What is GraphCMS and what are its top alternatives?
Top Alternatives to GraphCMS
- Contentful
With Contentful, you can bring your content anywhere using our APIs, completely customize your content structure all while using your preferred programming languages and frameworks. ...
- Netlify CMS
It is built as a single-page React app. You can create custom-styled previews, UI widgets, and editor plugins or add backends to support different Git platform APIs. ...
- Strapi
Strapi is100% JavaScript, extensible, and fully customizable. It enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use the their favorite tools. ...
- WordPress
The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family. ...
- Prisma
Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It replaces traditional ORMs and makes database access easy with an auto-generated query builder for TypeScript & Node.js. ...
- prismic.io
Prismic is a Content Management System, a tool for editing online content, also known as a headless CMS, an API CMS, a content platform, a disruptive content-as-a-service digital experience. ...
- Sanity
Sanity is a headless, real-time CMS where the editor is an open source React-based construction kit and the backend is a graph-oriented cloud datastore with a globally distributed CDN. ...
- Cockpit
An API-driven CMS without forcing you to make compromises in how you implement your site. The CMS for developers. Manage content like collections, regions, forms and galleries which you can reuse anywhere on your website. ...
GraphCMS alternatives & related posts
- API-based cms30
- Much better than WordPress17
- Simple and customizable11
- Images API5
- Free for small projects3
- Extensible dashboard UI1
- Super simple to integrate1
- Managed Service1
- Tag Manager like UI1
- No spell check5
- No repeater Field5
- No free plan4
- Slow dashboard3
- Enterprise targeted2
- Pricey2
- Limited content types2
- Not scalable1
- No GraphQL API1
related Contentful posts
Hi, I went through a comprehensive analysis - of headless/api content management systems - essentially to store content "bits" and publish them where needed (website, 3rd party sites, social media, etc.). I had considered many other solutions but ultimately chose Directus. I believe that was a good choice.
I had strongly considered Contentful, Strapi, Sanity, and hygraph. Hygraph came in #2 and contentful #3.
Ultimately I liked directus for:
(1) time in business
(2) open source
(3) integration with n8n and Pipedream
(4) pricing
(5) extensibility
Thoughts? Was this a good choice? We have many WordPress sites we're not (at least now) looking to replace with Directus, but instead to push to.
I'd love some feedback.
Hi. I am gonna build a simple app for a company to ease their work. The company is sending out pdf files to their users' email. The data is a health analysis with a lot of different health values. The app should be an MVP, where users can watch their data instead of opening a pdf file. The company should be able to fill in the data in either Firebase or Contentful database. Is Contentful or Firebase best for this solution? What is your opinion?
- Open source3
- Free2
- GraphQL API1
- No relations between items2
related Netlify CMS posts
Hi,
for my last project, my client wanted a CMS to edit basically the entire webpage. I used Netlify CMS for this, but I ran into a lot of issues. I am not sure if CMSs are just hard in general.
What matters to me is pricing (ideally free forever) and that the CMS is easy to use and SIMPLE.
Is Storyblok better than NetlifyCMS? Or should I try Contentful?
Depends on what options and technologies you have available, and how do you deploy your website.
There are CMSs which update existing static pages through FTP: You provide access credentials, mark editable parts of your HTML in a markup, and then edit the content through the hosted CMS. I know two systems which work like that: Cushy CMS and Surreal CMS.
If the source of your site is versioned through Git (and hosted on GitHub), you have other options, like Netlify CMS, Spinal CMS, Siteleaf, Forestry, or CloudCannon. Some of these also need you to use static site generator (like 11ty, Jekyll, or Hugo).
If you have some server-side scripting support available (typically PHP) you can also consider some flat-file based, server-side systems, like Kirby CMS or Lektor, which are usually simpler to retrofit into an existing template than “traditional” CMSs (WordPress, Drupal).
Finally, you could also use a desktop-based static site generator which provides a user-friendly GUI, and then locally generates and uploads the website. For example Publii, YouDoCMS, Agit CMS.
- Free58
- Open source39
- Self-hostable28
- Rapid development27
- API-based cms25
- Headless21
- Real-time18
- Easy setup16
- Large community13
- JSON13
- GraphQL6
- Internationalization4
- Social Auth4
- Media Library2
- Components2
- Raspberry pi1
- Can be limiting9
- Internationalisation8
- A bit buggy6
- DB Migrations not seemless5
related Strapi posts
Hi Stackers, We are planning to build a product information portal that also provides useful articles and blogs. Application Frontend is going to be built on Next.js with Authentication and Product Database helped by Firebase. But for the Blog / Article we are debating between WordPress/GraphQL plug-in or Strapi.
Please share your thoughts.
Hi, I went through a comprehensive analysis - of headless/api content management systems - essentially to store content "bits" and publish them where needed (website, 3rd party sites, social media, etc.). I had considered many other solutions but ultimately chose Directus. I believe that was a good choice.
I had strongly considered Contentful, Strapi, Sanity, and hygraph. Hygraph came in #2 and contentful #3.
Ultimately I liked directus for:
(1) time in business
(2) open source
(3) integration with n8n and Pipedream
(4) pricing
(5) extensibility
Thoughts? Was this a good choice? We have many WordPress sites we're not (at least now) looking to replace with Directus, but instead to push to.
I'd love some feedback.
