Item: Contentful
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Contentful

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Contentful as a headless CMS for clients which want an enterprise grade platform without the enterprise cost of entry. Contentful solves the use of complex content structures in simple and powerful way to expose content across platforms whilst empowering marketeers to build rich experience. The recent additions of a true visual editor and integrations with Ninetailed ensure we can meet the capabilities of platforms which cost many tines more.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Free tier for experimenting
Great documentation and guides
Marketplace for apps
Simple yet powerful SDK

Cons

Content type limitations can be frustrating
A "comments" dashboard is NEEDED

Return on Investment

Enabled rapid project delivery
Low cost projects for charities
They've brought us direct client work through partnership

Usability

Apart from not being able to manage your comments in a central place, it's almost perfect.
A mobile app would be great but no-one has that yet.

Alternatives Considered

Storyblok, Optimizely Content Management System and WordPress

Better, easier, mostly cheaper.

Key Insights

Do you think Contentful delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Contentful's feature set?

Yes

Did Contentful live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Contentful go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Contentful again?

Yes

Other Software Used

React, Vercel

Likelihood to Recommend

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 .

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Fantastic at every price point. Even Free.