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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentful

    Score7.6 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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    Forestry CMS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Forestry CMS is presented as the simplest headless CMS for Markdown-based sites, from Forestry.io headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The user can write front-end code, with Next.js, Hugo, Gatsby or another preferred static site generator, and push to Git repo. Forestry will pull in commits and update the CMS.N/A

    Storyblok

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AStoryblok helps teams to tell their stories and manage their content for every use-case: corporate websites, e-commerce, helpdesks, mobile apps, and screen displays. Storyblok features: Visual Editor: Live preview changes made on a website Component approach: Nestable content bloks make content management easy. Headless / API: Access data through its APIs Boasting customers in nearly every industry and country, Storyblok states they help thousands of…

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    Pricing
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Starter
    $0
    Free with 1 Seat
    Growth
    $99
    per month Includes 5 team member seats
    Growth Plus
    $349
    per month Includes 15 team member seats
    Enterprise
    $3,299
    per month 30 users included
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Considered Multiple Products
    Contentful
    Chose Contentful
    Better, easier, mostly cheaper.
    Incentivized
    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentful and Forestry CMS and Storyblok
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Forestry CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Storyblok
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Role-based user permissions8.510 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentful and Forestry CMS and Storyblok
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.5
    12 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Forestry CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Storyblok
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    API9.311 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.79 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentful and Forestry CMS and Storyblok
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Forestry CMS
    -
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    Storyblok
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness9.58 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Admin section9.311 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Page templates7.64 Ratings00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.52 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design4.57 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.312 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentful and Forestry CMS and Storyblok
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.4
    12 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Forestry CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Storyblok
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content taxonomy10.011 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SEO support10.09 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Bulk management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.08 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentfulForestry CMSStoryblok
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contentful
    It's a great all rounder for content projects. It's easy in the basics and powerful in the complex, data heavy scenarios. Extending the platform is straightforward and the SDK gives you everything you need. If you have many many varying content types , it gets expensive and perhaps not the best choice .
    Incentivized
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    Forestry.io
    No answers on this topic
    Storyblok
    It's suitable if you want a custom website and have a development team dedicated to coding sections, as well as a content/marketing team dedicated to building the pages using those sections. It's not appropriate for an entrepreneur who's just getting started and doesn't have enough resources/team members.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Contentful
    • Flexible. This CMS can be easily extended and provide access to dynamic content
    • Simple. The WYSWG is very easy to work with and identifying pages and content in the system is fairly easy
    • Clean Interface. The interface is clean and uncluttered keeping focus on the content and not other factors.
    Incentivized
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    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    • Very easy to generate project documents
    • Obtaining the best data insights across cloud services
    • Easy creating various content
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    Cons
    Contentful
    • Contentful uses "references" to allow you to build very modular content. If I have a "slider" content type, I can create a "slide" content type which references a "button" content type, and so forth. This works well, but I occasionally wish there was a better solution for one-off content, like a settings page. Currently, this is done for creating an entire content type called "settings" with a single entry. Not a big deal, but not ideal, either.
    • There are a few quirks with GatsbyJS integration, etc, but these issues are being fixed and improved upon very quickly.
    • A minor gripe, but Contentful does not have a way to organize fields within an entry. Entries with many fields are somewhat tiresome to scroll through.
    Incentivized
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    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    • Number selectors accidentally go up or down when scrolling.
    • Number selectors accidentally go up or down when scrolling.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    It satisfies our needs perfectly; I don't see us moving onto a different platform anytime soon (or at all).
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Contentful
    It is a very easy to use and configure application. I find that it is on the user to manage the content after the models have been created, yet I still do not encounter issues finding or creating new components for our site. It is easy to set up and easy to navigate.
    Incentivized
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    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    I think it's really good and easy to get the hang of, but I'm sure there's still room for improvement. It definitely took me a bit to get used to.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    It just works.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Contentful
    • Contentful has saved us valuable development time that was previously spent doing deploys for minor content updates.
    • Contentful has helped us maintain consistent documentation, reducing time needed to review for consistency.
    • Can't say we've really experienced any negative ROI impacts from using Contentful, but we've run into some limitations in adding too many content models and the next pricing tier is substantially more expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Forestry.io
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    Storyblok
    • Clear and reliable data reports generation is very easy.
    • Data accessibility Storyblok is amazing.
    • Marketing management across different platforms
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