CMS comparison FirstSpirit vs Prismic

FirstSpirit vs Prismic

FirstSpirit is a closed-source enterprise DXP that you can host yourself or run on the vendor's cloud. Prismic is a closed-source headless CMS that runs on the vendor's cloud. The table below sets them side by side on 28 features. They get a different status on 14.

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FirstSpirit Enterprise DXP · Closed source · 19 of 28 built in
Prismic Headless · Closed source · 16 of 28 built in

Sources checked: FirstSpirit on 29 Sept 2026, Prismic on 29 Sept 2026. Plans and releases can change after those dates.

WAYF is an official Payload partner and top contributor. Every platform in the table is classified by the same published definitions, and each answer lists the vendor page it came from.

Feature comparison

Built inPaid tierPlugin or add-onLimitedNot available

FirstSpirit vs Prismic feature comparison. Columns are the two platforms. Rows are features, grouped by area.
Platform	FirstSpirit Enterprise DXP	Prismic Headless
Overview
What it is	Java-based enterprise CMS with in-preview editing and a CaaS layer for headless delivery. Runs as FirstSpirit Cloud or on-premises.	Hosted headless page builder where marketers compose pages from developer-built slices. Run by Prismic, with SDKs for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit.
Edition compared The product and release each column describes.	FirstSpirit 5.2 monthly release line, FirstSpirit Cloud and on-premises Version 2026.10 (5.2.261011), released 15 Sept 2026	Prismic SaaS, Free to Enterprise plans SaaS, continuously updated
Vendor	Crownpeak Technology GmbH, part of Rezolve Ai since December 2025 firstspirit.com	Prismic prismic.io
Licence	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary
Hosting	Self-hosting Vendor cloud	No self-hosting Vendor cloud
Built with	Java, ContentCreator web client, SiteArchitect desktop app	SaaS with SDKs for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit
Database	Built-in repository, plus SQL databases such as PostgreSQL for data sources	Managed by Prismic
Pricing Public list prices only. Hosting and implementation are extra everywhere.	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.
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 Templates sync to files in Git through external synchronization and FSDevTools. 3 4	Built in Model files live in the project. The Prismic CLI pushes and pulls them. 2
Content model in the UI Admins can create and change content types and fields in the admin interface without writing code.	Limited Developers build templates in SiteArchitect but write their forms as XML. 4 12	Built in Type Builder in the web app. 3
Reusable blocks Editors compose pages from reusable, typed components or blocks, and can reorder them.	Built in Pages consist of sections based on section templates.	Built in Slices with variations. 4
Localization Editors translate content per locale inside the CMS, by field or by entry, without a separate site for each language.	Built in Language-dependent fields per project language.	Built in 2 locales on Free, 8 on Platinum, custom on Enterprise. 1
Image transformations The CMS resizes, crops or converts images on request, through URL parameters or generated sizes, with no external service.	Built in FirstSpirit automatically generates the image resolutions defined per project.	Built in Image optimization and processing on all plans. 1
APIs and delivery
REST API A documented REST or JSON HTTP API returns content.	Built in CaaS REST API. 5 6	Built in Document API. 1 5
GraphQL API The vendor or an official module provides a GraphQL API for content.	Built in CaaS GraphQL API generated from the FirstSpirit data model. 5 6	Built in 1 5
Webhooks The CMS can call an external URL when content is created, changed or published.	Limited CaaS Change Streams push change events over WebSocket. 6	Built in 6
Renders the website The CMS itself renders and serves the public pages through themes or templates. Headless-only products answer no.	Built in Generates pages from templates. CaaS covers headless delivery.	Not available
Editorial workflow
Drafts Editors save changes as a draft and publish them later. The live version stays untouched until then.	Built in Changes stay unreleased until the release workflow runs. 8	Built in
Scheduled publishing An editor can set a future date and time for content to publish or unpublish.	Limited Admins set up timed schedule entries. Editors have no per-item publish date. 10	Built in Scheduled through releases on every plan. 1 8
Version history The CMS keeps earlier versions of an entry, and editors can compare or restore them.	Built in	Built in Full revision history on every plan. 1
Preview Editors can see unpublished content rendered as it will appear on the site before publishing.	Built in	Built in Shareable previews on every plan. 1 7
Visual editing Editors can click on the rendered page and edit content in place or in a side panel next to it.	Built in ContentCreator in-preview editing. Omnichannel Manager for headless frontends. 7	Built in Page Builder shows live slice previews from your site next to the fields. 7
Approval workflows Content moves through review stages you configure, such as draft, review and approved, with permissions per stage.	Built in 8	Limited Writer and Publisher roles from Medium. No configurable review stages. 9
Content releases Editors group changes across several entries and publish them together as one release.	Limited Release with dependencies publishes a page with its linked media and parents. 9	Built in Up to 200 pages per release. 8
Real-time co-editing Two or more editors can work on the same entry at once and see each other's changes live.	Not available The Collaboration module adds comments on fields. No co-editing. 11	Not available In progress with a waitlist. A status indicator shows who is editing. 10
Access and governance
Custom roles Admins define their own roles with granular permissions instead of picking from a fixed set.	Built in Groups with permissions per store and node.	Limited Enterprise only. Fixed Read-only, Writer or Publisher levels set per locale. No role builder. 1 9
Field-level permissions Admins can restrict access to single fields, on top of content types and entries.	Limited Form rules hide or lock single fields per user group. 12	Not available
Single sign-on Editors can sign in through SAML or OpenID Connect against a company identity provider.	Built in SAML and OpenID Connect login modules. 13 14	Paid tier Enterprise. 1 9
Audit log The CMS logs who changed what and when across the whole installation, and admins can review the log.	Built in Audit logging to the server log once enabled. 15	Not available Not documented publicly.
Platform and extensibility
Multiple sites One installation or account can manage several separate websites or brands with shared users.	Built in Several projects per server. Multisite Management shares content between them. 16	Built in Each site is a repository on its own plan. Spaces group content inside one. 1 11
Extensible admin UI Developers can add their own components, views or fields to the editing interface.	Built in ContentCreator and SiteArchitect plug-ins.	Limited Integration fields load external catalog data into a picker. No custom UI code. 12
Plugin marketplace The vendor runs an official directory or marketplace of installable extensions.	Built in FirstSpirit Marketplace. 17	Not available Integration guides only. No installable marketplace. 13
Form builder Editors can build and publish forms and collect submissions without code.	Plugin or add-on Formcentric for FirstSpirit, a partner product. 18	Not available
Site member accounts The platform handles sign-up and login for public site users or members, separate from editors.	Not available	Not available
AI writing assistant A first-party AI feature in the editing interface generates, rewrites or translates content.	Plugin or add-on AI Suite module: Content, Analyze and Image assistants. 1 17	Limited Beta on request: AI translation and SEO metadata suggestions. 1 14
Official MCP server The vendor publishes a Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can read or write content.	Built in CaaS Platform MCP server builds and runs CaaS GraphQL queries. 19	Built in Hosted at mcp.prismic.io, activated per repository. 15

