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Compare Butter CMS and Pantheon 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Butter CMS
Star Rating
(205)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansPantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansButter CMS vs Pantheon
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 Pantheon.
- 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 Pantheon.
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
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Free Trial
Butter CMS
Free Trial is available
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
153
8.8
498
Ease of Use
9.2
152
8.8
500
Ease of Setup
9.1
95
8.7
391
Ease of Admin
9.1
86
8.7
387
Quality of Support
9.6
145
8.7
475
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
84
8.8
372
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
138
8.2
481
Features by Category
Content
9.1
57
9.1
119
|
Verified
8.7
56
8.9
114
|
Verified
8.2
50
9.2
135
|
Verified
7.6
41
8.8
127
|
Verified
8.8
40
9.0
112
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.9
106
8.2
55
8.9
116
|
Verified
7.4
56
8.6
108
|
Verified
8.6
55
9.1
115
|
Verified
Design
8.3
47
8.3
83
|
Verified
8.0
49
8.4
83
8.2
46
8.4
81
8.6
54
8.9
93
Platform
8.0
45
8.9
121
|
Verified
8.5
51
8.9
108
8.3
52
8.9
109
|
Verified
8.6
51
9.0
133
|
Verified
8.4
44
9.2
137
|
Verified
7.9
39
8.8
96
7.6
38
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.9
52
8.9
124
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Analytics
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Content Management
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Design & Development
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
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
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Management
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Support
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Publishing
8.9
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
38
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.5
23
Not enough data
Development
8.0
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
51
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
42
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
25
Not enough data
Analytics
7.8
42
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Security
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Free Resources
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Butter CMS and Pantheon are categorized as Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Butter CMS is categorized as Headless CMS and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Pantheon is categorized as WebOps Platforms, Continuous Integration, Managed Hosting, and WordPress Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Butter CMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pantheon
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
10.0%
Financial Services
7.5%
Retail
5.0%
Internet
5.0%
Other
61.2%
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.6%
Other
42.4%
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
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
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