CMS comparison

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Feature

Adobe Experience Manager

Contentstack

Co CoreMedia Content Cloud

Craft CMS

DatoCMS

Decap CMS

Directus

Drupal

Em EmDash

Fi FirstSpirit

Framer

Ghost

HubSpot CMS

Hy Hygraph

In Instatic

Joomla

Keystone

Kirby

Li Liferay DXP

Op Optimizely CMS

Prismic

Pr Progress Sitefinity

Sitecore

Squarespace

Statamic

Storyblok

TYPO3

Umbraco

Wagtail

Webflow

Wix

WordPress

Xperience by Kentico

Payload

Contentful

Sanity

Strapi

CMS feature comparison. Columns are platforms. Rows are features, grouped by area.
Platform	Adobe Experience Manager Enterprise DXP	Contentstack Headless	CoreMedia Content Cloud Enterprise DXP	Craft CMS Traditional	DatoCMS Headless	Decap CMS Headless	Directus Headless	Drupal Traditional	EmDash Traditional	FirstSpirit Enterprise DXP	Framer Site builder	Ghost Traditional	HubSpot CMS Site builder	Hygraph Headless	Instatic Site builder	Joomla Traditional	Keystone Headless	Kirby Traditional	Liferay DXP Enterprise DXP	Optimizely CMS Enterprise DXP	Prismic Headless	Progress Sitefinity Enterprise DXP	Sitecore Enterprise DXP	Squarespace Site builder	Statamic Traditional	Storyblok Headless	TYPO3 Traditional	Umbraco Traditional	Wagtail Traditional	Webflow Site builder	Wix Site builder	WordPress Traditional	Xperience by Kentico Enterprise DXP	Payload Headless	Contentful Headless	Sanity Headless	Strapi Headless
Overview
What it is	Adobe's enterprise CMS for websites and headless content, run by Adobe as a cloud service with page, fragment and document-based authoring.	Hosted headless CMS run by Contentstack, sold alongside its AI agent and customer data products. It delivers content over REST and GraphQL APIs.	Java-based enterprise CMS with a Studio editor, a template engine and a GraphQL headless server. Runs on-premises or as CoreMedia's cloud service.	Self-hosted PHP CMS with custom fields and Twig templates. Pixel & Tonic sells licences per project and runs Craft Cloud hosting.	Hosted headless CMS run by DatoCMS. It delivers content over a GraphQL API, with a REST API for content management.	Open-source Git-based CMS. A React admin app added to your site edits Markdown, YAML or JSON files and commits them to your repository.	Source-available data platform and headless CMS that puts a Studio admin app and REST and GraphQL APIs over your own SQL database.	Open-source PHP CMS with fieldable content types, core JSON:API and multilingual modules. Teams self-host it or use Drupal hosting platforms.	Open-source CMS from Cloudflare that runs inside an Astro site, with the admin and pages in one app on Cloudflare Workers or Node.js.	Java-based enterprise CMS with in-preview editing and a CaaS layer for headless delivery. Runs as FirstSpirit Cloud or on-premises.	Hosted visual site builder with a CMS, hosting and AI agents. Designers build pages on a canvas. Run by Framer.	Open-source Node.js publishing platform with built-in newsletters, memberships and paid subscriptions. Self-hosted or run on Ghost(Pro).	HubSpot's hosted CMS and site builder, sold as Content Hub. Pages and blogs connect to the HubSpot CRM, and HubSpot hosts every site.	Hosted headless CMS run by Hygraph, formerly GraphCMS. Serves content over a GraphQL API and can pull in data from remote REST and GraphQL sources.	Open-source, self-hosted CMS with a visual canvas editor. One Bun server runs the editor, content store and publisher, and publishing writes plain HTML files to disk.	Open-source PHP CMS built around articles, custom fields, core multilingual support and group-based access control. Self-hosted.	Open-source Node.js headless CMS from Thinkmill that generates a GraphQL API and an admin UI from a TypeScript schema.	File-based PHP CMS with a configurable editing Panel. Content lives in text files on your own server, under a paid per-site licence.	Java platform for websites, portals and commerce, with a new object-based CMS. Self-hosted or run by Liferay as PaaS or SaaS.	Optimizely's .NET CMS for rendered and headless sites, hosted on Optimizely's DXP cloud or self-hosted, with Optimizely Graph for delivery.	Hosted headless page builder where marketers compose pages from developer-built slices. Run by Prismic, with SDKs for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit.	Progress's .NET CMS and DXP for websites, run self-hosted or on the Sitefinity Cloud PaaS, with ASP.NET Core and Next.js renderers.	Sitecore's SaaS digital experience platform, formerly XM Cloud. Sitecore hosts the CMS. Sites render in a separate front-end app.	Hosted website builder with templates, a visual editor, blogging and commerce. Squarespace runs the hosting.	Laravel-based PHP CMS that stores content in flat files by default. Free Core edition. Pro adds users, APIs and multi-site. You host it.	Hosted headless CMS with a Visual Editor where editors compose pages from developer-defined blocks. Run by Storyblok GmbH.	Open-source PHP CMS for multi-site, multilingual websites, with workspaces and granular backend permissions. Self-hosted, often run by agencies.	Open-source .NET CMS that renders sites with Razor or serves content headless. Self-hosted or run on Umbraco Cloud.	Open-source CMS built on Django. Content types are Python models, and you host it yourself on any Python stack.	Hosted visual site builder with a built-in CMS, hosting and a Data API. Designers build pages on a canvas. Run by Webflow, Inc.	Hosted website builder with a CMS, business apps and hosting, run by Wix.com Ltd. Wix Studio adds an editor and workspace for agencies.	Open-source PHP CMS that renders sites through themes and extends through plugins. Teams self-host it or buy managed WordPress hosting.	Kentico's .NET digital experience platform for websites, email and headless channels, sold as Kentico-hosted SaaS or a private-cloud licence.	Open-source TypeScript headless CMS and app framework that installs into a Next.js app and stores content in your own database.	Hosted headless CMS run by Contentful. Contentful stores content in its cloud and delivers it over REST and GraphQL APIs.	Headless CMS with an open-source React editor, Sanity Studio, configured in code. Sanity stores content in its hosted Content Lake.	Open-source Node.js headless CMS with a visual content-type builder, self-hosted or run on Strapi Cloud. Paid plans add governance features.
Edition compared The product and release each column describes.	Adobe Experience Manager Sites as a Cloud Service Version 2026.9.0, released 24 Sept 2026	Contentstack Content Cloud headless CMS, Free, Growth and Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated	CoreMedia Content Cloud v13, or CMCC 13 Version 2512.1.1, released 10 Aug 2026	Craft CMS 5 in Solo, Team and Pro editions. Craft 6 is in alpha. Version 5.11.3, released 18 Sept 2026	DatoCMS SaaS, Free, Professional and Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated	Decap CMS 3, open source. Decap Turbo hosted backend is in public preview. Version 3.16.3, released 22 Sept 2026	Directus 12, self-hosted core tier or licensed plans, with optional Directus Cloud Version 12.4.1, released 23 Sept 2026	Drupal 11 core. Drupal CMS 2 bundles core with selected contrib modules. Version 11.4.8, released 26 Sept 2026	EmDash 1.0, open source Version 1.0.1, released 28 Sept 2026	FirstSpirit 5.2 monthly release line, FirstSpirit Cloud and on-premises Version 2026.10 (5.2.261011), released 15 Sept 2026	Framer 3.0 site plans, Free to Enterprise SaaS, continuously updated	Ghost 6, self-hosted open source and Ghost(Pro) Version 6.65.0, released 22 Sept 2026	Content Hub: Free, Starter, Professional, Enterprise SaaS, continuously updated	Hygraph SaaS, Hobby, Growth and Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated	Instatic 0.0.20, open source Version 0.0.20, released 13 Sept 2026	Joomla 6.1, open source. Joomla 5.4 is still maintained. Version 6.1.3, released 18 Aug 2026	Keystone 6, open source, from the @keystone-6/core package Version 8.1.0, released 31 Aug 2026	Kirby 5. Kirby 6 is in alpha. Version 5.6.0, released 16 Sept 2026	Liferay DXP 2026.Q3, Enterprise Subscription. The Free Tier replaced Liferay Portal CE from 2026.Q1. Version 2026.q3.5, released 25 Sept 2026	Optimizely CMS 13 PaaS, the current flagship. CMS SaaS is a separate hosted variant. Version 13.1.3, released 9 Sept 2026	Prismic SaaS, Free to Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated	Sitefinity CMS 15.4 DX edition, self-hosted or on Sitefinity Cloud Version 15.4.8639, released 29 Sept 2026	SitecoreAI, formerly XM Cloud, Sitecore's current flagship SaaS platform SaaS, continuously updated	Squarespace website plans on version 7.1 SaaS, continuously updated	Statamic 6, Core and Pro Version 6.34.1, released 23 Sept 2026	Storyblok SaaS, Starter to Elite plans SaaS, continuously updated	TYPO3 v14 LTS, version 14.3, open source Version 14.3.7, released 8 Sept 2026	Umbraco CMS 17 LTS, open source. Umbraco 18.2.0 is the latest short-term release. Version 17.7.0, released 17 Sept 2026	Wagtail 8, open source Version 8.0, released 25 Aug 2026	Webflow Site plans, Starter to Enterprise SaaS, continuously updated	Wix website builder with Wix CMS, in Wix Editor and Wix Studio SaaS, continuously updated	WordPress 7.1 core, self-hosted from WordPress.org Version 7.1.2, released 22 Sept 2026	Xperience by Kentico Version 31.9.0, released 24 Sept 2026	Payload 3, MIT-licensed open-source core Version 3.90.2, released 23 Sept 2026	Contentful Platform SaaS, Free, Lite and Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated	Sanity hosted Content Lake with Sanity Studio 6 Version 6.16.0, released 22 Sept 2026	Strapi 5 CMS, free Community edition with paid Growth and Enterprise plans for self-hosted projects Version 5.55.1, released 24 Sept 2026
Vendor	Adobe business.adobe.com	Contentstack contentstack.com	CoreMedia GmbH coremedia.com	Pixel & Tonic craftcms.com	DatoCMS datocms.com	Decap CMS project (formerly Netlify CMS), maintained in Europe decapcms.org	Monospace Inc. directus.com	Drupal community, supported by the Drupal Association drupal.org	Cloudflare emdashcms.com	Crownpeak Technology GmbH, part of Rezolve Ai since December 2025 firstspirit.com	Framer B.V. framer.com	Ghost Foundation (non-profit) ghost.org	HubSpot, Inc. hubspot.com	Hygraph (formerly GraphCMS) hygraph.com	CoreBunch instatic.com	Open Source Matters, Inc. (Joomla project) joomla.org	Thinkmill keystonejs.com	Content Folder GmbH & Co. KG getkirby.com	Liferay, Inc. liferay.com	Optimizely optimizely.com	Prismic prismic.io	Progress Software progress.com	Sitecore sitecore.com	Squarespace, Inc. squarespace.com	Statamic, LLC statamic.com	Storyblok GmbH storyblok.com	TYPO3 Association (project); TYPO3 GmbH sells support and extended LTS typo3.org	Umbraco A/S umbraco.com	Wagtail core team (created by Torchbox) wagtail.org	Webflow, Inc. webflow.com	Wix.com Ltd. wix.com	WordPress.org community project (Automattic is the largest contributor) wordpress.org	Kentico kentico.com	Figma (acquired Payload in June 2025) payloadcms.com	Salesforce (acquired Contentful in September 2026) contentful.com	Sanity sanity.io	Strapi strapi.io
Licence	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary Craft License, source available	Closed source Proprietary	Open source MIT	Closed source MSCL-1.0-GPL, source-available, GPL-3.0 after four years. Free under $5M revenue and 50 staff via the Open Innovation Grant	Open source GPL-2.0-or-later	Open source MIT	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Open source MIT	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Open source MIT	Open source GPL-2.0-or-later	Open source MIT	Closed source Proprietary, source available	Closed source Proprietary, under the Liferay EULA. Free Tier activation key at no cost	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary, source available. Core is free to use.	Closed source Proprietary	Open source GPL-2.0-or-later	Open source MIT	Open source BSD-3-Clause	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary	Open source GPL-2.0-or-later	Closed source Proprietary	Open source MIT	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source MIT for Sanity Studio. The Content Lake backend is proprietary.	Open source MIT
Hosting	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Cloud Service runs only on Adobe's cloud. AEM 6.5 LTS is the separate self-hosted edition.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Event Hub webhooks are an add-on for the CoreMedia cloud service only.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Craft Cloud starts at $120 per month per project and includes a Team licence.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Decap Turbo, a hosted backend for login and Git access, is in public preview.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Directus Cloud is a $99 per month add-on for Core and Team. Enterprise cloud on request.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud Acquia, Pantheon and other companies sell managed Drupal hosting.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud No managed hosting. You deploy to your own Cloudflare account or Node.js server.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud	No self-hosting Vendor cloud A paid plan is required to connect a custom domain.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Ghost(Pro) Starter allows only the default theme and no custom integrations.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Shared regions on every plan. Dedicated clusters on Enterprise.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud No managed hosting. You deploy the Docker image to your own server, or use the Railway and Render templates.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud The project's launch.joomla.org offers free hosted sites through a hosting partner.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud No managed hosting. Thinkmill offers enterprise support.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Free Tier suits smaller-scale use and gets no security patches, SAML or AI Hub.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Self-hosted installs lose Opti ID features such as Opal and the DAM.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud	No self-hosting Vendor cloud SitecoreAI is SaaS only. Self-hosting needs Sitecore XP 10.5, a separate product.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting No vendor cloud	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Spaces run in Storyblok's EU, US, Canada or Australia regions.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud No vendor SaaS. TYPO3 agencies and hosts run managed installations.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Forms and Deploy are paid add-ons when self-hosted. Umbraco Cloud includes both.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud The Wagtail project runs no managed hosting. Deploy it like any Django app.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Publishing to a custom domain requires a paid Site plan.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Wix Headless serves the same content to a frontend you host.	Self-hosting No vendor cloud Automattic's WordPress.com and many third-party hosts sell managed WordPress.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Payload Cloud is paused for new projects. Payload offers hosting to enterprise customers.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud Runs only in Contentful's cloud. The local MCP server and SDKs are open source.	No self-hosting Vendor cloud You can host the Studio anywhere, but content always lives in Sanity's cloud.	Self-hosting Vendor cloud Strapi Cloud removed its free plan in 2026. Hosting starts at the Starter plan.