FirstSpirit sources

Checked 29 Sept 2026. FirstSpirit 5.2 monthly release line, FirstSpirit Cloud and on-premises.

Prismic sources

Checked 29 Sept 2026. Prismic SaaS, Free to Enterprise plans.

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Where they differ

FirstSpirit and Prismic get a different status on 14 of the 28 features and the same status on 14. FirstSpirit has 19 built in on its baseline edition, Prismic has 16. Two matching statuses can still name different paid tiers or limits, so read the notes in the table before treating a row as equal.

Self-hosting: FirstSpirit can be self-hosted. Prismic cannot be self-hosted.
Free option: FirstSpirit has no free option. Prismic has a free option.

Built in on FirstSpirit, a different answer on Prismic 7

Renders the website FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Not available.
Approval workflows FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Limited.
Custom roles FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Limited.
Single sign-on FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Paid tier.
Audit log FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Not available.
Extensible admin UI FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Limited.
Plugin marketplace FirstSpirit: Built in. Prismic: Not available.

Built in on Prismic, a different answer on FirstSpirit 4

Content model in the UI FirstSpirit: Limited. Prismic: Built in.
Webhooks FirstSpirit: Limited. Prismic: Built in.
Scheduled publishing FirstSpirit: Limited. Prismic: Built in.
Content releases FirstSpirit: Limited. Prismic: Built in.

Built in on neither, with different answers 3

Field-level permissions FirstSpirit: Limited. Prismic: Not available.
Form builder FirstSpirit: Plugin or add-on. Prismic: Not available.
AI writing assistant FirstSpirit: Plugin or add-on. Prismic: Limited.

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