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Contento vs Contentful
In our alternatives series, we help buyers identify the differences between Contento and other well known headless CMS' like Contentful so you can decide which will be the better fit for your business.
Why might Contentful be the right headless CMS for you?
As another one of the market leaders Contentful is a popular choice among developers. With it's large community and rich ecosystem of templates and integrations. With a focus on omni-channel, Contentful is designed for composable content, making it possible to use a single content base across many front ends. It also has many (paid) built in proprietary apps to support the content life cycle.
Large Developer Community
Omni Channel Capabilities
Complete Build Freedom
Rich Ecosystem of Templates
Proprietary Apps
Contentful is a enterprise-level CMS great for those who need omni-channel functionality and have a big budget.
Contentful is popular with large enterprise level companies who have large amounts of content they want to use across different platforms. With their numerous proprietary apps they have many great features available to support content management at large scales.
However..the pricing is aimed at enterprise level companies and things can add up pretty quickly. So unless you really need that level of functionality and omni-channel capabilities, you'll be paying a hefty price for features you won't be using.
How are they different?
Website Focused vs Blank Box
At Contento we have focused on adding features that help make building websites much faster. With a blank box system you can build anything, but you're building from scratch each time.
Page Model
Most content on a normal website is contained in pages, start there and abstract as needed.
Streamlined Simplicity
Avoid the complexity and high costs of blank-box solutions by using a tool that doesn't overcomplicate the process.
Pre-Built SEO
Best practice SEO that every website needs. Don’t DIY, use the industry standards.
Easy Editing Experience
That makes sense for websites and isn't complex for your content editors
So Why Choose Contento?
We've made building a headless website fast and simple for developers, and a pleasure to use for editors.
Starter Kits
Easy to use starter kits complete with content models and code.
My Library
Save and re-use content types across multiple sites.
SEO Module
Get your technical SEO up and running quickly.
Visual Preview
Let everyone see how the page looks before publishing.
Image Optimization API
Crop, resize, change the quality of your images and so much more.
Internationalisation
Take your content to the world with internationalisation
Our customers say it best
Kevin Magee
CTO Zyte
“One of our goals was to ensure our Marketing team was not held up by the Engineering team on a daily basis. We achieved that and empowered Marketing to move at a speed aligned to our business requirements. Content creation and Engineering have been decoupled.”
Phillip Maucher
SaaS Network Ireland Coordinator
“We moved from Wordpress to Contento and have been delighted with the move. I no longer have to get developers to update the site - I reckon it's reduced my site 'admin time' by over 70%.”
Ryan Crowley
CEO Kore Systems
“The migration to Contento was seamless - the results have justified the decision to replatform to Headless.”
Erik Galiana Farell
Frontend Developer at Zyte
“In just one afternoon, I was able to copy a template, read through the docs and easily set up a new webpage with content. This experience really shows how user-friendly Contento is and how it helps speed up the development process without losing quality.”
Jason Culloty
CEO Skillsvista
“It is great that a cutting edge technology like Headless is accessible to startups. Not only have we now got a high performance site, but one that can grow with us as we scale.”
Kevin Abatan
Developer
“I honestly think that you literally killed the "Headless CMS" game with Contento, it just does exactly what I need it to do, it's pretty rare to find such a good product in this field. Bravo!”
Sierra Vithica
Senior Web Developer at Bear Group
“When I started to see what Contento was capable of I got pretty excited! It’s a lot easier to work with than most of the others I’ve tried. Especially when it comes to content modelling. I love that you have a NextJS toolkit already. I was so excited to share it with my team.”
Making the Switch to Contento is a Breeze
We offer migration support from many of the other well known platforms. Get in touch to talk to one of our technical team.