Built with	Java, Apache Sling, OSGi, HTL	Hosted SaaS with REST and GraphQL APIs, CLI and SDKs	Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript for Studio	PHP, Yii 2, Twig	Hosted SaaS with GraphQL delivery and REST management APIs, TypeScript client	JavaScript, React	TypeScript, Node.js, Vue	PHP, Symfony, Twig	TypeScript, Astro	Java, ContentCreator web client, SiteArchitect desktop app	Hosted SaaS with React code components	Node.js, JavaScript, Handlebars themes	HubL templates, HubSpot CLI	Hosted SaaS with a GraphQL Content API	TypeScript, Bun, React admin	PHP	TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, Prisma, Next.js for the admin UI	PHP, Vue for the Panel	Java, OSGi, React	.NET 10, ASP.NET Core	SaaS with SDKs for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit	.NET, ASP.NET Core and Next.js renderers	.NET, Next.js Content SDK	Hosted SaaS, custom CSS and JavaScript on Core and higher plans	PHP, Laravel, Vue	SaaS, JavaScript SDKs and CLI	PHP, Symfony components, Fluid	C#, ASP.NET Core on .NET 10, TypeScript backoffice	Python, Django	Hosted SaaS, Webflow Cloud for app hosting	Hosted SaaS, JavaScript through the Wix IDE, CLI and SDK	PHP, JavaScript, React block editor	.NET, ASP.NET Core	TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, React	Hosted SaaS with REST and GraphQL APIs, SDKs for JavaScript and other languages	TypeScript, React for Studio. Hosted Content Lake with GROQ and GraphQL APIs	TypeScript, Node.js, React
Database	Apache Jackrabbit Oak repository, managed by Adobe	Managed by Contentstack	Relational database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL	Managed by DatoCMS	Your Git repository on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea or Azure	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Oracle, CockroachDB	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite	SQLite, Cloudflare D1, PostgreSQL, libSQL	Built-in repository, plus SQL databases such as PostgreSQL for data sources	Managed by Framer	MySQL	Managed by HubSpot, with HubDB for structured data	Managed by Hygraph	SQLite, PostgreSQL	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite	Flat files, no database required	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, IBM Db2	SQL Server, Azure SQL on DXP	Managed by Prismic	Microsoft SQL Server	Managed by Sitecore	Managed by Squarespace	Flat files by default, SQL databases via the Eloquent Driver	Managed by Storyblok	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite	SQL Server, SQLite	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite	Managed by Webflow	Wix CMS collections, managed by Wix	MySQL, MariaDB	Microsoft SQL Server	PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite	Managed by Contentful	Hosted Sanity Content Lake	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite
Pricing Public list prices only. Hosting and implementation are extra everywhere.	No free option Pricing on request.	Free to start Free plan. Growth $299 per month, extra users $25 per user per month. Enterprise on request.	No free option Pricing on request.	Free to start Solo free for one user. Team $279, Pro $399 per project, then $99 per year for updates. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free plan. Professional €149 per month billed annually, or €199 monthly. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free and open source. The Decap Turbo hosted backend, in public preview, has a Free plan and Pro at €19 per month.	Free to start Core free for 3 seats and 25 collections. Team $499 per month billed yearly or $599 monthly. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free and open source. Hosting, support and contrib services cost extra.	Free to start Free and open source. You pay only for hosting.	No free option Pricing on request.	Free to start Free plan. Basic $10, Pro $30 per site per month billed yearly. Extra editors $20 per month.	Free to start Free to self-host. Ghost(Pro) Starter $18, Publisher $29, Business $199 per month, billed yearly.	Free to start Free plan for 2 users. Starter $20 per seat per month. Pro from $450 per month for 3 seats. Enterprise from $1,500.	Free to start Hobby free. Growth from $199 per month. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free and open source, with no paid tiers. You pay only for hosting.	Free to start Free and open source. Hosting and commercial extensions cost extra.	Free to start Free and open source. Enterprise support from Thinkmill on request.	No free option Basic €99 per site if revenue is under €1M. Enterprise €349 per site. Both include 3 years of updates.	Free to start Free Tier at no cost for smaller-scale use. Enterprise Subscription per server instance, price on request.	No free option Pricing on request.	Free to start Free plan. Starter $10, Small $25, Medium $150, Platinum $675 per repository per month, billed yearly.	No free option Pricing on request. DX and DX+Enterprise editions, self-hosted or on Sitefinity Cloud.	No free option Pricing on request.	No free option Basic $19, Core $29, Plus $49, Advanced $99 per month billed annually in the US. 14-day free trial.	Free to start Core free for one admin user. Pro $349 per site, then $99 per year for updates. Enterprise from $10k per year.	Free to start Starter free. Growth $99, Growth Plus $349 per space per month. Premium and Elite on request.	Free to start Free and open source. Commercial support and extended LTS are sold separately.	Free to start Free to self-host. Umbraco Cloud Starter €45, Standard €280, Professional €730 per month. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free and open source. No licence fee.	Free to start Free Starter site. Basic $15, Premium $25 per site per month billed yearly. Team $2,500 per month.	Free to start Free plan. Light $17, Core $29, Business $39, Business Elite $159 per month billed yearly in the US.	Free to start Free to download and self-host. Hosting and premium plugins cost extra.	No free option Pricing on request. Licensed per channel in Standard and Advanced tiers, plus AIRA credit packages.	Free to start Free to self-host. Enterprise licence, support and hosting on request.	Free to start Free plan. Lite $300 per month. Extra Lite Space $850 per month. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Free plan. Growth $15 per seat per month. Enterprise on request.	Free to start Community free. Growth $45 per month with 3 seats, then $15 per seat. Cloud from $35 per project per month.
Content modelling
Content model in code You define content types in files in your repository, review them like any other code and apply them from there. Imperative migration scripts alone count as limited.	Built in Components, dialogs and Universal Editor models live in the project repository. 2	Limited Migration scripts run by the Contentstack CLI. No declarative schema files. 2	Built in XML files in the project workspace define content types. 3	Built in Project config YAML records sections, entry types and fields for Git. 7	Limited Migration scripts run by the DatoCMS CLI, auto-generated from environment diffs. 1 2	Built in Collections and fields are defined in config.yml. 6	Built in Schema snapshots are files in the repo, applied to an instance with the CLI. 16	Built in Content types and fields export to YAML config files.	Limited Seed files set up new sites. A live site's model changes through the admin, API or CLI. 20	Built in Templates sync to files in Git through external synchronization and FSDevTools. 3 4	Not available You build collections in the editor or sync them through the Plugin and Server APIs. 3 13	Not available Fixed model of posts, pages, tags and members.	Built in Theme and module fields live in fields.json, synced with the HubSpot CLI. 3	Limited Management SDK applies schema changes from code. No declarative schema files. 2	Not available Tables and fields live in the database and change in the Data workspace. Plugins can create tables through the SDK. 6 10	Not available Fields live in the database. A new content type means writing a component.	Built in Lists and fields are TypeScript config. 4	Built in Blueprints are YAML files in site/blueprints. 5	Built in Definitions export to JSON and deploy from the repo as batch client extensions. 7	Built in Content types as C# classes. 3	Built in Model files live in the project. The Prismic CLI pushes and pulls them. 2	Built in Export for deployment writes module and field changes to files for source control. 3	Built in Templates serialize to files in the repo with Sitecore Content Serialization. 2	Limited Custom post types in template.conf, only with Developer Mode on version 7.0. 2 3	Built in Blueprints and fieldsets are YAML files in the project. 4	Built in The CLI pulls and pushes JSON component schemas. Typed @storyblok/schema is in preview. 2 3 4	Built in TCA in PHP. The Content Blocks extension adds YAML definitions. 11	Plugin or add-on Umbraco Deploy saves document types as .uda files in Git. Paid on-premises, included on Umbraco Cloud. 4 5	Built in Page and snippet types are Django models. 2	Not available The Data API can create collections and fields. No schema files. 3	Limited Only Wix CLI apps and headless projects define collections in TypeScript files. 13	Built in Post types, taxonomies and meta registered in PHP.	Built in Continuous Integration serializes content types to files in the repository. 3	Built in Collections, globals and fields are TypeScript config. 2	Limited Migration scripts run by the Contentful CLI change the model. No declarative schema files. 3	Built in 3	Built in Content types are schema.json files in the project. 19
Content model in the UI Admins can create and change content types and fields in the admin interface without writing code.	Built in Content Fragment Model editor. 3	Built in 1	Not available Content type changes need a developer and a deployment. 3	Built in 6	Built in 1	Not available	Built in	Built in Field UI in core.	Built in Admin role only. 2 20	Limited Developers build templates in SiteArchitect but write their forms as XML. 4 12	Built in 13	Not available	Paid tier Module fields in Design manager on Starter. HubDB tables on Professional. 1 4	Built in 1	Built in Custom post types and data tables in the Data workspace. 6 16	Limited Custom fields on articles, contacts, users and categories. No new content types. 5	Not available	Not available You edit blueprints as files. The Panel has no schema editor. 5	Built in Objects and web content structures. 6	Built in Content types and properties in Settings. 4	Built in Type Builder in the web app. 3	Built in Module Builder.	Built in Templates are items edited in the Content Editor.	Not available Fixed page and collection types. No custom fields in the editor. 2	Built in Blueprint builder in the Control Panel. 4	Built in 1	Plugin or add-on Mask extension builds content elements in the backend. 12	Built in Document types are built in the backoffice.	Not available Developers define content types in Python only.	Built in	Built in 20	Plugin or add-on ACF or Custom Post Type UI plugins. Core has no content type builder. 12	Built in Field editor in the Content types application.	Not available No schema builder in the admin.	Built in 1	Not available You define schemas only in Studio code. 3	Built in Content-type Builder works in development mode only. 16
Reusable blocks Editors compose pages from reusable, typed components or blocks, and can reorder them.	Built in 2 9	Built in Modular Blocks fields, plus the Visual Editor for page layout. 12	Built in Page grid placements hold reusable content items. 4	Built in Matrix fields with nested entry types. 8	Built in Block library used in modular content and Structured Text fields. 1	Built in List widget with variable types. 7	Built in Page builders use many-to-any relations. 17	Built in Layout Builder in core. Paragraphs and Drupal Canvas are contrib. 9 10	Built in Blocks field with versioned block types. 5	Built in Pages consist of sections based on section templates.	Built in Components with properties that content editors can change on-page. 14	Built in Fixed set of editor cards plus reusable snippets. 10	Built in Drag-and-drop modules and sections. 5	Built in Components in modular fields: 10 on Hobby, 20 on Growth. 1	Built in Visual Components with typed parameters and named slots, placed and reordered on the canvas. 7 2	Limited Modules placed in template positions. No page-level block editor in core. 4	Built in Component blocks inside the document field. 8	Built in Blocks and Layout fields. 6	Built in Fragments on content pages. 11	Built in Blocks in content areas and Visual Builder elements.	Built in Slices with variations. 4	Built in Page editor widgets.	Built in Page builder with reusable components.	Built in Editors add and reorder sections and blocks.	Built in Replicator and Bard sets. 5	Built in Nestable blocks inside stories. 1	Built in Content elements on pages, reordered by drag and drop.	Built in Block List and Block Grid editors. 6	Built in StreamField blocks. 2	Built in Components with properties. Limited seats build pages from designer-approved blocks. 1	Built in Editors add and reorder sections and saved components on the canvas.	Built in Block editor with patterns and synced patterns.	Built in Page Builder widgets and sections, plus reusable content items.	Built in Blocks field.	Built in Reorderable reference fields to typed entries. Studio page building is Enterprise. 1	Built in Array fields of typed objects act as a page builder. 3	Built in Components and dynamic zones. 2 16
