Contentful REVIEW

Contentful is an online content management system (CMS) and development platform that has API embedded at the core of its operating technology. This advanced system makes all created content accessible via APIs, which allows users to bring their content anywhere and showcase it for any purpose.

With Contentful’s unique technology in place, users are able to build a custom content model instead of having to deal with fixed, predefined templates. It delivers all needed content while providing enough room for users to design around it, separating the content from presentation in a more flexible and scalable manner for better performance.

On top of it, Contentful is a highly affordable and well-integrated content management solution which will blend seamlessly into the rest of your business’s software architecture. The vendor offers a free plan for starters, freelancers, and small businesses, and a painless transition towards higher, paid plans to support your brand’s development.

Contentful’s content is stored in entries which consist of flexible and modular fields. This allows moving away from the page-centric model which is very limiting in terms of content presentation. It also has the advantage of using the “Markdown” formatting language which can work on various platforms and can quickly be parsed. With a capacity like that, content template of whatever type can be created, regardless of its complexity and whether you’re creating it manually in the web interface, or by using some specific code via the management API.

Content management and content delivery are decoupled on the infrastructure level. This means that if the management segment fails, the delivery tier is still up. The delivery infrastructure is read-only for higher speed and better security, and access permissions are governed depending on your internal business structure and organization. Multiple redundancies and extensive caching ensure fast content delivery to users, and secure important data from getting lost in the system. This entails that in case that all redundancies on the delivery infrastructure fail, 98% of content would still be served just from the cache.

Contentful also offers real-time document editing for proper collaboration. With its powerful API and custom scripts, content can be imported from almost every other source. Content and content models can be created and updated via the management API. That way you can implement your own custom content management workflow: Finally, Contentful also offers synchronization that enables delivery of small bits of content updates, greatly improving mobile bandwidth requirements.

Contentful offers a 14-day free trial and the following payment plans:

Developer Plan – Free

• With Contentful logo attribution
• 3 users
• 10K records
• 2 spaces

Developer+ Plan – $39/month

• Without Contentful logo attribution
• 3 users
• 10K records
• 2 spaces

Team Plan – $249/month

• 12 users
• 25K records
• 3 spaces

Professional Plan – $949/month

• 20 users
• 50K records
• 5 spaces

Enterprise Plan – Get a quote

• Unlimited projects and customizable limits