React Studio | Free + usage-based | Real-time collaboration, customizable Studio, Portable Text |
Strapi | 2015 | Self-hosted or cloud | Node.js | Open source + cloud tier | Leading open-source headless CMS, customizable admin |
Storyblok | 2017 | SaaS | JavaScript API | Free + paid | Visual editor with live preview, component-based |
Payload CMS | 2021 | Self-hosted | TypeScript, Node, MongoDB/Postgres | Open source + cloud | Code-first, TypeScript-native, developer darling |
Directus | 2018 | Self-hosted or cloud | Node.js + SQL | Open source + cloud | Wraps any SQL database as a headless CMS |
Ghost | 2013 | SaaS or self-hosted | Node.js | Paid SaaS / free OSS | Publishing-focused, newsletters and subscriptions built in |
Prismic | 2013 | SaaS | JavaScript API | Free + paid tiers | Slices content model, good Next.js integration |
Hygraph (GraphCMS) | 2017 | SaaS | GraphQL API | Free + paid | GraphQL-native, content federation |
ButterCMS | 2014 | SaaS | REST/GraphQL API | Paid tiers | Marketing-friendly headless CMS, multi-site |
DatoCMS | 2015 | SaaS | GraphQL API | Free + paid | Content integrity, strong localization, imgix integration |
Keystone | 2014 | Self-hosted | Node.js + GraphQL | Open source | Schema-first Node.js headless CMS with admin UI |
Netlify CMS / Decap | 2016 | Git-based, self-hosted | JavaScript | Open source | Git-backed content, popular for Jamstack docs and blogs |
Cosmic | 2016 | SaaS | REST/GraphQL API | Free + paid | Simple content buckets, integrations focus |
Kontent.ai | 2015 | SaaS | REST/GraphQL API | Enterprise SaaS | Kentico spin-out, enterprise content ops |
Tina CMS | 2020 | Self-hosted + cloud | Git-based, React | Free + cloud tier | Visual editing on top of Git-based content |
Agility CMS | 2003 | SaaS | REST API | Paid tiers | Page management hybrid headless approach |
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