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Contentstack vs
Contentful
See why leading brands choose Contentstack over Contentful
Built to stand apart so your business can too
- More capable than legacy CMS
- More complete than headless CMS alone
- More flexible than legacy DXP
By the numbers
Recognized for leading where Contentful doesn't
See why teams prefer a Forrester-recognized DXP like Contentstack over Contentful.
Contentstack anchors its strategy in a bold vision for real-time personalization and agentic orchestration.
The Forrester WaveTM
Digital Experience Platforms, Q4 2025

5 out of 5
for vision, innovation &
application architecture
Strong Performer
The Contentstack advantage
8 reasons to choose Contentstack over Contentful
There's no comparison: Contentstack is the #1 Adaptive DXP powered by the #1 Headless CMS
More complete than a headless CMS alone
Contentful is a headless CMS-only product that requires multiple partners to complete. Contentstack is primed to address more customer needs with a built-in personalization engine, no-code agents & automation, and integrated front-end hosting.
Superior vision & innovation
Contentstack’s multi-product offering outperforms Contentful in innovation with a "bold vision for real-time personalization and agentic orchestration," according to Forrester.
Greater publishing flexibility
Environments are something that Contentful does not offer for publication targets. Contentstack offers publication flexibility with multiple publishing targets.
Flexible content modeling
Contentful lags in content modeling and content findability, with users tagging content rather than the more prevalent approach of enabling users to filter and view across digital properties.
Seamless multilingual management
Contentful’s localization approach is not seamless out of the box. Without a 3rd party app, users must publish all entries for all languages and locales simultaneously. Contentstack provides robust and efficient localization workflows that support asynchronous publishing at the field-level, right out of the box.
Multi-cloud capability
Contentstack is the first and only adaptive DXP available globally on all three major cloud providers — AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. This allows our customers to choose which provider best suits their business needs and goals.
Unmatched support
Contentstack provides unmatched expertise and customer care through our Technical Solutions Organization and the industry’s only cross-vendor support program while Contentful partners with agencies to develop missing features for customers.
Pricing transparency
There are often surprises along the way as a Contentful customer, especially during renewal. As a Contentstack customer, there are no unforeseen cost jumps during rollout or renewal.
Platform at a glance
A different kind of solution - The Contentstack Adaptive DXP
Incredibly capable, seamlessly integrated, endlessly extensible. Contentstack offers the most flexibility as the only adaptive DXP available on all three major cloud providers—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Customer Success
Measurable success that makes a difference
See why brands around the world trust Contentstack
We are thrilled that we chose Contentstack! It’s helped us increase publishing quality content to build our brand. Publishing happens in an instant without a developer’s help.
Nicole Fugere
Director of Web Services at Elevate Outdoors Collective
Analyst reports
Hear what the analysts have to say
IDC MarketScape
Leader
Worldwide Headless Content Management Systems, 2023
The Forrester Wave™
Strong Performers
Digital Experience Platforms, Q4 2025
The Aragon Research Globe™
Leader
Content Experience Platforms, 2025
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