Choose Contentful if you need
- Integration with Vercel, Slack or Microsoft Teams. We haven't found them on Directus' website.
- ISO 27001. We haven't found it on Directus' website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Directus offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for Contentful.
- Contentful's lowest paid plan is Lite at $300 per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- Directus' lowest paid plan is Core at $89 per month billed yearly, or $99 monthly, as of November 13, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Contentful lists ISO 27001.
- Only Directus lists SOC 2 and GDPR.
- Both have a public API.
- Directus can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Contentful.
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 Directus if you need
- Integration with Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT. We haven't found them on Contentful's website.
- SOC 2 or GDPR. We haven't found them on Contentful's website.
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- What it does
- ContentfulCreate content that customers trust and agents understand, with built-in personalization.
- DirectusThe collaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database.
- Free plan
- ContentfulYes
- DirectusYes
- Pricing
- ContentfulNot confirmed
- DirectusNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Contentful
- Vercel
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Cloudinary
- Bynder
- Braze
Only Directus
- Claude
- Cursor
- ChatGPT
- Windsurf
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Contentful and Directus yet.
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