--- description: Review of Contentful Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Contentful | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Knowledge Base Software](/directory/3898/knowledge-base/software) > [Contentful](/software/68698/contentful) # Contentful Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/68698/contentful Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/68698/contentful?page=2) > Contentful® Composable Content Platform brings the building blocks of content together to create once and reuse for any digital experience. The API-first platform integrates easily with data sources and new functionality as digital experiences and technology evolve. With built-in orchestration, a robust app ecosystem, and app framework to easily extend the platform, Contentful frees teams across the business to work together to connect, create, and extend content more efficiently. Contentful helps companies unlock the power of digital content so they can build faster and deliver at scale, making their content a strategic business asset. Nearly 30% of the Fortune 500 and thousands of companies around the world rely on Contentful to help them bring their best ideas to life. For more information, visit www.contentful.com. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 63 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 63 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Contentful - **Location**: Berlin, Germany - **Founded**: 2013 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$300.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Community Plan (Free) Get your API keys and start hacking. Ideal for individual developers working on personal sites, hackathons, or philanthropic projects. Team ($489.00/month) Get started for free, then upgrade based on your project’s needs. Ideal for a small team building a digital project or two. Enterprise (Custom) Scale up a content platform to power one — or hundreds of — digital experiences. Grows with your needs, from one team or business unit to your whole organization. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands and 9 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Archiving & Retention - Asset Library - Asset Sharing - Audio File Management - Calendar Management - Categorisation/Grouping - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Configurable Workflow - Content Delivery - Content Library - Content Management - Content Publishing Options - Customisable Templates - Data Synchronisation ## Integrations (27 total) - Acclaro - Algolia - BigCommerce - Bitbucket - Brandfolder - Bynder - CircleCI - Cloudinary - Dropbox Business - Elastic Stack - Emporix - Frontify - Gatsby - GitLab - Google Analytics 360 ... and 12 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Knowledge Base Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3898/knowledge-base/software) ## Related Categories - [Knowledge Base Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3898/knowledge-base/software) - [Mobile Content Management Solutions](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4317/mobile-content-management-system/software) - [Content Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4543/cms/software) - [Content Marketing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/1839/content/software) - [Digital Asset Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/1634/digital-asset-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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With Contentful, it's easy to create custom content types and fields, which has been a huge help in managing our structured content. The multiple language support has also been incredibly useful, as we have a global audience and need to be able to publish content in multiple languages.In addition to these core features, I've also appreciated the ability to integrate Contentful with other tools and platforms. This has made it much easier to manage our content across different channels and to track the performance of our content. The collaboration and workflow management tools have also been very helpful in keeping our content organized and ensuring that everything is reviewed and approved before it goes live.Finally, the robust API has been a game-changer for our team. It has allowed us to build custom integrations and applications on top of the platform, which has greatly increased our efficiency and allowed us to do more with our content. > > **Cons**: As a small business owner, I was initially excited to try out Contentful as our company's content management system. However, I have to admit that I've been somewhat disappointed with the platform. While it does offer a wide range of features, I've found it to be quite complex and difficult to use, especially for someone like me who is new to content management systems. The learning curve has been steep, and I've had to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to use the various features and tools.Another issue I've had with Contentful is the price. It's a premium product, and it can be expensive compared to other content management systems on the market. As a small business owner, I have to be careful with my budget, and the cost of Contentful is a significant investment.Additionally, I've found the customization options to be somewhat limited. While I understand that Contentful is designed to be a general-purpose platform, I've had a few specific needs that the platform hasn't been able to accommodate. This has been frustrating, as I would have liked to be able to tailor the platform to our company's specific needs.Finally, I've had some negative experiences with Contentful's customer support. On several occasions, I've had to wait a long time to get a response, and when I have received a response, it hasn't always been helpful. This has added to my frustration with the platform. > > Overall, I am extremely happy with our decision to use Contentful as our CMS. It has proven to be a powerful and flexible platform that has helped us to create, manage, and publish our digital content more effectively. ----- ### "Content with Contentful" — 4.0/5 > **Lindsey Raye** | *23 August 2022* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, updates quickly when edited. The CTA flexibility was the best. > > **Cons**: The child pages and drop down menu were all intertwined or bootstrapped to Ruby and Heroku so the ability to edit those areas was more difficult > > Easy to use, great for the c\&$ ----- ### "Very inflexible when it comes to styling changes, use only if you have plenty of engineers" — 2.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *1 April 2017* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is impossible for users to create elements that are totally out of line with the corporate design. Contentful also loads faster than many other CMS. > > **Cons**: There isn't much I like about Contentful. It is impossible to copy entire pages without a lot of effort, which makes it very time-consuming to create new pages. While you can re-use existing elements, the problem is that if you change them, they are changed everywhere, and there is no way to just copy an element in order to use it as a new element (i.e., changes you make to it don't affect the element you copied). As others have mentioned before, it sometimes takes a quarter of an hour for changes you made to appear on the preview pages, which is just painful (Wordpress is pretty much instant). But by far the biggest pain is that there is no way for the user to simply access the CSS. We have to go back to our engineering team for every little tweak we want, even if it is just the padding of an element or the alignment of a certain style of text. Another issue I have is that it is hard to figure out where on a new page you are while you are editing it. Unlike Wordpress, where you can see the overall structure of your page elements clearly on an overview page, you can only see the rows of the page on the overview in Contentful - you have no idea what the structure inside each row looks like until you click on it. That means you're getting disorientated quite quickly as to where you need to click to edit element X of the page. Overall, I find Contentful terrible to use. It has a few benefits, but at least from a content management user experience those don't outweigh the significant downsides at all. ----- ### "Robust and intuitive CMS platform" — 5.0/5 > **Brett** | *22 June 2022* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It has a simple user interface and a small learning curve. It provides a powerful open API integration that allows you to connect with any third party application. It makes it easy to configure our content workflow to fit today's needs. The tool also has editing options available for published content and preview of the changes made. > > **Cons**: For new users navigating the pages is a bit tricky. It is necessary that they improve the pricing models and adapt them to the needs of the companies. ----- ### "Contentful CMS is not only easy to learn and use but also easy to scale and maintain" — 4.0/5 > **Muneeb** | *3 February 2022* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have worked with a number of different CMS platforms but I like Contentful for its ease of use and scalability. It can help you manage large amounts of data with minimal effort. It works great for static websites as well. > > **Cons**: There's a fair bit of a learning curve, but benefits outweigh time investment. I'm not a fan of the pricing plans. The lowest tier is very affordable but other options are very expensive. > > Contentful is a very cost-effective content management tool if you're not planning to add tons of content. It's easy to scale but can be pricy. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/68698/contentful?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/68698/contentful) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data