Contentful is a headless CMS platform founded in Berlin in 2013, valued at over $3 billion after its 2022 Series F round and serving brands such as Spotify and Audi. It delivers structured content to any channel including Web, App and IoT via REST/GraphQL APIs.
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Compare 116 CMS platforms covering traditional CMS, headless CMS, and visual website builders.
Drupal is an open-source PHP CMS created by Dries Buytaert in 2000, the third most popular open-source CMS worldwide, with 40k+ modules on Drupal.org, native multilingual and headless support, suited to complex enterprise websites.
Ghost is an open-source headless CMS focused on publishing and membership, founded in 2013 via Kickstarter, serving over 2 million sites and known for a clean writing experience, built-in membership, and high performance.
Sanity is a Norway-based structured content platform founded in 2015 with over $200M in funding. Its single Content Lake supports 3+ distribution channels, making it strong for content platform modernization.
Storyblok is a visual headless CMS founded in Linz, Austria in 2017, known for component-based content and in-page live editing, with a free Starter and Growth at $90.75/month billed annually.
Strapi is an open-source headless CMS founded in Paris, France in 2015, leading its category with 65,000+ GitHub stars. Its visual content type builder auto-generates REST/GraphQL APIs with self-hosting and Strapi Cloud options.
WP Engine is an enterprise-grade WordPress hosting platform founded in Austin, Texas in 2010, serving brands and agencies with Everest caching, a global CDN, StudioPress themes, and 24/7 expert support.
Shopify is a Canada-based ecommerce CMS platform with 8000+ apps and tiered plans from $39/month. It combines storefront, payments, and operations into one growth-oriented commerce stack.
10Web is an AI-powered WordPress website builder and hosting platform focused on agentic "generate a site from a prompt" workflows, with 99.99% uptime hosting, a 90+ PageSpeed benchmark, and AI Starter from $10/month.
Duda is a website builder founded in 2009 in Palo Alto, US, built for digital agencies and SaaS platforms, offering 100+ responsive templates, multi-site management and full white-label customization with built-in AI building and SEO tools.
Elegant Themes is a WordPress theme and plugin vendor founded in 2008 in the US, whose Divi theme and visual builder have over 1 million users, with 2000+ built-in layouts and a pay-once-use-forever model ($89/year or $249 lifetime).
Elementor is the most widely used visual page builder in the WordPress ecosystem, with over 15 million active installs and 700K+ paid users, letting users build professional websites and WooCommerce stores through drag and drop.
Webflow is a visual website platform founded in San Francisco in 2013, valued at $4B in 2022 and serving 3.5M+ users. It combines a designer, CMS, ecommerce, and global hosting in one workflow for design and marketing teams.
Sitecore is a Sweden-based enterprise digital experience platform built around 4 core modules for content management, personalization, and omnichannel orchestration.
Wix Studio is a developer platform launched by Wix in 2023 for professional developers and agencies, offering a responsive design engine, Velo custom code, multi-site management, and team collaboration.
WordPress is an open-source PHP CMS released in 2003 that powers roughly 43% of all websites, the top share of any CMS. Its 60,000+ plugins and 12,000+ themes make it the common foundation for blogs, business sites, and ecommerce.
Moodle is the world's most widely used open-source learning management system, initiated in 2002 in Perth, Australia, with 300M+ users across 240+ countries and support for 100+ languages. GPL free and open source, it is backed by 2000+ plugins and the Workplace and MoodleCloud ecosystem - a mainstream choice for schools and corporate training.
Joomla is an open-source content management system released in 2005 that powers about 1.9% of websites worldwide. Native multilingual support and a strong user permission system, combined with 6000+ extensions, suit membership sites, social platforms and organizational portals.
Webiny is an open-source CMS built on an AWS serverless architecture, combining a Headless CMS, Page Builder, and GraphQL API. It shines at on-demand scaling and zero server operations for teams already on cloud infrastructure.
WordPress.com is a managed WordPress platform launched by Automattic in 2005, with built-in Jetpack backup, security, and a global CDN and unlimited bandwidth on paid plans, letting users run sites without operating servers.
Magento (now Adobe Commerce) is an open-source enterprise e-commerce platform founded in Los Angeles, USA in 2007 and acquired by Adobe for $1.68 billion in 2018. The open-source edition is free, modular and deeply customizable, supports multi-store and complete B2B capabilities, serving tens of thousands of merchants.
Bookmark is an AI website builder founded in the United States in 2014. Its core product AiDA generates a website automatically from a guided Q&A within minutes, with drag-and-drop no-code editing for individuals and small businesses.
Jimdo is a website building platform founded in Hamburg, Germany in 2007 that has served over 20 million users worldwide. Its drag-and-drop Creator editor and built-in e-commerce let individuals and small businesses launch sites without coding.
Site123 is a US-based website builder focused on rapid launch, with a 3-step flow, 1000+ templates, and free publishing for small teams and personal sites.