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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ghost(Pro) is the official managed hosting for the open-source publishing platform Ghost, starting at $9/month with built-in membership and newsletters, serving over 2 million sites for creators and teams who prefer not to self-host.
Zesty.io is a headless CMS and digital experience platform (DXP) founded in the US in 2014, offering REST and GraphQL dual-API content delivery, visual editing, and AWS-based SaaS hosting for multi-channel content operations.
Wagtail is an open-source Django CMS launched by UK-based Torchbox in 2014, with 20,000+ GitHub stars. Its StreamField structured editing and multilingual workflow suit teams that prioritize content security and extensibility.
Statamic is an open-source flat-file CMS built on Laravel, originating in 2012, known for database-free, Git-friendly content management, with free Core and one-time $349 per-site Pro licensing.
Payload CMS is an open-source headless CMS and application framework built on Next.js and TypeScript, code-first and self-hostable, used in production by Microsoft, ASICS, and Blue Origin, and part of Figma since 2026.
Magnolia is an enterprise digital experience platform (DXP) founded in Basel, Switzerland in 1997. Built on the Java/Spring stack with a modular architecture and REST/GraphQL dual APIs for Headless/CaaS delivery, it includes DAM, AI and enterprise-grade security for large enterprise multi-channel content.
Liferay is an enterprise digital experience platform (DXP) founded in 2004 in Diamond Bar, California, USA. Its open-source community edition is free, and one platform integrates CMS, DAM, Commerce, Search, personalization and AI. Rated 4.6/5.0 on Gartner Peer Insights with a 360+ partner network, it suits large enterprise portals and multisite scenarios.
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Headless CMS separates content management from frontend display. Comparison of major Headless CMS solutions.