Localization Editors translate content per locale inside the CMS, by field or by entry, without a separate site for each language.	Built in Language copies with translation projects and connectors. 4	Built in Entry-level localization in over 200 languages. 15	Limited Each locale is a derived site linked to a master site, with a translation workflow. 5	Built in Per-site and per-language field translation on every edition. 6 1	Built in Field-level locales, 5 included and up to 10 with paid add-ons. 1	Built in Side-by-side editing per locale, stored per folder, file or field. 8	Built in Translations field with related translation records.	Built in Field-level content translation in core. 7	Built in Each translation is a separate entry with its own status. 6	Built in Language-dependent fields per project language.	Plugin or add-on Translation locales add-on, $20 per locale per month. One free locale to try. 1 17	Not available One content language per site.	Built in Free tools cover 3 languages, Starter 50, Professional unlimited. 1 6	Built in Field-level locales: 2 on Hobby, 3 on Growth, up to 80 on Enterprise. 1	Not available One site-wide language setting. No per-locale fields or entries. 21	Built in Per-item language with multilingual associations. 7	Not available No locale support documented. Model translations yourself. 12	Built in Multi-language content is built in. 7	Built in	Built in Language branches per content item. 5	Built in 2 locales on Free, 8 on Platinum, custom on Enterprise. 1	Built in Multilingual content per item.	Built in Language versions per item.	Plugin or add-on Weglot extension. Without it, editors duplicate pages per language. 4 5	Paid tier Multi-site and multilingual content need Pro. 6 1	Built in Starter includes 2 locales. Growth adds locales at $20 each per month. 1	Built in Page and record translations. Guided translation wizard in v14. 2	Built in Culture variants per property.	Built in Core i18n with simple_translation. The wagtail-localize package adds a translation workflow. 3	Plugin or add-on Webflow Localize add-on from $9 per month. The Team plan includes it. 1	Built in Wix Multilingual, with manual or automatic translation. 14	Plugin or add-on WPML or Polylang plugins. Core translates the interface only. 13	Built in Language variants per page and content item.	Built in Field-level localization.	Built in 2 locales on Free, 3 on Lite, custom on Enterprise. 1	Plugin or add-on Official document-level and field-level internationalization plugins. 4	Built in
Image transformations The CMS resizes, crops or converts images on request, through URL parameters or generated sizes, with no external service.	Built in Web-optimized image delivery resizes, crops and converts DAM images to WebP. 5	Built in Image Delivery API resizes, crops and converts by URL parameter. 3	Built in Named image variants and crops in the CAE and Headless Server. 6	Built in 10	Built in Images API with imgix URL parameters. 3	Not available Media goes to the repo or an external media library.	Built in URL parameters and saved presets. 13	Built in Image styles scale, crop and convert images. 8	Built in Uses Astro's image endpoint for sizes and formats. Crop and focal point in the editor. 7 8	Built in FirstSpirit automatically generates the image resolutions defined per project.	Built in Generates 512 to 4096 px variants served through srcset. 8	Built in Ghost generates theme-defined image sizes automatically. 5	Built in Automatic resizing plus the HubL resize_image_url function. 7	Built in Resize, crop and format conversion by URL or GraphQL argument. 4	Built in Uploads get a set of WebP sizes, and the publisher writes srcset and sizes from the layout. 8 1	Limited Manual crop and resize in Media. No generated sizes or URL transforms. 9	Not available Image field stores originals. The Cloudinary field hands resizing to Cloudinary. 7 11	Built in Thumbs with resize, crop and format conversion. 8	Built in Adaptive Media generates set image resolutions. 8	Built in DXP CDN resizes, crops and converts images by URL parameters. 6	Built in Image optimization and processing on all plans. 1	Built in Resize through URL parameters and thumbnail profiles. 4	Built in Experience Edge media CDN resizes images with query string parameters. 3	Built in Squarespace serves uploaded images in generated sizes.	Built in Glide resizes and crops on request. 7	Built in Image Optimization Service on all plans. 1	Built in Server-side image processing with crop variants. 10	Built in ImageSharp crops and resizes images from query string parameters. 9	Built in Renditions with resize, crop and format filters. 4	Built in Generates responsive image sizes automatically. 10	Built in Resize and crop through image URL parameters. 15	Built in WordPress generates registered image sizes on upload.	Built in Image variants with configured crops and sizes. 4	Built in Generates configured image sizes on upload, with crop and focal point. 11	Built in Images API resizes, crops and converts by URL parameter. 4	Built in Image pipeline resizes, crops and converts by URL parameter. 5	Built in Generates small, medium and large sizes on upload. No crops on request. 15
APIs and delivery
REST API A documented REST or JSON HTTP API returns content.	Built in Content Fragment Delivery with OpenAPI. 6	Built in 5	Built in REST endpoints mapped from persisted GraphQL queries. 7	Plugin or add-on Free first-party Element API plugin. 12	Built in REST Content Management API reads records. Delivery is GraphQL. 1 11	Not available Content is files in Git. Read them through the Git host API. 2	Built in	Built in JSON:API and REST modules in core. 3	Built in 9	Built in CaaS REST API. 5 6	Limited Server API in open beta, through the framer-api package over WebSocket. No plain REST. 2 3	Built in Content API and Admin API. 12	Built in CMS APIs for pages, blog posts and HubDB. 8	Not available Content API is GraphQL only. 3	Limited The JSON API under /admin/api/cms serves the admin behind a session cookie. No token-based content API outside MCP. 9 20	Built in Web Services API with token authentication. 10	Not available GraphQL only. Custom REST routes through extendExpressApp. 4	Built in Authenticated REST API. The official KQL plugin serves headless queries. 9 10	Built in Headless REST APIs. 9	Built in Content Delivery API 13 and a management REST API. 1 2	Built in Document API. 1 5	Built in OData REST web services. 5	Built in Content Items REST API since September 2026. Delivery through Experience Edge is GraphQL. 4	Limited Commerce APIs for products, orders and inventory on Core and up. No API for pages. 1 6	Paid tier Read-only REST API on Pro. 8	Built in Content Delivery API and Management API. 1	Plugin or add-on EXT:headless outputs pages as JSON. Core has no content API. 13	Built in Content Delivery API. 7	Built in Read-only v2 API. Writable v3 API in preview since 8.0. 5 1	Built in Data API. 60 requests per minute on Starter, 120 on Premium. 1 11	Built in Data Items REST API. 3	Built in 5	Limited The Management REST API is for local development only. Headless delivery is GraphQL. 5 6	Built in	Built in 1	Built in HTTP API queried with GROQ. 1	Built in 2
GraphQL API The vendor or an official module provides a GraphQL API for content.	Built in GraphQL for Content Fragments. 6	Built in 4	Built in Headless Server. 7	Built in 11 1	Built in 1	Not available	Built in	Plugin or add-on GraphQL contrib module. Developers build the schema. 4	Not available	Built in CaaS GraphQL API generated from the FirstSpirit data model. 5 6	Not available	Not available	Paid tier Content Hub Professional. 9	Built in 3	Not available	Not available	Built in	Not available	Built in 9	Built in Optimizely Graph, included in the CMS 13 licence. 2 8	Built in 1 5	Built in GraphQL on the web services layer. 6	Built in Experience Edge delivery API. 5	Not available	Paid tier Read-only GraphQL API on Pro. 9	Paid tier GraphQL Content Delivery API on Premium and Elite. 1	Not available	Not available No official GraphQL. Community package Nikcio.UHeadless adds one. 20	Plugin or add-on wagtail-grapple, maintained by Torchbox. 6	Not available	Built in GraphQL endpoint over the same data as the REST API. 4	Plugin or add-on WPGraphQL, a canonical plugin on WordPress.org. 6	Paid tier Headless channels need the Advanced tier. 6	Built in	Built in 5	Built in The Sanity CLI deploys it from the schema. 1	Plugin or add-on Official GraphQL plugin. 14
Webhooks The CMS can call an external URL when content is created, changed or published.	Built in AEM Eventing delivers events through Adobe I/O Events. 7	Built in	Plugin or add-on Event Hub add-on service for cloud service subscribers. 8 9	Plugin or add-on Free first-party Webhooks plugin. 13	Built in 1	Not available Use the Git host's webhooks on commit.	Built in Through Flows. Core allows 5 Flows. 2 19	Plugin or add-on Webhooks contrib module. Core has no outgoing webhooks. 18	Plugin or add-on Official webhook-notifier plugin. 18	Limited CaaS Change Streams push change events over WebSocket. 6	Not available Webhooks cover form submissions only. 10	Built in Via custom integrations. Not available on Ghost(Pro) Starter. 4 2	Not available Webhooks API covers CRM objects. No page publish events. 10	Built in 5 on Hobby, 10 on Growth. 1 5	Not available No built-in webhooks. A plugin with network access can call a URL from content hooks. 10	Not available None in core. Only small third-party extensions. 19	Not available No webhook settings. Call URLs from hooks in code. 10	Not available PHP hooks only. No webhook settings.	Built in Object actions call a webhook on add, update or delete. 10	Limited Graph webhooks fire on sync batches and expired content only. Per-item hooks need code. 7 2	Built in 6	Built in Service hooks with a webhook action, available on all licences. 7	Built in Authoring webhooks and Experience Edge publish webhooks. 6 5	Limited Commerce events only, through the Webhook Subscriptions API. 7	Not available Laravel events only. No webhook settings in core.	Built in 3 webhooks on Starter, 5 on Growth, 15 on Premium. 1	Built in Webhooks system extension, in core since v12. 6	Built in 8	Not available Django signals such as page_published. No webhook settings. 18	Built in Data API webhooks for CMS items, forms and site publishes. 4	Built in App webhooks, or an HTTP request step in Wix Automations. 16	Plugin or add-on WP Webhooks plugin. Core sends no outgoing webhooks. 16	Not available No outgoing webhooks. Content events need custom handler code. 7	Not available No webhook settings. Call URLs from afterChange hooks in code. 17	Built in 1	Built in GROQ-powered webhooks: 2 on Free, 4 on Growth. 1 6	Built in 2 18
Renders the website The CMS itself renders and serves the public pages through themes or templates. Headless-only products answer no.	Built in HTL page rendering or Edge Delivery Services. 10	Not available	Built in Content Application Engine with FreeMarker templates. 1	Built in Twig templates.	Not available	Not available Pairs with a static site generator. 2	Not available	Built in Twig themes.	Built in The Astro site renders the pages. 2	Built in Generates pages from templates. CaaS covers headless delivery.	Built in	Built in Handlebars themes.	Built in HubL themes and templates on HubSpot hosting.	Not available	Built in Publishing renders every page to static HTML on the server's disk. 11	Built in Template system, with Cassiopeia as the default.	Not available	Built in PHP templates and snippets.	Built in	Built in ASP.NET Core MVC and Razor rendering, or headless. 2	Not available	Built in ASP.NET Core, Next.js or legacy MVC renderers. 1	Not available Headless. Sites render in a separate app, with built-in Vercel and Netlify integrations. 7	Built in	Built in Antlers or Blade templates.	Not available	Built in Fluid templates. Camino default theme in v14. 2	Built in Razor templates.	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in Block themes and classic PHP themes.	Built in ASP.NET Core website channels.	Not available Runs inside your Next.js app. You build the pages.	Not available	Not available	Not available
Editorial workflow
Drafts Editors save changes as a draft and publish them later. The live version stays untouched until then.	Built in Edits stay on the author tier until published. 11	Built in	Built in	Built in 14	Built in 1	Built in Editorial workflow keeps drafts on a branch until merged. 9	Built in Content versioning with a draft per item. 6	Built in Drafts of published content need the core Content Moderation module. 5	Built in 10	Built in Changes stay unreleased until the release workflow runs. 8	Built in CMS items can stay in draft. 13	Limited Edits to a published post go live on Update. No pending draft. 13	Built in	Built in DRAFT and PUBLISHED stages on every plan. 1	Built in 5 1	Limited Unpublished items only. Saving a published article updates it live. 8	Not available	Built in Page drafts. Kirby 5 stores unsaved changes apart from the live version. 4	Built in	Built in 9	Built in	Built in	Built in Saved changes stay unpublished until pushed to Experience Edge. 11	Paid tier Page drafts need a Premium or Enterprise plan. Blog posts can be drafts on any plan. 8	Paid tier Working copies of live entries need Revisions on Pro. Core has unpublished entries. 10 1	Built in	Built in Via the Workspaces system extension. 5	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in Draft status on CMS items, on by default for new collections. 11	Limited Edits to a published post go live on update. PublishPress Revisions adds pending drafts. 11	Built in 8	Built in 10	Built in 1	Built in 1	Built in Draft & Publish. 2
Scheduled publishing An editor can set a future date and time for content to publish or unpublish.	Built in Publish later and unpublish later. 11	Built in 6	Built in Valid-from and valid-to dates plus a scheduled publication workflow. 11	Built in Post date and expiry date on entries. 15	Built in 1	Not available	Limited No schedule field. An official guide publishes future items with a scheduled Flow. 14	Plugin or add-on Scheduler contrib module. 11	Built in 10	Limited Admins set up timed schedule entries. Editors have no per-item publish date. 10	Not available No native scheduling. Third-party Marketplace plugins add it. 18	Built in Scheduled publishing only.	Built in 11 8	Paid tier Scheduled publishing on Enterprise. 1 7	Built in Per page and per post-type entry. 5	Built in Start and finish publishing dates. 8	Not available	Not available	Built in Display and expiration dates.	Built in 9	Built in Scheduled through releases on every plan. 1 8	Built in Scheduled publish and unpublish per item. 9	Limited Publishing restrictions set availability dates. A publish must still run on the date. 8 9	Limited Blog posts only. 9	Limited Future-dated entries stay private until their date. Set per collection. 11	Paid tier Single story scheduling from Growth. Growth allows 2 scheduled stories, Premium 100. 1	Built in Start and stop dates on pages and content.	Built in 10	Built in Go-live and expiry dates. 7	Paid tier Scheduled CMS item publishing on the Premium Site plan. 1	Built in Scheduled status changes on CMS items. 11	Built in Scheduled publishing only. Scheduled unpublishing needs a plugin.	Built in Schedule publish and unpublish. 8	Built in Scheduled publish and unpublish run through the jobs queue. 10	Paid tier Scheduled publishing on Lite and Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Scheduled drafts on Growth and Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Growth plan, by scheduling a Release. 6
