Independent · sourced · Updated September 2026
Best Headless Cms (2026)
8 headless cms options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it; where a vendor publishes no monthly price we name the kind of pricing it uses, never a guess.
The cheapest headless cms is Builder.io at $0/mo. 8 offer a free tier. All 8 compared below on price, free tier and compliance — every figure sourced and dated, updated September 2026.
As of Sep 5, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below
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Per The Front Desk Review, the cheapest headless cms is Builder.io at $0/mo; across 8 with published pricing the median is $61.50/mo ($10–$300/mo), 8 with a free tier, every figure sourced and dated, as of 2026-09-05. https://frontdeskreview.com/best/headless-cms/ Key takeaways
- Typical paid price: from $10/mo, median $61.50/mo, up to $300/mo — across 8 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Builder.io, Contentful, Directus, Hygraph, Prismic, Sanity, Storyblok, Strapi Cloud.
- Tracked: 8 vendors, data current through 2026-09-05. STALE · 2026-06-14
Comparison
| # | Headless Cm | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Builder.io | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Teams bridging Figma design and production code without handoff friction | builder.io | Visit → |
| 2 | Contentful | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Enterprise multi-brand content operations | contentful.com | Visit → |
| 3 | Directus | $0/mo Core | Yes | — | Yes | Teams wrapping existing relational databases without schema migration | directus.com | Visit → |
| 4 | Hygraph | $0/mo Hobby | Yes | — | Yes | Teams requiring GraphQL-first content API performance | hygraph.com | Visit → |
| 5 | Prismic | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Marketing teams managing website content independently from developers | prismic.io | Visit → |
| 6 | Sanity | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | AI-native and agentic content applications | sanity.io | Visit → |
| 7 | Storyblok | $0/mo Starter | Yes | — | — | Enterprise marketing teams wanting visual editing without developer dependency | storyblok.com | Visit → |
| 8 | Strapi Cloud STALE · 2026-06-14 | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Developer teams wanting full open-source control with optional managed hosting | strapi.io | Visit → |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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What is the cheapest headless cms?
Builder.io has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-09-02.
How much does headless cms cost per month?
Across the 8 headless cms with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $61.50/mo, ranging from $10/mo to $300/mo, as of 2026-09-05. 8 also offer a free tier.
Which headless cms have a free plan?
Builder.io, Contentful, Directus, Hygraph, Prismic, Sanity, Storyblok, Strapi Cloud offer a free tier.
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