Doug C.
DC
Doug C.
Head of Marketing
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Contentful: A Reliable and Versatile CMS Powering Multiple Projects Across Companies"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Contentful is incredibly easy to use, making it a go-to CMS for both developers and content managers. Its API-first approach ensures seamless integrations with a wide range of other systems, allowing for high interoperability. I've leveraged it across various companies and clients for a diverse range of use cases, and it consistently delivers. As a truly composable technology, it gives teams the flexibility to build exactly what they need, whether it's for a simple site or a more complex, content-driven application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

While Contentful excels in many areas, the pricing structure can become a consideration as you scale. As your content and API usage grow, costs can quickly escalate, which may be a challenge for some organizations when scaling larger applications or content-heavy platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dan D.
DD
Dan D.
CTO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Powerful, if you need the power"
4/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Contentful is strongest in offering structured content models for developers to query and consume via APIs. This is especially powerful when managing content across platforms such as web and mobile. The headless CMS allows flexibility in site or app hosting & implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

Because how models are used and rendered depends on the quality of the data modeling work, and the quality of the client implementations, this can lead to a lot of complexity and it being unclear to the Contentful user how to configure the content models to get a desired site behavior. This is not inherent to Contentful, but a risk that the greater abstraction of the content makes possible. Put some real thought into how content is modeled in Contentful, and keep it simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rushikesh P.
RP
Rushikesh P.
React Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"good alternative to stripe"
4/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

it beacone easy for uploading your content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

I wish there was better support for documentation and realtion with graphql Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
UT
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy tool for content managment"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

It's fast and easy to learn. It's very rare to have bugs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

Uploading pciture bigger than the recommended size gives ane error after the uploading. It would be better to avoid to upload it from the start.

Sometimes it could be diffcult to have a grasp of what the final page will look like. Could be greate to hava a " preview" section Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raja M.
RM
Raja M.
QA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy way to update image & Video with URL"
5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Easy way to update image & Video with URL and there navigation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

making model id sync and there will little bit delay Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services
UI
Verified User in Information Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great CMS"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Contentful has been great for mamanging different types of content and cross-connecting them on our website. It also working well for us for publishing content in multiple languages. Contentful is easy to use and we work with it almost every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

Contentful does require a developer to set it up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arbi A.
AA
Arbi A.
Marketing
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Satisfied"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Structured data, content modeling, fast delivery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

Limited as free, no visual page bulider Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oskari G.
OG
Oskari G.
Senior Web Engineer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Robust for devs, but clunky for authors"
3/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

Contentful seems to be very developer-oriented in its in-depth features, and the way they are presented. The new Studio experience seems quite exciting, and should make the solution a lot easier to use.

Integrating the main Contentful API with our website build system was incredibly straightforward.

The support team (once you're a prospect or a paying customer) are very responsive, quick, and helpful. This even extends to their Engineering team being available to look at issues on their open source repos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

While the developer-facing features are top-notch, the actual content authoring experience is frankly sub-par, particularly for an enterprise oriented platform like this.

There are frankly no collaboration features to speak of, and it's too easy for multiple authors to accidentally overwrite each others' changes. Commenting can only be done a field level (so if the field is, say, a very long textarea, it's not very useful).

Many features have UX complexities that make sense from a database POV, but feel clunky from an author POV. Being able to completely customise the editing interface is frequently touted as the jewel in their crown - but we found that even for simple things (e.g. allowing authors to define a custom HTML attribute for links) you'll end up having to cut a completely custom WYSIWYG editor plugin from scratch.

The sales team could only offer custom development services from their partner agencies as a solution - and so it was difficult to see the ROI on spending five figures for a licence for software we'd have to spend six figures on to develop all the missing features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alzbeta K.
AK
Alzbeta K.
Senior Localization Project Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A well-structured CMS suited for complex websites"
4/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

As a Localization Manager, I appreciate how easily different language versions can be added to each Contentful entry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

Having to publish the entries for all languages at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Flexible & efficient in web publishing"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Contentful?

A list of options and features that are added as part on the cms.

Customer support is a good add on.

Abbility to get integrations and options at a global level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contentful?

The product is set specific and there is not much adjustability when it comes to soecific integrations hence you end us building a internal build which is a big oevrtake of maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.