Version history The CMS keeps earlier versions of an entry, and editors can compare or restore them.	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in Editors can view and restore revisions. 14	Limited History kept 3 days on Free, 60 days on Professional. 1	Not available History lives in Git. The CMS has no revision view.	Limited Revisions kept 30 days on Core, 90 on Team, configurable on Enterprise. 2	Built in Revert in core. Side-by-side compare needs the Diff contrib module.	Built in On revision-enabled collections. 10	Built in	Built in Version history and rollback of published versions. 6 7	Built in Post history with one-click restore. 6	Built in Restore previous versions on all plans. 12	Paid tier 14 days on Growth, up to 365 on Enterprise. None on Hobby. 1	Built in Published versions of pages and entries, restorable into the draft. Added in 0.0.20. 12 4	Built in Compare and restore. Includes custom field values since 6.0. 3 4	Not available	Not available Kirby 5 keeps the live version and one set of changes. No revision history. 4	Built in	Built in	Built in Full revision history on every plan. 1	Built in Revision history.	Built in Numbered item versions.	Not available Undo and redo within an editing session only. 10	Paid tier Revisions on Pro. 10	Limited Starter keeps 1 day of versions. Growth 30 days, Premium 180, Elite unlimited. 1	Built in Record history with diff and undo.	Built in Rollback compares and restores earlier versions. 11	Built in Editors can compare and revert revisions. 11	Limited Whole-site backups. Free Starter sites restore only the two most recent. 5	Limited CMS keeps weekly and manual collection backups. Restores replace whole collections. 9	Built in Revisions with a visual scrubber since 7.0. 2	Built in View and restore previously published versions. 9	Built in Opt-in per collection or global. 10	Built in 1	Limited Draft history kept 3 days on Free, 90 on Growth, 365 on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Content History keeps 14 days on Growth, 30 to 90 days on Enterprise. 7
Preview Editors can see unpublished content rendered as it will appear on the site before publishing.	Built in Separate preview tier.	Built in 12	Built in	Built in 1	Built in 1 7	Built in Preview pane with custom templates and styles. 10	Built in	Built in Preview button on the edit form.	Built in Signed preview links. 11	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in 1	Built in The canvas renders drafts in the site design. Branch preview links work without an account. 12 2	Limited Backend Preview shows the last saved version of an article. 8	Not available	Built in Preview view renders unsaved changes, with shareable links. 4	Built in	Built in	Built in Shareable previews on every plan. 1 7	Built in	Built in	Built in Editing happens on the rendered page.	Built in 12 1	Built in 1	Built in Workspace preview links. 5	Built in	Built in 20	Built in	Built in	Built in	Built in Preview mode and shareable preview URLs.	Built in	Built in 6	Built in 1 7	Built in Basic preview is free. Side-by-side Live Preview needs Growth. 5
Visual editing Editors can click on the rendered page and edit content in place or in a side panel next to it.	Built in Universal Editor and Page Editor. 9	Built in Visual Editor on every plan. 1 12	Built in In-preview editing in Studio, also for headless frontends. 10	Limited Live Preview shows the edit form beside the page. No click-to-edit. 14	Built in Click-to-edit overlays on the site in draft mode. 1 7	Limited Preview pane beside the form. No click-to-edit on the live page. 10	Built in Visual Editor module. The site adds the Directus frontend library. 7	Limited Layout Builder edits blocks on a rendered preview. Drupal Canvas is contrib. 9 10	Built in Signed-in editors get visual editing on the rendered page. 11	Built in ContentCreator in-preview editing. Omnichannel Manager for headless frontends. 7	Built in Canvas editing and on-page editing of the live site. 14	Not available The admin toolbar on the live site links to the editor. 9	Built in Drag-and-drop editor edits the rendered page. 5	Built in Click to Edit via the Hygraph Preview SDK opens the field in Studio. 6	Built in Editing happens on the rendered page canvas, with a live mode for the full-size page. 2 14	Limited Front-end editing opens the article or module form on the site. 4	Not available	Not available Preview view compares versions. No click-to-edit. 4	Built in Inline editing in the content page editor. 11	Built in Visual Builder. 2	Built in Page Builder shows live slice previews from your site next to the fields. 7	Built in Page editor with widgets.	Built in Page builder.	Built in	Limited Live Preview shows the edit form beside the page. No click-to-edit. 12	Built in Visual Editor on all plans. 1	Plugin or add-on Visual Editor extension from Friends of TYPO3. TYPO3 plans core support for v15. 3	Not available	Limited Preview panel beside the edit form. No click-to-edit on the page. 20	Built in	Built in	Built in Block Editor and Site Editor edit content inside the theme's styles.	Built in Page Builder.	Not available Payload lists the Enterprise Visual Editor as coming soon. 3 7	Built in Live preview inspector mode opens the field next to the page. Needs the live preview SDK. 6	Built in Presentation tool with click-to-edit overlays on every plan. 1 7	Paid tier On Growth, editors double-click content in Live Preview to edit it. 5
Approval workflows Content moves through review stages you configure, such as draft, review and approved, with permissions per stage.	Built in	Paid tier Custom workflows on Growth and Enterprise. 1 7	Built in Workflow Server with configurable publication workflows. 11 13	Plugin or add-on Workflow plugin by Verbb, $49. 16	Paid tier Editorial workflows with stage permissions on Enterprise. 1 6	Limited Fixed Drafts, In review and Ready stages. No per-stage permissions. 9	Limited Built from a status field and custom permissions, which need Team, Enterprise or the grant. 15 2	Built in Workflows and Content Moderation modules in core. 5	Not available Contributors cannot publish. No configurable review stages. 12 10	Built in 8	Limited Editors review and merge Pro branches. Only Deploy permission publishes. No stages. 4 5	Limited Contributors draft and Editors publish. No configurable stages. 7	Paid tier Content approvals on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Custom Workflows, up to 10, on Enterprise. 1 13	Limited Branch merge requests with a review page and comments. No configurable review stages. 12	Built in Workflows component, off by default. Visual workflow editor since 6.1. 11 2	Not available	Not available Fixed page statuses: draft, unlisted, listed. 11	Built in Kaleo workflow, also included in the Free Tier. 3	Built in Approval sequences. 10	Limited Writer and Publisher roles from Medium. No configurable review stages. 9	Built in One or two approval levels, or a custom workflow. 8	Built in Item workflows with states and commands. 6	Limited Enterprise Draft editor role drafts pages for an admin to publish. No custom stages. 8 11	Not available Approval workflows are on the roadmap as planned. 19	Paid tier Custom workflows and stages on Premium and Elite. Lower plans get fixed default stages. 1	Built in Custom stages in Workspaces. 5	Plugin or add-on Umbraco Workflow add-on. Its free version is capped at five approval groups. Full use is paid. 12 21	Built in Moderation workflows with tasks assigned to groups. 8	Paid tier Design approvals with designated reviewers on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Approvals for site changes in the Wix Studio enterprise solution. 8	Plugin or add-on PublishPress plugins. Core has only the Pending Review status. 7 11	Built in Custom workflow steps with role permissions. 10	Paid tier Enterprise publishing workflows. 3 9	Paid tier Not on the Starter Space. Up to 5 on a Lite Space at $850 a month, custom on Enterprise. 1	Not available Build with document actions or a community plugin such as Workflow Manager. 9 14	Paid tier Review Workflows on Enterprise. 9
Content releases Editors group changes across several entries and publish them together as one release.	Built in Launches group changes across pages and promote them together. 8	Built in Releases deploy grouped entries and assets to an environment. 6	Limited Projects group content. A publication set carries linked items along. 12 13	Not available	Limited Publishing a record can also publish its linked records. No standalone releases. 1	Not available	Not available	Built in Workspaces module, stable in core since 10.3. 6	Not available	Limited Release with dependencies publishes a page with its linked media and parents. 9	Paid tier Branching on Pro groups changes and ships them in one merge. 1 5	Not available	Paid tier Content staging on Professional publishes staged pages together. 13	Paid tier Releases on Enterprise. 7	Limited Publish ships all draft pages at once. Branches group edits across pages and entries, but entries still publish one by one. 12 5	Not available	Not available	Not available	Built in Publications group changes and publish them together. 12	Built in Projects publish or schedule grouped items together. 11	Built in Up to 200 pages per release. 8	Not available Publishing and scheduling work per item. 9	Not available No release bundles. Publishing jobs cover items, subitems and related items. 11	Not available	Not available	Paid tier 20 releases on Premium, unlimited on Elite. 1	Built in Workspaces publish staged changes together. 5	Plugin or add-on Release Sets in a licensed Umbraco Workflow. 13	Not available	Limited A site publish ships all staged changes together. No named release bundles. 1	Limited Release Manager publishes whole site versions and test sites. No grouped item releases. 12	Not available	Limited Cascade publishing sends linked items with the parent. No standalone release bundles. 11	Not available	Plugin or add-on Launch is available on Lite and Enterprise plan families, but requires Contentful admin support to purchase and install. 7 8	Paid tier Content Releases add-on on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Releases on Growth and Enterprise. 6
Real-time co-editing Two or more editors can work on the same entry at once and see each other's changes live.	Limited Only with document authoring in Word or Google Docs. The Universal Editor has no co-editing. 10	Limited Field-level locks and presence. Rolling out in phases with Drafts and Auto Save. 8	Not available	Not available	Not available Presence and live updates, but a record locks while one editor edits it. 4	Not available	Built in Collaborative Editing with field locking. 8	Not available	Not available	Not available The Collaboration module adds comments on fields. No co-editing. 11	Built in Free workspaces allow up to three editors. 1	Not available	Not available	Not available Collaborator View shows who else is in an entry. 9	Limited Live co-editing of pages, components and layouts in the Site editor. Content workspace entries save separately. 13 14 4	Not available Joomla checks out and locks an item while someone edits it.	Not available	Not available Content locking stops two editors changing one page at once. 3 20	Not available A page locks while one editor has it open. 13	Not available Comments and notifications only. 12	Not available In progress with a waitlist. A status indicator shows who is editing. 10	Not available Pages lock while another user edits them. 10	Limited Page builder saves concurrent edits per field. Others get a reload prompt. No live updates. 10	Not available	Plugin or add-on Free first-party Collaboration addon. Requires Pro. 18	Not available Comments and content locking. No simultaneous editing of one story. 1 10	Not available	Not available	Not available Concurrent editing notifications warn editors. No live co-editing. 12	Built in Available on every Workspace and Site plan. 6	Built in Built into the Studio Editor. 7	Not available Pulled from 7.0. Still experimental in the Gutenberg plugin. 3 4 18	Not available Content locking lets one user edit an item at a time. 12	Not available Document locking only. Payload lists enterprise multi-player editing as coming soon. 12 3 20	Paid tier Live collaboration on Lite and Enterprise, with per-field presence avatars. 1 13	Built in 1	Not available
Access and governance
Custom roles Admins define their own roles with granular permissions instead of picking from a fixed set.	Built in AEM groups with repository permissions. 12	Paid tier 2 custom roles on Growth, 500 on Enterprise. None on Free. 1	Built in Rights rules per group, folder and content type. 14	Paid tier Pro. Team allows one user group. Solo has one user. 5 1	Built in Projects include Admin and Editor roles and can create additional roles. The Free plan is limited to 2 editor seats. 1 5	Plugin or add-on Decap Turbo, in public preview, has a custom roles add-on at €19 per month on Pro. Core uses Git access. 12 14	Built in Unlimited roles on Core. Custom access policies need Team, Enterprise or the grant. 2 20	Built in	Not available Five fixed roles from Subscriber to Admin. 12	Built in Groups with permissions per store and node.	Limited Fixed roles plus Design, Content and Deploy permissions per project. No role builder. 4	Not available Fixed staff roles. 7	Paid tier Permission sets on Enterprise. Per-user permissions on all plans. 14	Paid tier Up to 30 custom roles on Enterprise. Hobby has 2 standard roles, Growth 4. 1	Built in The Owner builds roles from a fixed list of capabilities. 15 16	Built in User groups, access levels and ACL. 4	Limited Roles are access-control functions written in code. No role editor in the admin. 5	Built in Roles are user blueprints with permissions. 12	Built in	Built in Access rights for roles and virtual roles. 13	Limited Enterprise only. Fixed Read-only, Writer or Publisher levels set per locale. No role builder. 1 9	Built in 11	Built in Roles with item access rights. 12	Not available Fixed contributor permission types. 11	Paid tier Roles and permissions need Pro. 13 1	Paid tier 10 custom roles on Premium, unlimited on Elite. 1 5	Built in Backend user groups. 9	Built in User groups with granular permissions.	Built in Groups with page, collection and model permissions. 9	Paid tier Enterprise. 1	Built in Not every permission is available to custom roles. 6 19	Plugin or add-on Plugins such as Members or User Role Editor. Core roles are fixed. 7	Built in Roles with application, workspace and page permissions. 13	Limited Roles are access-control functions written in code. No role editor in the admin. 18	Paid tier Premium plans, sold as Enterprise. Free has 2 fixed roles, Lite 3. 1 9	Paid tier Enterprise. Free has 2 fixed roles, Growth 5. 1 8	Built in Unlimited admin roles on Community. 2 8
