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ButterCMS

ButterCMS is an API-first headless Content Management System designed to help high-growth organizations build, launch, and scale high-performance websites, e-commerce…

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Our verdict

Who it's for

The headless CMS that fuels fast-moving teams, enabling developers to build their way and marketers to publish in...

Who should look elsewhere

No explicit free tier mentioned, only a "Start for Free" button which likely refers to a trial.

Pros

  • +Empowers marketers to publish and update content independently, reducing dev bottlenecks.
  • +Offers developers flexibility to use any modern tech stack with an API-first approach.
  • +Supports multi-site and multi-language content management for global scalability.
  • +Includes AI Assistant and migration tools to streamline content creation and transfer.
  • +Provides robust features for SEO, collaboration, and media management.

Cons

  • −No explicit free tier mentioned, only a "Start for Free" button which likely refers to a trial.
  • −Requires technical understanding for initial setup and integration due to its headless nature.

Key features

  • ✓Content Types & Content Modeling
  • ✓Pages & Collections
  • ✓Blog Engine
  • ✓Built-in SEO Metadata
  • ✓Powerful Field Types (Components, References, Repeaters)
  • ✓Split-screen Preview
  • ✓Content Scheduling
  • ✓Revision History & One-click Rollback

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Free$0month50K API calls/month; 100 GB/month bandwidth; 5 Pages
Basic$71month100K API calls/month; 250 GB/month bandwidth; 20 Pages
Advanced$224month500K API calls/month; 500 GB/month bandwidth; 50 Pages
Professional$359month1M API calls/month; 1TB/month bandwidth; 100 Pages
Enterprise—monthCustom API calls; Custom bandwidth; Custom pages

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