# Best tools for secure headless content delivery?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">I keep hearing the same concern when teams go headless: once content is API-driven, security becomes a bigger part of the CMS conversation—especially with tokens, roles, and integrations in play.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">So I looked at <strong>G2 data for the</strong><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/headless-cms"><strong> </strong></a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/headless-cms"><strong>Headless CMS category</strong></a> to see which platforms rank highest for teams prioritizing secure content delivery. Here’s the top group.</p><strong>Top headless CMS tools (by G2 Score)</strong><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/sanity/reviews"><strong>Sanity</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> secure, real-time content delivery with granular roles and permissions.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hygraph/reviews"><strong>Hygraph</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> secure GraphQL APIs powering content delivery.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/storyblok/reviews"><strong>Storyblok</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> headless content delivery with strong access controls and governance.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/prismic/reviews"><strong>Prismic</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> secure API-based delivery without heavy operational complexity.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/umbraco/reviews"><strong>Umbraco</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> more control over governance as they move to decoupled delivery.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/contentstack/reviews"><strong>Contentstack</strong></a><strong>: Best for teams that want</strong> enterprise-grade security and compliance alignment in a headless CMS.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Anyone using any of these tools mainly because of security requirements? Any other tool to include? What’s been your experience?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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- Posted at: 4 months ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;Do you enforce most CMS security inside the platform—or at the API gateway/CDN layer?&lt;/p&gt;

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