Field-level permissions Admins can restrict access to single fields, on top of content types and entries.	Limited Repository ACL restrictions can target named properties. No per-field setting in the editors. 12	Paid tier Field rules inside custom roles, from Growth. 1 9	Not available Rights apply per folder and content type. 14	Paid tier Per-field Current User Condition. Rules by user group need Pro. 6 5	Not available Rules apply per model, creator, locale and workflow stage. Locale rules need Enterprise. 5	Not available	Paid tier Custom permissions for fields and item rules need Team, Enterprise or the grant. 2 5	Plugin or add-on Field Permissions contrib module. 12	Not available 12	Limited Form rules hide or lock single fields per user group. 12	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available Permissions scope by model, locale, stage, environment and condition. 8	Not available Capabilities apply per table type and edit category, not per field. 16	Built in Per-field Edit Custom Field Value permission. 6	Built in Field-level access control. 5	Not available Only by loading different blueprints per role in custom code. 13	Not available Permissions apply per object, entry or asset. 14	Not available Access rights apply per content item. Not documented per property. 13	Not available	Limited Module Builder types only, in the classic editing UI. Built-in content types have none. 12	Built in Field read and field write access rights. 12	Not available	Not available Field conditions depend on field values. User roles can't drive them. 4	Paid tier Field permissions come with custom roles on Premium and Elite. 1 5	Built in Exclude fields per backend group. 9	Limited Per-property read and write limits per user group, enforced in the UI only. 14	Built in Set in code with the permission argument on panels. 10	Not available Enterprise access controls stop at pages and Collections. 1	Not available CMS permissions apply per collection. 20	Not available	Not available Permissions stop at application, workspace and page level. 13	Built in Field-level access functions. 18	Paid tier Field and locale rules in custom roles. Premium plans only, sold as Enterprise. 10	Limited API access rules are per document. Studio can hide or lock fields per role. 8	Built in 8
Single sign-on Editors can sign in through SAML or OpenID Connect against a company identity provider.	Built in SAML or OIDC federation through Adobe Admin Console. 13	Limited SAML 2.0 documented; baseline availability unconfirmed. Eligible tiers are not public. Confirm access in the contract. 10	Built in Studio login runs on Spring Security. A project swaps in a redirect-based SSO provider. 15 16	Paid tier First-party SAML SSO on Enterprise. 1 3	Paid tier Enterprise, with SCIM provisioning. 1	Limited Sign-in runs through the Git host or Turbo. SAML only where the Git host enforces it. 4 13	Paid tier Team plan and up, or the grant. SAML, OpenID, OAuth 2.0 and LDAP. 2 11	Plugin or add-on OpenID Connect or SAML Authentication contrib modules. 13	Limited Microsoft Entra sign-in built in. Other IdPs through Cloudflare Access. No native SAML. 12	Built in SAML and OpenID Connect login modules. 13 14	Paid tier Enterprise. 1 16	Paid tier Ghost(Pro) Custom plan only. Not in self-hosted Ghost. 2	Paid tier SAML SSO on Content Hub Professional and Enterprise. 15	Paid tier Enterprise. 1	Not available Email and password with optional TOTP two-factor. 15	Plugin or add-on SAML or OIDC extensions from the JED. Core authenticates against LDAP only. 13 14	Not available The auth package covers password login. SSO means custom session code. 6	Not available No first-party SSO. Community OAuth plugins exist.	Built in SAML and OpenID Connect. The Free Tier lacks SAML. 3 15	Built in Opti ID with an external identity provider, or OpenID Connect in code. 2	Paid tier Enterprise. 1 9	Built in OpenID Connect and external providers such as Azure AD. 13	Built in SAML or OIDC through the Sitecore Cloud Portal. 13	Paid tier Premium and Enterprise plans. OpenID Connect through Entra ID, SAML through Google. 17 18	Paid tier Pro via Laravel Socialite providers such as SAML2. Enterprise tier lists SSO. 15 21	Paid tier Premium and Elite. 1	Plugin or add-on OpenID Connect extensions such as causal/oidc. 14	Built in OpenID Connect providers such as Entra ID, configured in code. 15	Plugin or add-on django-allauth supports SAML and OpenID Connect. 19	Paid tier Enterprise. 1	Paid tier OpenID Connect only, with the Wix Studio enterprise solution. 10	Plugin or add-on SAML or OIDC plugins, e.g. miniOrange SAML Single Sign On. 15	Built in OpenID Connect for the administration, for example Microsoft Entra ID. 14	Paid tier Enterprise licence, SAML and OAuth 2.0. 3 5	Paid tier SAML 2.0 SSO on Premium plans, sold as Enterprise. 11	Paid tier SAML SSO on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Enterprise, or a $150 per month add-on on Growth. 2 11
Audit log The CMS logs who changed what and when across the whole installation, and admins can review the log.	Built in Page, replication and DAM audit logs. 14	Limited Stack and organization logs documented; baseline availability unconfirmed. Confirm access and retention in the contract. 11	Built in Records who changed what and when; supports reversions. Retention, export and edition limits are not public: confirm in the contract. 16	Not available No core log. Craft 5 audit plugins exist but are niche. 20	Paid tier Enterprise. 1	Plugin or add-on Decap Turbo, in public preview, has an activity log on its Free plan. Core has Git history only. 12	Limited Activity log kept 30 days on Core, 90 on Team, configurable on Enterprise. 2 12	Limited Database Logging records content events by user. It caps and prunes entries. 20	Plugin or add-on Official audit-log plugin. 19	Built in Audit logging to the server log once enabled. 15	Not available Not documented publicly.	Built in History log of staff actions. 8	Paid tier Activity logging on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Enterprise, 90-day retention. 1	Built in Append-only log of logins, content changes, role edits and plugin actions. 17	Built in User Actions Log. 12	Not available	Not available	Built in Audit framework with search and export of events. 16	Built in Change Log in Settings. 14	Not available Not documented publicly.	Paid tier DX + Enterprise includes Audit Trail. Progress sells it as an add-on for DX. 14 2	Limited Common Audit Log covers only the Cloud Portal and leaves out SitecoreAI content. Item actions show in CM logs. 14 15	Not available	Paid tier Enterprise tier, from $10k per year, lists audit logging. 1 21	Limited Activity log on all plans. Starter keeps 1 day, Growth 30 days, Elite unlimited. 1	Built in Log module records backend changes by user.	Limited Audit trail per item plus a log viewer. No installation-wide audit screen in core. 16	Built in Site-wide history report of logged actions. 11	Paid tier Site activity log on Team, audit logs API on Enterprise. 1	Not available Not documented publicly.	Plugin or add-on Simple History or WP Activity Log plugins. 14	Limited Event log records system events. Version history shows who changed versioned items. 15 9	Paid tier Enterprise audit logs. 6	Paid tier Audit logs on selected Enterprise plans, by sales agreement. 12	Paid tier Full audit trail and History API on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Enterprise plan. 10
Platform and extensibility
Multiple sites One installation or account can manage several separate websites or brands with shared users.	Built in Multi Site Manager with live copies. 15	Built in Separate stacks in one organization. Scaling stacks is a Growth and Enterprise option. 1	Built in	Built in Included on every edition. 1 9	Built in Separate projects per site. 3 on Free, extra projects €39 a month on Professional. 1	Plugin or add-on Decap Turbo organizations share members across sites. Turbo is in public preview. Extra sites €10/month. 14 12	Not available	Plugin or add-on Domain contrib module. Core multisite shares only the codebase. 14	Not available	Built in Several projects per server. Multisite Management shares content between them. 16	Built in A workspace holds many site projects, each on its own plan. 4	Not available	Paid tier Multisites on Enterprise. 1	Paid tier Multitenancy on Enterprise. 1	Not available One site per installation. 2	Not available One site per install. Third-party multisite extensions only. 15	Not available	Not available One site per installation.	Built in	Built in Several sites and hosts in one installation. 15	Built in Each site is a repository on its own plan. Spaces group content inside one. 1 11	Built in Multisite with shared content and per-site permissions. 15	Built in Site collections with shared content.	Limited Each site needs its own plan. Enterprise teams manage several sites from one account. 11	Paid tier Pro. 6 1	Built in One account can own many spaces, each on its own plan. 6	Built in Several site configurations in one installation.	Built in Several root nodes, each with its own domains.	Built in Several sites in one installation with shared users. 9	Built in A Workspace holds many sites with shared seats. Each site needs its own Site plan. 1	Built in One account or Studio workspace manages many sites, each on its own plan.	Built in Multisite network in core, with shared users. 8	Paid tier Several main website channels need the Advanced tier. Standard adds only microchannels. 2	Plugin or add-on Official multi-tenant plugin. 15	Paid tier One Starter Space on Free and Lite, plus one paid Lite Space. Multiple spaces on Enterprise. 1	Built in Several projects per organization and Studio workspaces. 11	Not available
Extensible admin UI Developers can add their own components, views or fields to the editing interface.	Built in UI extensions built with App Builder. 16	Built in Developer Hub apps in field, sidebar and dashboard UI locations. 13	Built in Studio plugins.	Built in 18	Built in Plugin SDK for field editors, sidebars and custom pages. 1	Built in Custom widgets, preview templates and editor components. 11 10	Built in Extensions add interfaces, layouts, panels and modules.	Built in Custom field widgets, forms and admin routes.	Built in Plugins add admin pages and dashboard widgets. 13	Built in ContentCreator and SiteArchitect plug-ins.	Built in Plugins add custom panels and tools to the editor. 11	Not available The admin app has no extension points.	Built in Custom modules and their fields appear in the page editor. 3	Built in App Framework for custom fields, sidebars and pages. 12	Built in Plugins add admin pages, editor extensions, dashboard widgets and canvas modules. 10	Built in Components, modules, plugins and custom field types.	Built in Custom admin pages, navigation and field views. 9	Built in Panel plugins add fields, sections, views and areas. 15	Built in Client extensions. 7	Built in Shell modules, gadgets and custom editor widgets. 16	Limited Integration fields load external catalog data into a picker. No custom UI code. 12	Built in Custom fields, widgets and AdminApp extensions.	Built in Marketplace apps add custom fields, panels and dashboard widgets. 17	Not available	Built in Custom fieldtypes, widgets and Control Panel pages. 17	Built in Field plugins on all plans. Tool and space plugins on Premium and Elite. 1 7	Built in Backend modules and custom form elements.	Built in Backoffice extensions.	Built in Hooks, viewsets and custom panels.	Built in Apps can add Designer Extensions to the editor. 12	Built in Dashboard extensions add custom pages and widgets. 17	Built in Custom blocks, admin pages and meta boxes.	Built in Custom React UI pages and form components. 16	Built in Custom React components, views and fields.	Built in App Framework for custom field, sidebar, entry and page apps. 14	Built in Custom inputs, tools and document actions in the React Studio. 3 9	Built in 20
Plugin marketplace The vendor runs an official directory or marketplace of installable extensions.	Built in Extension Manager catalogue of Adobe and partner extensions. 16	Built in Contentstack Marketplace. 13	Built in CoreMedia Marketplace. 17	Built in Craft Plugin Store. 1	Built in DatoCMS Marketplace. 1 9	Not available No official extension directory.	Built in Marketplace inside the Studio. 18	Built in drupal.org module directory.	Built in Plugin registry, launched with 1.0. 14 3	Built in FirstSpirit Marketplace. 17	Built in Framer Marketplace. 12	Limited Theme marketplace only. Ghost has no plugin system. 2	Built in HubSpot Marketplace for apps and themes. 16	Built in Hygraph Marketplace. 12	Not available Plugins install as uploaded zip packages. No official directory. 10	Built in Joomla Extensions Directory, the JED. 14	Not available	Built in Official plugin directory at plugins.getkirby.com. 16	Built in Liferay Marketplace. 17	Built in Optimizely connectors directory and NuGet add-ons. 17	Not available Integration guides only. No installable marketplace. 13	Built in Sitefinity integrations directory. 16	Built in Sitecore Marketplace. 16	Built in Squarespace Extensions, a directory of third-party tools. 12	Built in Statamic Marketplace for addons. 18	Built in Storyblok App Directory. 8	Built in TYPO3 Extension Repository. 16	Built in Umbraco Marketplace.	Built in Wagtail packages directory on wagtail.org. 17	Built in Webflow Apps marketplace. 9	Built in Wix App Market.	Built in WordPress.org plugin directory.	Built in Integrations directory on the Kentico Community portal. 17	Limited Docs list official plugins. Community plugin directories are third-party. 13	Built in Contentful Marketplace. 15	Built in Sanity Exchange. 10	Built in Strapi Marketplace. 2
Form builder Editors can build and publish forms and collect submissions without code.	Built in Core Components form container emails, posts or stores submissions. 17	Not available	Plugin or add-on Formcentric for CoreMedia, a partner product from the Marketplace. 18	Plugin or add-on Formie by Verbb, $99. Pricing page lists forms as plugin-only. 17 1	Not available	Not available	Not available	Plugin or add-on Webform contrib module. Core Contact is deprecated in 11.4. 15 2	Plugin or add-on Official forms plugin. 17	Plugin or add-on Formcentric for FirstSpirit, a partner product. 18	Built in Native forms. Submissions can also go to a webhook. 10	Not available Member signup forms only.	Built in	Not available	Built in Forms are built on the canvas and submissions land in a data table. 18	Limited Contact forms accept custom fields. Core emails submissions and does not store them. 20	Not available	Plugin or add-on Paid DreamForm plugin by tobimori. 17	Built in Liferay Forms.	Plugin or add-on Optimizely Forms package. No extra licence. 18	Not available	Built in Forms module with a drag-and-drop builder.	Built in Built-in Forms with webhook submission handling. 18	Built in Form blocks store submissions. 13	Limited Core allows one form. Pro removes the limit. 1 16	Not available	Built in Form Framework with a backend form editor. 7	Plugin or add-on Umbraco Forms, paid licence. Included on Umbraco Cloud. 2 17	Built in wagtail.contrib.forms form builder. 13	Built in 50 submissions on Starter, unlimited on paid Site plans. 1	Built in Wix Forms.	Plugin or add-on Form plugins such as WPForms or Contact Form 7. 17	Built in Form Builder.	Plugin or add-on Official Form Builder plugin. 16	Not available	Not available	Not available
