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Comparison

Contentful vs TinaCMS

On the evidence we track, Contentful leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Contentful full profile →TinaCMS full profile →
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★Contentful81
TinaCMS65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Contentful81 / 100medium · 59%
TinaCMS65 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Model
Contentfulcommercial
TinaCMSfreemium
Price level
Contentfulfree
TinaCMSmid
Starting price
Contentful–
TinaCMS$24
Transparent
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Integrations
Count
Contentful–
TinaCMS20
Security
Disclosure policy
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Iso27001
Contentful✓
TinaCMS–
Pci
Contentful✓
TinaCMS–
Soc2
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Trust center
Contentful–
TinaCMShttps://tina.io/security
Reliability
Status page
Contentful✓
TinaCMS–
Market
Availability
Contentful–
TinaCMSAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Contentful5 items
TinaCMS6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cms software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
CMS type
ContentfulHeadless / API-first
TinaCMSHeadless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source
Contentful✗
TinaCMS✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Contentful✗
TinaCMS✓
Managed / cloud hosting offered
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Content
Structured content modelling
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Localisation / i18n
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Content workflow / approvals
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size
ContentfulMarketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform
TinaCMSCustomizable input components and form fields; extensible schema validation
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
Contentful-
TinaCMS✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Contentful

Leader

Contentful is a headless CMS and digital experience platform enabling teams to create and deliver personalized content at scale, with AI-powered automation, visual content assembly, and comprehensive workflow capabilities.

Independently observed

TinaCMS

An open-source headless CMS that stores content as Markdown in your Git repository and provides a visual editor for managing and editing content, enabling both developers and non-technical editors to collaborate.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Contentful

Leader
from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Lite plan free base with $850/month per additional space. Enterprise with custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • 2 Roles (Admin, Editor)
    • 2 Custom Locales
    • 100K/month API calls (no overages)
    • 50 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN (no overages)
    • 50 MB max asset upload size
    • +14 more
  • LiteFree base; additional spaces $850/month
    • 3 Roles (Admin, Editor, Author)
    • 3 Custom Locales
    • 1M/month API calls with paid overages allowed
    • 100 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN with paid overages allowed
    • 1000 MB max asset upload size
    • +25 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Lite features
    • Custom roles and locales
    • Custom API calls with paid overages
    • Custom asset bandwidth with paid overages
    • AI Actions with included quotas
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

TinaCMS

from $24/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $24/project/month. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • 2 users
    • 2 roles
    • Community support
  • Team$24/mo
    • 1 Project
    • 3 Users
    • 2 Roles
    • Team Support
    • Up to 10 Users
  • Team Plus$41/mo
    • 5 Users
    • Up to 20 Users
    • Editorial Workflow
    • AI Features (Coming Soon)
  • Business$249/mo
    • 20 Users
    • 3 Roles (Beta)
    • Business Support
    • No User Limit
    • API (Beta)
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom Users
    • Custom Roles
    • Enterprise Support
    • GitHub Enterprise Support
    • SSO
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Contentful✓
TinaCMS✓
Self-hosted
Contentful✗
TinaCMS✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Contentful

Leader

Not documented yet.

TinaCMS

26 total
  • Astro
  • Next.js
  • Hugo
  • Gatsby
  • Jekyll
  • Remix
  • 11ty
  • SvelteKit
  • WordPress
  • Docusaurus
  • GitHub
  • Vercel
  • Netlify
  • GitHub Pages
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • AWS S3
  • Cloudinary
  • Digital Ocean Spaces
  • Vercel KV
  • MongoDB
  • Auth.js
  • Clerk
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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