ButterCMS vs. Directus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ButterCMS
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
ButterCMS is a headless content management system and blog engine from the company of the same name in San Francisco. The vendor boasts users can integrate it easily into any new or existing web project in minutes.N/A
Directus
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Directus is an Open Data Platform for managing the content of any SQL database. It provides an API layer (REST & GraphQL) for developers and a no-code App for non-technical users. Written entirely in JavaScript, Directus is open-source, modular, and extensible, allowing it to be fully tailored to a project's needs. Directus dynamically generates custom API endpoints based on an SQL database's schema in real-time — something the vendor states they call "
$0
per Project
Pricing
ButterCMSDirectus
Editions & Modules
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Directus Open-Source
$0
per Project
Directus On-Demand Cloud
$49
per Project
Directus Enterprise Cloud
$499
per Project
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ButterCMSDirectus
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ButterCMSDirectus
Considered Both Products
ButterCMS
Chose ButterCMS
ButterCMS has been here for a while and we at our company know and understand how important brand value can be hence our decision to go ahead with this product. Has been brilliant so far. Save time and handle maintenance measures also help hence this product. Others in this …
Directus

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Top Pros

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Features
ButterCMSDirectus
Hybrid CMS
Comparison of Hybrid CMS features of Product A and Product B
ButterCMS
6.3
1 Ratings
12% below category average
Directus
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Ratings
Collaborative editing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content versioning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval and authoring workflows5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content personalization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
ButterCMSDirectus
Small Businesses
Contentful
Contentful
Score 8.1 out of 10
Contentful
Contentful
Score 8.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ButterCMSDirectus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ButterCMSDirectus
Likelihood to Recommend
ButterCMS
ButterCMS is suited if you are looking to have total headless cms and not cms that are like AEM or WordPress. Marketing multi engines and blogs are a few features to discover here. Do not enter this CMS in case you have no idea of headless cms. Having a little understanding would help.
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Monospace Inc
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Pros
ButterCMS
  • Ease of marketing
  • Engineering excellence
  • Much more access and development can be done
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Monospace Inc
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Cons
ButterCMS
  • Pricing could be checked
  • Maybe add an option to create sites using builders
  • Easily migrate existing sites
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Monospace Inc
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Alternatives Considered
ButterCMS
ButterCMS has been here for a while and we at our company know and understand how important brand value can be hence our decision to go ahead with this product. Has been brilliant so far. Save time and handle maintenance measures also help hence this product. Others in this category were not much that we were aware of.
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Monospace Inc
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Return on Investment
ButterCMS
  • ROI has improved
  • Website load time is better
  • Seo scores have improved
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Monospace Inc
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ScreenShots

Directus Screenshots

Screenshot of Collection Page — This is the main gateway to your content items, providing a highly configurable Layout for browsing and visualizing the items within a collection. The header of this page includes key action buttons for creating, deleting, and batch editing items.Screenshot of Item Detail Page — Most Collection Detail Layouts support navigating to individual item detail pages where you a presented with a customizable form for viewing/editing the item's content.Screenshot of File Library — This module aggregates all files within the project into one consolidated library. This page has the same features and configuration as Collection Detail.Screenshot of Settings > Role Permissions — Directus includes an extremely granular, filter-based permissions system for controlling access.Screenshot of In-App Docs — This module is an internal set of guides, concepts, and reference docs for your project's specific version of Directus. It also includes a dynamic API Reference that is dynamically tailored to your custom schema.