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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentful

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AContentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.

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    Contentful
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Contentful
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Contentful
    Considered Both Products
    Contentful
    Chose Contentful
    Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery.
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    Didn't use other products
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    Contentful was affordable and much simpler than the Java based systems and preferred over a PHP solution
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    In the past we've used WordPress to manage documentation content. WordPress was more flexible than Contentful but also prone to inconsistencies and we ended having a lot of hacks to accomplish various WordPress tricks. With Contentful there's less ambiguity so content producers …
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    Contentful offers a great deal of features for a relatively low price. This is what ended up persuading us to purchase it. We also gathered that this was one of the more well-rated products out there, which was encouraging. It definitely stacks up well against its competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    Very similar to WordPress, but has more organizational properties than square space.
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    For custom solutions, Contentful blows every other CMS I've used out of the water. Unlike WordPress, there's no clutter to wade through, and you can simply build the infrastructure you need. It's more secure by far, and works seamlessly with modern frontend technologies, like …
    Incentivized
    Chose Contentful
    Contentful was the most user-friendly platform that everyone in our company could understand. It doesn't have the integrations that WordPress does, but it was easier for everyone in our organization to use. We've also seen good ranking and traffic from the pages created in …
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    Chose Contentful
    Contentful is easy and fast and cheap. I went from zero experience to loading data out of my contentful space in about an hour or more. The cost is very reasonable and compared to options like CloudCMS are a fraction of the cost. The benefit is that with a lower cost entry …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Contentful
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentful
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Role-based user permissions7.38 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentful
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    API8.38 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.76 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentful
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    0% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.56 Ratings
    Admin section8.08 Ratings
    Page templates7.64 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.52 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.75 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.09 Ratings
    Form generator7.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentful
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Content taxonomy8.08 Ratings
    SEO support7.07 Ratings
    Bulk management7.75 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.56 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Contentful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Contentful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contentful
    Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
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    Pros
    Contentful
    • Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
    • High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
    • Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Contentful
    • The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
    • The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
    • It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
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    Contentful
    Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Contentful
    • There was no negative impact as such.
    • Positive impact is increase in sales.
    • More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a time and less manual effort.
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