CMS comparison Prismic vs Progress Sitefinity

Prismic vs Progress Sitefinity

Prismic is a closed-source headless CMS that runs on the vendor's cloud. Progress Sitefinity is a closed-source enterprise DXP that you can host yourself or run on the vendor's cloud. The table below sets them side by side on 28 features. They get a different status on 13.

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Prismic Headless · Closed source · 16 of 28 built in
Progress Sitefinity Enterprise DXP · Closed source · 22 of 28 built in

Sources checked: Prismic on 29 Sept 2026, Progress Sitefinity 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

Prismic vs Progress Sitefinity feature comparison. Columns are the two platforms. Rows are features, grouped by area.
Platform	Prismic Headless	Progress Sitefinity Enterprise DXP
Overview
What it is	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.
Edition compared The product and release each column describes.	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
Vendor	Prismic prismic.io	Progress Software progress.com
Licence	Closed source Proprietary	Closed source Proprietary
Hosting	No self-hosting Vendor cloud	Self-hosting Vendor cloud
Built with	SaaS with SDKs for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit	.NET, ASP.NET Core and Next.js renderers
Database	Managed by Prismic	Microsoft SQL Server
Pricing Public list prices only. Hosting and implementation are extra everywhere.	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.
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 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
Content model in the UI Admins can create and change content types and fields in the admin interface without writing code.	Built in Type Builder in the web app. 3	Built in Module Builder.
Reusable blocks Editors compose pages from reusable, typed components or blocks, and can reorder them.	Built in Slices with variations. 4	Built in Page editor widgets.
Localization Editors translate content per locale inside the CMS, by field or by entry, without a separate site for each language.	Built in 2 locales on Free, 8 on Platinum, custom on Enterprise. 1	Built in Multilingual content per item.
Image transformations The CMS resizes, crops or converts images on request, through URL parameters or generated sizes, with no external service.	Built in Image optimization and processing on all plans. 1	Built in Resize through URL parameters and thumbnail profiles. 4
APIs and delivery
REST API A documented REST or JSON HTTP API returns content.	Built in Document API. 1 5	Built in OData REST web services. 5
GraphQL API The vendor or an official module provides a GraphQL API for content.	Built in 1 5	Built in GraphQL on the web services layer. 6
Webhooks The CMS can call an external URL when content is created, changed or published.	Built in 6	Built in Service hooks with a webhook action, available on all licences. 7
Renders the website The CMS itself renders and serves the public pages through themes or templates. Headless-only products answer no.	Not available	Built in ASP.NET Core, Next.js or legacy MVC renderers. 1
Editorial workflow
Drafts Editors save changes as a draft and publish them later. The live version stays untouched until then.	Built in	Built in
Scheduled publishing An editor can set a future date and time for content to publish or unpublish.	Built in Scheduled through releases on every plan. 1 8	Built in Scheduled publish and unpublish per item. 9
Version history The CMS keeps earlier versions of an entry, and editors can compare or restore them.	Built in Full revision history on every plan. 1	Built in Revision history.
Preview Editors can see unpublished content rendered as it will appear on the site before publishing.	Built in Shareable previews on every plan. 1 7	Built in
Visual editing Editors can click on the rendered page and edit content in place or in a side panel next to it.	Built in Page Builder shows live slice previews from your site next to the fields. 7	Built in Page editor with widgets.
Approval workflows Content moves through review stages you configure, such as draft, review and approved, with permissions per stage.	Limited Writer and Publisher roles from Medium. No configurable review stages. 9	Built in One or two approval levels, or a custom workflow. 8
Content releases Editors group changes across several entries and publish them together as one release.	Built in Up to 200 pages per release. 8	Not available Publishing and scheduling work per item. 9
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 In progress with a waitlist. A status indicator shows who is editing. 10	Not available Pages lock while another user edits them. 10
Access and governance
Custom roles Admins define their own roles with granular permissions instead of picking from a fixed set.	Limited Enterprise only. Fixed Read-only, Writer or Publisher levels set per locale. No role builder. 1 9	Built in 11
Field-level permissions Admins can restrict access to single fields, on top of content types and entries.	Not available	Limited Module Builder types only, in the classic editing UI. Built-in content types have none. 12
Single sign-on Editors can sign in through SAML or OpenID Connect against a company identity provider.	Paid tier Enterprise. 1 9	Built in OpenID Connect and external providers such as Azure AD. 13
Audit log The CMS logs who changed what and when across the whole installation, and admins can review the log.	Not available Not documented publicly.	Paid tier DX + Enterprise includes Audit Trail. Progress sells it as an add-on for DX. 14 2
Platform and extensibility
Multiple sites One installation or account can manage several separate websites or brands with shared users.	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
Extensible admin UI Developers can add their own components, views or fields to the editing interface.	Limited Integration fields load external catalog data into a picker. No custom UI code. 12	Built in Custom fields, widgets and AdminApp extensions.
Plugin marketplace The vendor runs an official directory or marketplace of installable extensions.	Not available Integration guides only. No installable marketplace. 13	Built in Sitefinity integrations directory. 16
Form builder Editors can build and publish forms and collect submissions without code.	Not available	Built in Forms module with a drag-and-drop builder.
Site member accounts The platform handles sign-up and login for public site users or members, separate from editors.	Not available	Built in Front-end users with registration and login widgets.
AI writing assistant A first-party AI feature in the editing interface generates, rewrites or translates content.	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
Official MCP server The vendor publishes a Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can read or write content.	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

Prismic sources

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

Progress Sitefinity sources

Checked 29 Sept 2026. Sitefinity CMS 15.4 DX edition, self-hosted or on Sitefinity Cloud.

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Where they differ

Prismic and Progress Sitefinity get a different status on 13 of the 28 features and the same status on 15. Prismic has 16 built in on its baseline edition, Progress Sitefinity has 22. 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: Prismic cannot be self-hosted. Progress Sitefinity can be self-hosted.
Free option: Prismic has a free option. Progress Sitefinity has no free option.

Built in on Prismic, a different answer on Progress Sitefinity 2

Content releases Prismic: Built in. Progress Sitefinity: Not available.
Official MCP server Prismic: Built in. Progress Sitefinity: Plugin or add-on.

Built in on Progress Sitefinity, a different answer on Prismic 8

Renders the website Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Approval workflows Prismic: Limited. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Custom roles Prismic: Limited. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Single sign-on Prismic: Paid tier. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Extensible admin UI Prismic: Limited. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Plugin marketplace Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Form builder Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.
Site member accounts Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Built in.

Built in on neither, with different answers 3

Field-level permissions Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Limited.
Audit log Prismic: Not available. Progress Sitefinity: Paid tier.
AI writing assistant Prismic: Limited. Progress Sitefinity: Plugin or add-on.

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