Choose ButterCMS if you need
- A lower starting price. ButterCMS Basic is $71 and Contentful Lite is $300, both per month.
- Integration with DeepL, Okta or Typeform. We haven't found them on Contentful's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- ButterCMS offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for Contentful.
- ButterCMS's lowest paid plan is Basic at $71 per month, as of November 14, 2026.
- Contentful's lowest paid plan is Lite at $300 per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- Both work with Slack and Cloudinary.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Contentful lists ISO 27001.
- Both have a public API.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Contentful if you need
- Integration with Vercel, Microsoft Teams or Bynder. We haven't found them on ButterCMS's website.
- ISO 27001. We haven't found it on ButterCMS's website.
ButterCMS
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Review ContentfulThe facts
- What it does
- ButterCMSA headless CMS to build, launch and scale websites, ecommerce sites and mobile apps.
- ContentfulCreate content that customers trust and agents understand, with built-in personalization.
- Free plan
- ButterCMSYes
- ContentfulYes
- Pricing
- ButterCMSNot confirmed
- ContentfulNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Slack
- Cloudinary
Only ButterCMS
- DeepL
- Okta
- Typeform
- Shopify
Only Contentful
- Vercel
- Microsoft Teams
- Bynder
- Braze
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between ButterCMS and Contentful yet.
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