Site member accounts The platform handles sign-up and login for public site users or members, separate from editors.	Limited Publish-tier login via SAML or OIDC. Sign-up flows need custom code and user sync. 18 13	Not available	Plugin or add-on Elastic Social module manages site users and comments. 19	Paid tier Public registration needs Pro. 5	Not available	Not available	Built in API-only application users do not use Studio seats. 3	Built in	Limited Subscriber role reads member-only content. Members share the editors' user system. 12	Not available	Not available	Built in Members with free and paid tiers. 3	Paid tier Memberships on Professional with 2 access groups and Enterprise with 100. 1 2	Not available	Not available	Built in Front-end registration and login. 4	Built in createAuth works on any list, including site users. 6	Limited Frontend login is built in. Sign-up needs custom code. 14	Built in	Limited Visitor login uses ASP.NET Core authentication set up in code. 2	Not available	Built in Front-end users with registration and login widgets.	Not available Developers have to build visitor login in the front-end app.	Built in Customer accounts on all plans. Member sites for gated content. 1 14	Paid tier Member accounts, registration and login tags need Pro. 14 16	Not available	Built in Frontend users and the felogin extension. 8	Built in Members, separate from backoffice users.	Limited Login for private pages is built in. Public sign-up needs a package such as django-allauth. 14	Not available Webflow retired User Accounts on 29 January 2026. 8	Built in Members Area handles sign-up and login.	Built in Open registration with the Subscriber role. 7	Built in Members with registration, login and member roles. 18	Built in Any auth-enabled collection can hold site users.	Not available	Not available	Built in Users & Permissions feature for end users. 17
AI writing assistant A first-party AI feature in the editing interface generates, rewrites or translates content.	Built in Generate Variations needs AEM Cloud Service with Edge Delivery entitlement. Licence includes an action allowance; extra actions cost more. 19	Plugin or add-on Official AI Assistant app with Contentstack-managed or your own model keys. 1 13	Plugin or add-on KIO Co-Pilot needs a licence with KIO enabled. 20	Not available No first-party AI feature.	Plugin or add-on Official AI Translations plugin with your own OpenAI, Gemini, Claude or DeepL key. 8 9	Not available	Built in AI Assistant on every plan with your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini key. 2 9	Plugin or add-on AI module from the Drupal AI Initiative, bundled with Drupal CMS. 16 19	Not available	Plugin or add-on AI Suite module: Content, Analyze and Image assistants. 1 17	Built in Agents write, rewrite and translate content. AI credits meter usage. 1 15	Not available	Built in Breeze generates and refines content in editors on all plans. 17	Built in AI Assist on every plan, with a monthly AI token allowance. 1 10	Built in Built-in agent in the Site and Content workspaces, with your own Claude, OpenAI, OpenRouter or Ollama key. 19	Not available No first-party AI. Third-party extensions such as 4AI. 18	Not available	Not available No first-party AI. Kirby Copilot is a paid third-party plugin. 18	Built in AI Hub writing tools in the new CMS. Not in the Free Tier. 4 18	Plugin or add-on Opal, billed through Opal credits. Needs Opti ID on DXP. 2 19	Limited Beta on request: AI translation and SEO metadata suggestions. 1 14	Plugin or add-on Sitefinity AI subscription for text generation and agents. 17	Built in Content, variant and translation assistants. Brand kits need Stream Premium. 19	Built in Squarespace AI writer. Monthly AI credits vary by plan. 1 15	Not available	Built in AI content generation and translation on all plans, metered by AI credits. 1	Not available Core ships AI integration points only. Third-party extensions such as AI Suite. 4 17	Plugin or add-on Free Umbraco.AI packages add prompts and an editor copilot. 18	Plugin or add-on Wagtail AI, an officially supported package. 15	Paid tier Copy generation needs a paid Site or Workspace plan and uses AI credits. 1	Built in AI text creator in the Wix and Studio editors. 18	Plugin or add-on Official AI plugin plus a connected provider. Core ships the AI Client only. 2 9	Built in AIRA text generation and translation on both tiers. Licences include 200,000 credits a year. 2 19	Paid tier Enterprise AI writing assistant. Payload lists AI translation and image generation as coming soon. 8	Plugin or add-on Official AI Content Generator app with your own OpenAI key. AI Actions need Enterprise. 1 15	Built in Content Agent on every plan. In-Studio AI Assist on Growth and Enterprise. 1 13	Paid tier AI translation and image alt text on Growth. Not yet available on Enterprise. 2 12
Official MCP server The vendor publishes a Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can read or write content.	Built in AEM MCP Server for pages, fragments and assets. 20	Built in Official server run locally with npx @contentstack/mcp. 14	Not available None for content. The only official MCP server covers Engagement Cloud analytics. 20	Not available Third-party Craft CMS MCP plugin by Stimmt Digital. 19	Built in Remote MCP server at mcp.datocms.com. 10	Not available	Built in Built in since 11.12. 10	Not available Community contrib only, e.g. the MCP Server module by Lullabot and Omedia. 17	Built in Built in and on by default. 15	Built in CaaS Platform MCP server builds and runs CaaS GraphQL queries. 19	Not available No MCP server. External Agents, in preview, link AI tools through a CLI and skills. 9	Not available Community MCP servers only. 11	Built in Remote HubSpot MCP server reads site pages, landing pages and blog posts. 18	Built in Global endpoint at mcp.hygraph.com and per-project endpoints. Also a Claude connector. 11 14 15	Built in Built in at /_instatic/mcp, with OAuth or scoped personal access tokens. 20	Not available Third-party only, e.g. Onepoint's MCP Server for Joomla. 16	Not available	Not available Third-party Kirby MCP plugin by Bruno Meilick. 19	Built in Built-in MCP server released in 2026.Q3, switched on by feature flag. 19	Built in MCP server in the Optimizely.Cms.Opal.Tools package. 20	Built in Hosted at mcp.prismic.io, activated per repository. 15	Plugin or add-on Sitefinity MCP Server, 15.4.8633 or later, needs a Sitefinity AI subscription. 18	Built in Sitecore Marketer MCP server. 20	Not available The official MCP server covers domain search only. It can't reach site content. 16	Not available Third-party addons only, such as MCP Server for Statamic by Cbox. 20	Built in Hosted server over the Management API. 9	Not available Third-party only, e.g. hauptsache.net's TYPO3 MCP Server. 15	Built in Umbraco CMS Developer MCP server. 19	Limited Experimental wagtail-mcp package, announced September 2026. 16	Built in Available on all Site plans, including free Starter. 7	Built in Wix MCP for docs, code and site API calls. 5	Plugin or add-on MCP Adapter plugin from the WordPress AI team. 10	Limited Management MCP server works on local development instances only. 20 5	Plugin or add-on Official open-source MCP plugin. 14	Built in Hosted beta server at mcp.contentful.com and an open-source local server. 16	Built in Hosted at mcp.sanity.io with OAuth. 12	Built in Built in. Developers switch it on in the server config. 13
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Sources The numbers in each cell point here.	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Current release notes for AEM as a Cloud Service (2026.9.0) Universal Editor component definition Content Fragment Models AEM Sites translation journey Web-optimized image delivery (Core Components) AEM APIs for structured content delivery and management Webhooks and AEM Events Launches for pages Universal Editor introduction AEM Sites and Edge Delivery Services Publishing pages from the Sites console AEM users, groups and permissions Authentication in AEM as a Cloud Service Maintenance tasks, including audit log purge MSM best practices Extension Manager in AEM Core Components Form Container Registration, login and user profile Generate Variations integrated in AEM editors AEM MCP Server	15 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Contentstack pricing Contentstack docs: Migrate content using the CLI migration command Contentstack docs: Image Delivery API Contentstack docs: GraphQL Content Delivery API Contentstack docs: Content Delivery API Contentstack docs: About Releases Contentstack docs: About Workflows Contentstack docs: Real-Time Collaboration in the Entry Editor Contentstack docs: Examples to create custom roles Contentstack docs: About Single Sign-On (SSO) Contentstack docs: Monitor stack activities in Audit Log Contentstack docs: About Visual Editor Contentstack docs: AI Assistant app Contentstack docs: Contentstack MCP Server Contentstack docs: About Languages	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. CoreMedia release notes: 2512.1.1 CoreMedia Content Management System Content Server Manual: Structure of content type definitions Studio User Manual: Editing a page grid Studio User Manual: Translation to derived sites CAE Developer Manual: Image Transformation API Headless Server Developer Manual: Mapping REST access Introduction to the Event Hub Service Service description: Event Hub Introducing in-preview editing for CoreMedia Content Cloud Scheduled publication workflow How to use projects in Studio (CMCC 13) Publication steps and best practices Studio User Manual: Permissions and rights Studio Developer Manual 2512.1: Single Sign On Integration CoreMedia: security, access control and audit trails CoreMedia Marketplace Formcentric Form Manager on CoreMedia Marketplace Studio User Manual 2512.0: Elastic Social Introduction to KIO Co-Pilot	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Craft CMS pricing Craft Cloud pricing Craft CMS Enterprise Craft 5 docs: Licensing and editions Craft 5 docs: User management Craft 5 docs: Custom fields Craft 5 docs: Project config Craft 5 docs: Matrix fields Craft 5 docs: Sites and localization Craft 5 docs: Image transforms Craft 5 docs: GraphQL API Element API plugin (Pixel & Tonic) Webhooks plugin (Pixel & Tonic) Craft 5 docs: Drafts and revisions Craft 5 docs: Entries Workflow plugin by Verbb Formie plugin by Verbb Craft 5 docs: Extending Craft Craft CMS MCP plugin by Stimmt Digital Trails audit plugin	11 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. DatoCMS pricing DatoCMS docs: Write and test migration scripts DatoCMS docs: Images API DatoCMS docs: Record-level collaboration, presence and locking DatoCMS docs: Project collaborators, roles and permissions DatoCMS docs: Workflows DatoCMS docs: Visual Editing DatoCMS docs: Translating content with AI DatoCMS Marketplace: AI Translations plugin DatoCMS docs: MCP Server DatoCMS Content Management API: Record	15 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Decap CMS releases on GitHub Decap CMS overview Decap CMS features Decap docs: Backends overview Decap docs: Git Gateway backend Decap docs: Widgets Decap docs: Variable type widgets Decap docs: i18n support Decap docs: Editorial workflows Decap docs: Creating custom previews Decap docs: Creating custom widgets Decap Turbo plans Decap Turbo overview Decap Turbo: Organizations, sites and roles Decap Turbo: Billing and plans	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. directus on the npm registry Directus pricing Directus docs: Licensing overview Monospace Sustainable Core License Directus docs: Access control Directus docs: Content versioning Directus docs: Visual Editor Directus docs: Collaborative Editing Directus docs: AI Assistant Directus docs: Directus MCP Directus docs: Single Sign-On Directus docs: Accountability Directus docs: Transform files Directus tutorial: Schedule future content with Flows Directus tutorial: Content approval workflows with custom permissions Directus tutorial: Promoting changes between environments Directus tutorial: Reusable blocks with many-to-any relationships Directus docs: Marketplace Directus docs: Send Directus webhooks to Clay with Flows Directus license, MSCL and v12 questions (Contensu)	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. drupal 11.4.8 release drupal 11.4.0 release notes JSON:API module documentation GraphQL module Content Moderation module documentation Mark Workspaces as a stable core module (#3088643) Multilingual guide: translating content Image module: working with images Layout Builder module documentation Drupal Canvas Scheduler module Field Permissions module OpenID Connect / OAuth client module Domain module Webform module AI (Artificial Intelligence) module MCP Server module Webhooks module Drupal CMS 2.0 is here Database Logging module documentation	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. emdash on the npm registry EmDash homepage EmDash 1.0: an open source CMS for Astro EmDash repository on GitHub EmDash docs: Blocks EmDash docs: Internationalization EmDash docs: Configuration reference EmDash docs: Media Library EmDash docs: REST API EmDash docs: Content lifecycle EmDash docs: Preview mode EmDash docs: Authentication EmDash docs: Plugins overview EmDash docs: Plugin registry EmDash docs: AI tools and MCP server EmDash docs: Database options @emdash-cms/plugin-forms on the npm registry @emdash-cms/plugin-webhook-notifier on the npm registry @emdash-cms/plugin-audit-log on the npm registry EmDash docs: Evolving a deployed site	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Release notes FirstSpirit 2026.10 [RELEASE] FirstSpirit 2026.10 FSDevTools on GitHub External Synchronization: development CaaS Connect module documentation CaaS Platform REST interface documentation Omnichannel Manager 3.0 ContentCreator: the standard Release workflow FirstSpirit docs: Specific release FirstSpirit docs: Schedule tasks FirstSpirit Collaboration user guide FirstSpirit docs: IN_GROUP rule Setting up SSO via the FirstSpirit SAML login module Authentication with OpenID Connect Audit logging in FirstSpirit Multisite Management user documentation FirstSpirit Marketplace: AI Suite Formcentric for FirstSpirit CaaS Platform MCP server documentation Rezolve Ai acquisition of Crownpeak	18 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Framer pricing Framer update: Server API (February 2026) Framer Developers: Server API introduction Framer Help: members, roles and permissions Framer: collaboration with branches, reviews and staging Framer: publish with staging, hosting and rollback Framer Help: staging and versions Framer Help: how Framer optimizes images Framer External Agents Framer Help: connect Framer forms to a webhook Framer Developers: plugins introduction Framer Marketplace plugins Framer CMS Framer Help: on-page editing Framer blog: Framer 3.0 with Agents and Branching Framer Enterprise Framer Help: localization Framer CMS Scheduler plugin (third party)	13 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Ghost releases on GitHub Ghost(Pro) pricing Ghost 6.0 changelog Webhooks (Ghost docs) Theme assets and responsive images (Ghost docs) Post history (changelog) Staff users (Ghost docs) History log (Ghost help) Your new admin toolbar (changelog) Intro to the editor (Ghost help) MFYDev/ghost-mcp on GitHub A new Ghost Admin API (changelog) Add option to save changes in published posts (Ghost Forum)	18 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. HubSpot Content Hub pricing HubSpot Product & Services Catalog HubSpot docs: Modules overview HubSpot KB: Create and populate HubDB tables HubSpot KB: Edit content in the content editor HubSpot KB: Create pages in multiple