Headless CMS

Structured content store with real-time GROQ querying and an edge CDN; free Developer plan for 3 users with 10 GB assets.

Bandwidth

included

Requests

100k CDN requests/month, 10k documents

Paid from

$99/mo

Enterprise-grade headless CMS with a free Community plan for 5 users, 10k records, and a GraphQL + REST content API.

Bandwidth

included

Requests

10k records, 1k assets, 10 locales, 2 spaces

Paid from

$300/mo

Open-source Node.js headless CMS — fully free to self-host; Strapi Cloud has a 14-day trial then paid, no forever-free cloud tier.

Bandwidth

n/a

Requests

Open-source self-host free (MIT); Strapi Cloud 14-day trial

Paid from

$15/mo

TypeScript-first headless CMS — open-source and fully free to self-host with Next.js; Payload Cloud has a trial, no forever-free cloud tier.

Bandwidth

n/a

Requests

Open-source self-host free (MIT); Payload Cloud trial

Paid from

$35/mo