Headless CMS Head-to-Head

headless-cms-comparison.md

Name	Link	OpenSource	Self-Hosted	Multi-Site	MultiLingual	Headless-first	Content Blocks	Page Templates	Visual Previews	Language
Strapi	Strapi	✅	✅	⚠️	✅	✅	✅	❓	❓	TS/JS
Payload	Payload	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❓	✅	TS
Webiny	Webiny	✅	✅	💸	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	TS/JS
Keystone	KeystoneJS	✅	✅	✅	⚠️	✅	✅	❓	❓	TS
Apostrophe	ApostropheCMS	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	JS
Cockpit	Cockpit	✅	✅	❓	💸	✅	💸	❓	✅	PHP
Craft CMS	Craft CMS	⚠️	✅	✅	✅	🟡	✅	✅	✅	PHP
TinaCMS	Tina	✅	✅	❓	✅	✅	✅	❓	✅	TS
Statamatic	Statamic	⚠️	✅	✅	✅	🟡	✅	❓	✅	PHP
WordPress	WordPress.org	✅	✅	✅	💸	🟡	✅	✅	✅	PHP/TS/JS
⚠️Sanity	Sanity Studio	⛔	⛔	✅	✅	✅	❓	❓	✅	⛔
⚠️React Bricks	React Bricks	⛔	💸	❓	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	⛔
⚠️Prismic	Prismic	⛔	⛔	❓	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	⛔

Reviewing features, I think the first 3 to look at are:

• Payload
• Apostrophe
• WordPress

☝️ These three options seem like they hit everything we are looking for. WordPress has the added option of being what is currently in use, the Marketing Team already knows it, and content migration should be easier.

If we want to look at more options, I would next suggest

• Webiny
• Statamatic
• Strapi

Although Strapi was the front-runner coming into this, its oddities regarding multi-site and the fact that the domain and the Admin are tightly coupled knocked it out of the running. Since there IS a work-around, we can still consider it

The features I prioritized were:

1. Open Source / Source-Available (Open Source strongly preferred)
2. Multi-lingual Support
3. Multi-site support
4. Content Block editing support / experience, visual editing, visual preview