languages HubSpot docs: HubL functions HubSpot API: Schedule a website page HubSpot docs: Query HubSpot data using GraphQL HubSpot docs: Webhooks API guide HubSpot KB: Set a blog post's publish date and time HubSpot KB: Restore a previous version of content HubSpot KB: Redesign and relaunch a site with content staging HubSpot KB: Create and assign permission sets HubSpot KB: Set up single sign-on (SSO) HubSpot Marketplace HubSpot KB: Generate and refine content with AI Remote HubSpot MCP server is now generally available	15 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Hygraph pricing Hygraph docs: Management SDK overview Hygraph docs: API reference overview Hygraph docs: Asset transformations Hygraph docs: Webhooks Hygraph docs: Click to Edit setup Hygraph docs: Content releases Hygraph docs: Content permissions Hygraph blog: Introducing Collaborator View Hygraph blog: AI Assist is now generally available Hygraph docs: MCP server Hygraph Marketplace: Apps Hygraph docs: Content workflows Hygraph docs: Set up the MCP server Hygraph blog: MCP Connector for Claude (September 2026)	21 sources Checked 30 Sept 2026. Instatic homepage Instatic repository on GitHub Instatic 0.0.20 release Instatic changelog Instatic docs: Content storage Instatic docs: Data workspace Instatic docs: Visual Components Instatic docs: Media Instatic docs: Server Instatic docs: Plugin system Instatic docs: Publisher Instatic docs: Site branches Instatic docs: Site shell and real-time co-editing Instatic docs: Content workspace Instatic docs: Auth and access Instatic docs: Capabilities Instatic docs: Audit log Instatic docs: CMS-native forms Instatic docs: AI agent Instatic docs: MCP connectors Instatic docs: Editor	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Joomla Downloads: latest release Joomla 6.1 is here What's new in Joomla 6.0? Joomla Core Features Fields (user manual) Help5.x: Fields: Edit (permissions) Multilingual Associations Article: Preview Media: Image Crop Resize Rotate Web Services (programmers documentation) Workflows (user manual) User Actions Log LDAP authentication Joomla Extensions Directory JED: Multiple Sites category MCP Server for Joomla (JED) Free Hosting (user manual) 4AI (JED) Content Sharing - Webhooks (JED) Adding Custom Fields to the Joomla Contact Form	12 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. @keystone-6/core on the npm registry Keystone releases on GitHub Keystone homepage Keystone docs: System configuration Keystone docs: Access control Keystone docs: Authentication Keystone docs: Image field Keystone docs: Document field demo Keystone docs: Custom admin UI pages Keystone docs: Hooks guide Keystone docs: Cloudinary image field Keystone documentation index (llms.txt)	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Kirby pricing Kirby releases Kirby 5 release overview Kirby 5: Preview your changes Kirby docs: Blueprints Kirby docs: Blocks field Kirby docs: Languages Kirby docs: $file->thumb() Kirby docs: REST API Kirby Query Language (KQL) plugin Kirby docs: Publishing workflow Kirby docs: Permissions Kirby cookbook: Extending permissions Kirby docs: Frontend login Kirby docs: Plugin extensions Kirby plugin directory DreamForm plugin Kirby Copilot plugin Kirby MCP plugin by Bruno Meilick Kirby docs: Content options (locking)	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Liferay DXP 2026.q3.5 release files Now available: Liferay DXP Quarterly Release 2026.Q3 Liferay DXP Free Tier (Liferay Learn) Liferay DXP Free Tier: what it is, how to get it, and when to upgrade CE is sunsetted. What's your next move? Liferay Learn: Content Management System Liferay Learn: Client Extensions Liferay Learn: Using Adaptive Media Liferay Learn: Consuming GraphQL APIs Liferay Learn: Object actions Liferay Learn: Using Content Pages Liferay Learn: Publications Liferay Learn: Configuring Locked Pages Liferay Learn: Objects permissions framework integration Liferay Learn: Using OpenID Connect Liferay Learn: Audit Framework Liferay Marketplace Liferay AI Hub Liferay Learn: Using Liferay as an MCP Server Liferay Learn: Cloud	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. 2026 Optimizely CMS 13 release notes FAQs for CMS 13 Content types in code Content types in the UI Manage languages Resize images using CDN Optimizely Graph webhooks Get started with Optimizely Graph for CMS 13 Publish content Approve content Work with projects Collaborate with comments Settings and access rights Change log Application framework: websites and hosts Plug in a gadget Optimizely connectors Optimizely Forms Optimizely Opal in CMS 13 MCP server for CMS 13	15 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Prismic pricing and plan comparison Prismic CLI Prismic Type Builder Prismic slices Prismic API references Prismic webhooks Prismic previews and live previews Prismic releases Prismic users and permissions Prismic update: real-time collaboration Prismic: organize pages with spaces Prismic integration field Prismic integrations Prismic AI (beta) Prismic MCP server	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Sitefinity CMS 15.4.8639 release notes Sitefinity packaging and deployment options Export and deploy database changes Resize images through the URL Set up a web service Use GraphQL protocol Service hooks Content lifecycle and workflow Manage scheduled tasks Unlock pages Permissions Progress knowledge base: How to set up field permissions in Sitefinity Authentication Sitefinity Audit Trail Multisite Sitefinity integrations directory Sitefinity AI Sitefinity MCP Server Sitefinity release history Sitefinity Cloud documentation	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. SitecoreAI documentation for business users Sitecore Content Serialization in SitecoreAI Sitecore Experience Edge for XM (media resizing) SitecoreAI changelog: Components, Content Types and Content Items APIs Experience Edge SitecoreAI webhooks Front-end hosting applications Schedule publishing availability of a page KB1003446: Specifics of publishing in SitecoreAI Editing in the Page builder (concurrent editing) Publish content in SitecoreAI The access rights Sitecore Cloud Portal single sign-on Sitecore Common Audit Log Logging in Sitecore XM Cloud (Fishtank) SitecoreAI Marketplace Sitecore Marketplace starter (extension points) SitecoreAI Forms Sitecore Stream tiers Sitecore Marketer MCP server	18 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Squarespace pricing Squarespace Developer Platform: Custom Post Types Squarespace Developer Platform FAQ Manually creating a multilingual site Creating a multilingual site with Weglot Squarespace Commerce APIs overview Squarespace webhooks overview Drafting pages (Premium and Enterprise) Scheduling blog posts Using undo and redo in Squarespace Contributor roles and permissions Squarespace Extensions Form blocks Member Sites Using Squarespace AI Overview of the Squarespace MCP server Logging in with single sign-on through Microsoft Entra ID (Premium & Enterprise) Logging in with single sign-on through Google (Premium & Enterprise)	21 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Statamic pricing statamic/cms release metadata on Packagist Statamic 6 release announcement Statamic docs: Blueprints Statamic docs: Replicator fieldtype Statamic docs: Multi-site Statamic docs: Image manipulation (Glide) Statamic docs: REST API Statamic docs: GraphQL API Statamic docs: Revisions Statamic docs: Collections and date behavior Statamic docs: Live Preview Statamic docs: Permissions Statamic docs: Users Statamic docs: OAuth Statamic docs: Forms Statamic docs: Extending the Control Panel Collaboration addon by Statamic Statamic roadmap MCP Server for Statamic addon by Cbox Statamic Enterprise	10 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Storyblok pricing and plan comparison Storyblok CLI documentation Sneak peek: type-safe schemas with @storyblok/schema (July 2026) Storyblok CLI: components push Storyblok roles manual Storyblok spaces concept Storyblok plugins introduction Storyblok App Directory Storyblok MCP server documentation Storyblok tutorial: building real-time collaboration with Tiptap and Yjs	17 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. get.typo3.org: latest TYPO3 14 release TYPO3 Releases v14 LTS (press release) Changing the Playing Field: Visual Editing in TYPO3 v14 TYPO3 v14: Building a System for Community-Driven AI Integrations TYPO3 Workspaces documentation TYPO3 Webhooks documentation TYPO3 Form documentation TYPO3 Frontend Login documentation Access control options (TYPO3 Explained) Crop variants for images (TYPO3 Explained) TYPO3 Content Blocks documentation Mask extension (TER) EXT:headless documentation OpenID Connect integration for TYPO3 hauptsacheNet/typo3-mcp-server on GitHub How to find extensions (Getting Started) AI Suite extension (TER)	21 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Umbraco releases Umbraco pricing Umbraco 18 release Umbraco Deploy licensing Umbraco Cloud: UDA files Umbraco docs: Block Grid Umbraco docs: Content Delivery API Umbraco docs: Webhooks Umbraco docs: Image Cropper Umbraco docs: Scheduled Publishing Umbraco docs: Rollback to a previous version Umbraco Workflow Umbraco Workflow docs: Release Sets Umbraco docs: Property Level UI Permissions Umbraco docs: External Login Providers Umbraco docs: Log Viewer Umbraco Forms licensing Umbraco.AI on GitHub Umbraco MCP on GitHub Nikcio.UHeadless on Umbraco Marketplace Umbraco Workflow docs: Licensing	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Wagtail 8.0 release notes How to use StreamField for mixed content Wagtail docs: Internationalization Wagtail docs: Images Wagtail API v2 usage guide wagtail-grapple on GitHub Wagtail guide: Scheduled publishing Wagtail guide: Configure workflows for moderation Wagtail docs: Permissions Wagtail docs: Panels reference Wagtail docs: Audit log Wagtail 6.2: content metrics and concurrent editing Wagtail docs: Form builder Wagtail docs: Private pages Wagtail AI Experiments with MCP in Wagtail Wagtail docs: Packages Wagtail docs: Signals django-allauth: SAML provider Wagtail 4.0 release notes: live preview panel	12 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Webflow plans and pricing Updated pricing and simplified plans for May 2026 Webflow Data API: Create Collection Webflow Data API: working with webhooks Webflow Help: save and restore backups Webflow Help: real-time collaboration Webflow Help: MCP server overview Webflow Help: User Accounts sunset Webflow Apps Webflow Help: responsive images Webflow Data API reference Webflow Help: Webflow Apps overview	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Wix plans and pricing Wix blog: Wix Premium plans (May 2026) Wix Data Items API The Wix GraphQL API The Wix MCP Wix Help: creating custom roles for collaborators Wix Help: Studio Editor collaborating on a site Wix Help: enterprise approvals for site changes Wix Help: restoring CMS collections with backups Wix Help: SSO login for your organization Wix Help: managing collection item statuses Wix Help: Release Manager Wix CLI: data collections extension files Wix Help: Wix Multilingual overview Wix Media: URL image transformation Wix Developers: about webhooks Wix Developers: about dashboard extensions Wix Help: Studio Editor AI text creator Wix Help: inviting collaborators Wix Help: CMS overview	18 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. WordPress 7.1.2 Release WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" release announcement Real-time collaboration will not ship in WordPress 7.0 Moving to a server-aware approach for collaboration REST API Handbook WPGraphQL plugin on WordPress.org Roles and Capabilities documentation WordPress Multisite / Network AI plugin on WordPress.org WordPress/mcp-adapter on GitHub PublishPress Revisions plugin ACF: Post Types and Taxonomies WPML multilingual plugin Simple History plugin SAML Single Sign On plugin (miniOrange) WP Webhooks plugin WPForms plugin Roadmap to 7.1	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Xperience by Kentico changelog (Refresh 31.9.0, 24 September 2026) How to buy Xperience by Kentico Continuous Integration Content item assets and image variants Configure the Management MCP and management API Headless channel management Handle content events Edit and publish pages Content versioning Workflows Content items and cascade publishing Content locking configuration Role management Administration external authentication Event log Extend the administration interface Kentico Community integrations Registration and authentication for members AIRA pricing, usage and policies Management MCP server	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. payload on the npm registry Get started with Payload Payload for Enterprise Payload Cloud update: Payload has joined Figma Payload enterprise SSO Payload enterprise audit logs Payload Visual Editor Payload enterprise AI Payload publishing workflows Payload docs: Drafts Payload docs: Uploads Payload docs: Document locking Payload docs: Plugins Payload docs: MCP plugin Payload docs: Multi-tenant plugin Payload docs: Form Builder plugin GitHub discussion: Webhooks? Payload docs: Access control Figma blog: Welcoming Payload to the Figma team Payload multi-player editing	17 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Contentful pricing Salesforce signs definitive agreement to acquire Contentful contentful-migration on GitHub Contentful docs: Images Contentful docs: GraphQL Content API Contentful docs: Live preview Contentful Marketplace: Launch Contentful Help Center: Launch Contentful Help Center: Create a custom role Contentful Help Center: Content permissions Contentful Help Center: Single sign-on (SSO) Contentful docs: Set up audit logs Contentful Help Center: The entry editor Contentful docs: Create a custom app Contentful Marketplace: AI Content Generator Contentful docs: MCP server MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ): Salesforce completed the acquisition of Contentful on September 1, 2026	14 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. Sanity pricing sanity on npm Sanity docs: Schema types Sanity docs: Localization Sanity docs: Image transformations Sanity docs: GROQ-powered webhooks Sanity docs: Visual Editing Sanity docs: Roles and permissions Sanity blog: Document actions, workflows your way Sanity Exchange Sanity docs: Workspaces Sanity docs: MCP server Sanity docs: Install and configure AI Assist Sanity Exchange: Workflow Manager plugin	20 sources Checked 29 Sept 2026. @strapi/strapi on the npm registry Strapi CMS pricing Strapi Cloud pricing We're removing the Free plan from Strapi Cloud Strapi docs: Preview Strapi docs: Releases Strapi docs: Content History Strapi docs: Role-Based Access Control Strapi docs: Review Workflows Strapi docs: Audit Logs Strapi docs: Single Sign-On Strapi docs: AI for content managers Strapi docs: MCP server Strapi docs: GraphQL plugin Strapi docs: Media Library Strapi docs: Content-type Builder Strapi docs: Users & Permissions Strapi docs: Webhooks Strapi docs: Models Strapi docs: Admin panel customization