WordPress
- Customizable414
- Easy to manage365
- Plugins & themes353
- Non-tech colleagues can update website content257
- Really powerful246
- Rapid website development144
- Best documentation77
- Codex51
- Product feature set44
- Custom/internal social network35
- Open source17
- Great for all types of websites8
- Huge install and user base7
- Open Source Community5
- Most websites make use of it5
- Best5
- Perfect example of user collaboration5
- It's simple and easy to use by any novice5
- I like it like I like a kick in the groin5
- API-based CMS4
- Community4
- Easy To use3
- <a href="https://secure.wphackedhel">Easy Beginner</a>2
- Plugins are of mixed quality12
- Hard to keep up-to-date if you customize things12
- Not best backend UI9
- Complex Organization2
- Great Security1
related WordPress posts
I've heard that I have the ability to write well, at times. When it flows, it flows. I decided to start blogging in 2013 on Blogger. I started a company and joined BizPark with the Microsoft Azure allotment. I created a WordPress blog and did a migration at some point. A lot happened in the time after that migration but I stopped coding and changed cities during tumultuous times that taught me many lessons concerning mental health and productivity. I eventually graduated from BizSpark and outgrew the credit allotment. That killed the WordPress blog.
I blogged about writing again on the existing Blogger blog but it didn't feel right. I looked at a few options where I wouldn't have to worry about hosting cost indefinitely and Jekyll stood out with GitHub Pages. The Importer was fairly straightforward for the existing blog posts.
Todo * Set up redirects for all posts on blogger. The URI format is different so a complete redirect wouldn't work. Although, there may be something in Jekyll that could manage the redirects. I did notice the old URLs were stored in the front matter. I'm working on a command-line Ruby gem for the current plan. * I did find some of the lost WordPress posts on archive.org that I downloaded with the waybackmachinedownloader. I think I might write an importer for that. * I still have a few Disqus comment threads to map
WordPress Magento PHP Java Swift JavaScript
Back in the days, we started looking for a date on different matrimonial websites as there were no Dating Applications. We used to create different profiles. It all changed in 2012 when Tinder, an Online Dating application came into India Market.
Tinder allowed us to communicate with our potential soul mates. That too without paying any extra money. I too got 4-6 matches in 6 years. It changed the life of many Millennials. Tinder created a revolution of its own. P.S. - I still don't have a date :(
Posting my first article. Please have a look and do give feedback.
Communication InAppChat Dating Matrimonial #messaging
- Type-safe database access12
- Open Source10
- Auto-generated query builder8
- Supports multible database systems6
- Increases confidence during development6
- Built specifically for Postgres and TypeScript4
- Productive application development4
- Supports multible RDBMSs2
- Robust migrations system2
- Doesn't support downward/back migrations2
- Doesn't support JSONB1
- Do not support JSONB1
- Mutation of JSON is really confusing1
- Do not support JSONB1
related Prisma posts
I just finished a web app meant for a business that offers training programs for certain professional courses. I chose this stack to test out my skills in graphql and react. I used Node.js , GraphQL , MySQL for the #Backend utilizing Prisma as a database interface for MySQL to provide CRUD APIs and graphql-yoga as a server. For the #frontend I chose React, styled-components for styling, Next.js for routing and SSR and Apollo for data management. I really liked the outcome and I will definitely use this stack in future projects.
In my last side project, I built a web posting application that has similar features as Facebook and hosted on Heroku. The user can register an account, create posts, upload images and share with others. I took an advantage of graphql-subscriptions to handle realtime notifications in the comments section. Currently, I'm at the last stage of styling and building layouts.
For the #Backend I used graphql-yoga, Prisma, GraphQL with PostgreSQL database. For the #FrontEnd: React, styled-components with Apollo. The app is hosted on Heroku.
prismic.io
- Nice writing room7
- Very Good UX3
- Prismic.io powers lichess.org/blog3
- Friendly Pricing2
- Nice UI and clean2
- Works with GraphQL with Gatsby2
- Releases - Scheduling content to go live1
- Integration Field1
- Slices - Reusable components1
- Page "slices" very useful1
- SDKs for render frameworks1
- No write API yet2
- Bad Documentation1
- No admin UX control (only schema)1
related prismic.io posts
- Headless12
- Hosted11
- Realtime7
- Powerful read + write API7
- Free for small projects7
- Customizable6
- API-based cms5
- Schema as a code5
- Easy setup, endless flexibility4
- Lightweight & pluggable Content studio4
- Works with GraphQL with Gatsby4
- Images API4
- Much better than WordPress4
- Preview content1
related Sanity posts
Hi, I went through a comprehensive analysis - of headless/api content management systems - essentially to store content "bits" and publish them where needed (website, 3rd party sites, social media, etc.). I had considered many other solutions but ultimately chose Directus. I believe that was a good choice.
I had strongly considered Contentful, Strapi, Sanity, and hygraph. Hygraph came in #2 and contentful #3.
Ultimately I liked directus for:
(1) time in business
(2) open source
(3) integration with n8n and Pipedream
(4) pricing
(5) extensibility
Thoughts? Was this a good choice? We have many WordPress sites we're not (at least now) looking to replace with Directus, but instead to push to.
I'd love some feedback.
Im building a simple portfolio website using Next.js and all the content is static, what's the best between Contentful and Sanity.
I really like the self-hosting and custom layout with sanity however I don't think time customizing is worth it anymore.
Any thoughts
- Flexible and plays nicely with any frontend3
- Easy for Content Managers to understand and use3
- Open Source3
- Fast & lightweight2
- Modular2
- GraphQL2
- Self hosted2