Compare Butter CMS and Contentful 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (37.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
$0.00
Butter CMS
Star Rating
(206)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansContentful
Star Rating
(321)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansButter CMS vs Contentful
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Butter CMS easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Butter CMS overall.
- Reviewers felt that Butter CMS meets the needs of their business better than Contentful.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Butter CMS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Butter CMS over Contentful.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Butter CMS
Free
Free Trial
Per Month
For freelancers and devs launching fast on small projects or MVPs
- Unlimited users
- 50 blogs
- Unlimited Components & Collections
Free Trial
Butter CMS
Free Trial is available
Contentful
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
154
8.4
232
Ease of Use
9.2
153
8.4
235
Ease of Setup
9.1
96
8.2
115
Ease of Admin
9.1
87
8.4
107
Quality of Support
9.6
146
8.4
189
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
85
8.6
98
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
139
7.4
220
Features by Category
Content
9.1
57
8.3
147
|
Verified
8.7
56
7.9
145
|
Verified
8.2
50
7.9
132
|
Verified
7.6
41
7.7
114
|
Verified
8.8
40
7.9
100
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.4
90
|
Verified
8.2
55
7.8
132
|
Verified
7.4
56
7.7
137
|
Verified
8.6
55
8.2
133
|
Verified
Design
8.3
47
7.1
64
8.0
49
7.3
67
8.2
46
7.5
80
|
Verified
8.6
54
8.2
124
|
Verified
Platform
8.0
45
7.7
77
8.5
51
7.9
108
|
Verified
8.3
52
8.1
124
|
Verified
8.6
51
8.0
137
|
Verified
8.4
44
8.3
125
|
Verified
7.9
39
8.3
117
|
Verified
7.6
38
8.0
101
|
Verified
8.9
52
8.7
119
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
7.8
6
7.6
7
8.1
6
6.9
7
7.8
6
7.4
7
7.8
6
7.6
7
8.9
6
7.9
7
7.5
6
7.4
7
Content Management
9.7
5
8.3
7
8.8
7
8.3
8
8.9
6
7.6
7
Design & Development
Feature Not Available
8.1
7
8.3
6
7.1
7
9.0
5
8.1
7
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.5
13
Management
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
13
Support
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Publishing
8.9
48
|
Verified
8.1
60
|
Verified
8.0
38
|
Verified
8.6
66
|
Verified
6.5
23
7.5
27
Development
8.0
59
|
Verified
7.9
77
|
Verified
8.7
51
|
Verified
8.6
77
|
Verified
7.8
42
|
Verified
7.5
59
|
Verified
7.1
25
7.7
39
|
Verified
Analytics
7.8
42
7.5
47
|
Verified
8.5
48
7.8
61
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Butter CMS and Contentful are categorized as Headless CMS, Web Content Management, and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Unique Categories
Butter CMS has no unique categories
Contentful is categorized as WebOps Platforms and Personalization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Butter CMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Contentful
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
11.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.9%
Financial Services
7.4%
Retail
5.0%
Internet
5.0%
Other
61.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Computer Software
11.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
7.2%
Financial Services
5.9%
Internet
4.9%
Other
58.6%
Discussions
What is butter CMS?
1 Comment
JL
ButterCMS is your content backend. An API-first headless CMS platform that marketers + developers love.
Here's a quick overview:...Read more
How does a headless CMS work?
1 Comment
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
What is Prismic?
1 Comment
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
Can you do dynamic input validation on dropdowns?
1 Comment
GH
You can do dynamic validation on anything, but it would require that you wrap the open source contentful field editors with your own javascript validation...Read more
What is Contentful used for?
1 Comment
D
Managing the content of the application in the cloud whether its Mobile App or Website Read more
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