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title: Headless CMS
kind: note
description: Contentful - enterprise offering DatoCMS - SaaS, free plan only up to 300 records Decap CMS Directus - commercial, but free for small companies EmDash - a WordPress -like CMS for Astro Kide CMS…
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readingMinutes: 1
created: '2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Z'
updated: '2026-07-08T12:56:26+02:00'
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- [Contentful](https://www.contentful.com/) - enterprise offering
- [DatoCMS](https://www.datocms.com/) - SaaS, free plan only up to 300 records
- [Decap CMS](https://decapcms.org/)
- [Directus](https://directus.io/) - commercial, but free for small companies
- [EmDash](https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash) - a <span class="dead-link">WordPress</span>-like CMS for [Astro](/notes/astro)
- [Kide CMS](https://docs.kide.dev/) ([Astro](/notes/astro)-specific)
- [Mattrbld](https://mattrbld.com/)
- [Payload](/notes/payload) - [open source](/notes/open-source), based on <span class="dead-link">Next.js</span>, owned by <span class="dead-link">Figma</span>
- [Prismic](https://prismic.io/) - [SaaS](/notes/cloud)
- [Sanity](https://www.sanity.io/) - [SaaS](/notes/cloud) with a generous free tier (public content only)
- [SonicJS](https://sonicjs.com/) - [open source](/notes/open-source), supports [Cloudflare](/notes/cloudflare) only
- [Strapi](https://strapi.io/) - [open source](/notes/open-source)
- [Sveltia CMS](https://sveltiacms.app/en/)
- [WollyCMS](https://wollycms.com/) ([Astro](/notes/astro)-specific)