Best Free Cms Tools

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BaseHub

Free tier available

AI-native headless CMS with block-based editing, API-first content delivery, and asset management

Switching Cost: moderate

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Builder.io

Free tier available

AI-powered visual CMS and design-to-code platform for content publishing and development

Switching Cost: significant

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Caisy

Free tier available

High-performance headless CMS with GraphQL API and multi-tenancy support

Switching Cost: significant

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Contentful

Free tier available

API-first content management platform for digital experiences

Switching Cost: significant

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DatoCMS

Free tier available

Headless CMS with real-time collaboration, GraphQL API, and structured content modeling

Switching Cost: significant

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Directus

Free tier available

Open-source headless CMS and backend-as-a-service with REST and GraphQL APIs and managed cloud

Switching Cost: moderate

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Ghost

Free tier available

Open-source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and memberships

Switching Cost: moderate

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Hygraph

Free tier available

API-first headless CMS with content federation and AI-powered content workflows

Switching Cost: significant

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Keystatic

Free tier available

Git-based CMS for structured content with Markdown, MDX, and JSON stored directly in your repository

Switching Cost: drop-in

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Payload

Free tier available

TypeScript-first open-source headless CMS with code-based configuration and managed cloud hosting

Switching Cost: moderate

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Prismic

Free tier available

Headless CMS with slice-based content modeling and visual page builder

Switching Cost: significant

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Sanity

Free tier available

Headless CMS platform with GROQ query language, real-time collaboration, Sanity Studio, and Content Lake

Switching Cost: significant

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Storyblok

Free tier available

Headless CMS with a visual editor, component-based content management, and multi-language support

Switching Cost: significant

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Strapi Cloud

Free tier available

Managed cloud hosting for the Strapi open-source headless CMS

Switching Cost: moderate

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TinaCMS

Free tier available

Git-backed headless CMS with visual editing and live preview

Switching Cost: moderate