Every head-to-head

Each pair of platforms has its own page with the two columns side by side: 666 pairs across 37 platforms. Open a platform to see its pairs. 15 of the pairs against Payload are full write-ups with worked examples and costs.

Adobe Experience Manager vs 36

Contentful vs 36

Contentstack vs 36

CoreMedia Content Cloud vs 36

Craft CMS vs 36

DatoCMS vs 36

Decap CMS vs 36

Directus vs 36

Drupal vs 36

EmDash vs 36

FirstSpirit vs 36

Framer vs 36

Ghost vs 36

HubSpot CMS vs 36

Hygraph vs 36

Instatic vs 36

Joomla vs 36

Keystone vs 36

Kirby vs 36

Liferay DXP vs 36

Optimizely CMS vs 36

Payload vs 36

Prismic vs 36

Progress Sitefinity vs 36

Sanity vs 36

Sitecore vs 36

Squarespace vs 36

Statamic vs 36

Storyblok vs 36

Strapi vs 36

TYPO3 vs 36

Umbraco vs 36

Wagtail vs 36

Webflow vs 36

Wix vs 36

WordPress vs 36

Xperience by Kentico vs 36

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Each column describes a named edition and the version checked on the date in its source list. SaaS entries describe the vendor's hosted service. Sources include documentation, release notes, pricing-page feature matrices and plugin directories. Numbered references link individual answers to supporting pages; answers without a number rely on the platform-level source list. Plans and releases can change after the recorded check date.

A feature counts as built in when the baseline edition has it: the free open-source core, the lowest tier on a SaaS pricing page, or the standard licence of an enterprise suite. When a feature needs a higher tier, a paid module or a plugin, the cell says so and names it.

WAYF is a Payload partner and contributor. We apply the definitions below across the table and link the evidence so you can check our interpretation. Where public documentation leaves an edition or contract term unclear, the note identifies what to confirm with the vendor. A potential match can include paid features, extensions or limited support; read those notes before choosing a platform.

Built in: Included in the baseline edition, with no plugin and no extra purchase.
Paid tier: Built in, but only on a higher paid tier or an enterprise edition. The note names the tier.
Plugin or add-on: Available through an official extension, a paid module, or a maintained, widely used plugin. The note names it.
Limited: Exists with a material limit, or baseline availability needs vendor confirmation. The note explains which.
Not available: Not available, or only by building it yourself.

Not in the table: Oracle Content Management, which Oracle retired, and commerce platforms such as Shopify and Magento, which the Medusa page compares. Performance, price at your scale and the quality of a vendor's support don't fit in a cell. The guide to which CMS fits which job and the migration library cover those. Spotted a stale answer? Tell us and we'll recheck it.

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