Comparison

Cosmic vs Keystatic

On the evidence we track, Cosmic leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
★Cosmic60
Keystatic34
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cosmic60 / 100medium · 54%
Keystatic34 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Cosmic✓
Keystatic–
Model
Cosmicfreemium
Keystatic–
Price level
Cosmichigh
Keystatic–
Starting price
Cosmic$99
Keystatic–
Transparent
Cosmic✓
Keystatic–
Integrations
Count
Cosmic14
Keystatic1
Reliability
Sla pct
Cosmic99.95
Keystatic–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cosmic–
Keystatic10
Github stars
Cosmic–
Keystatic2,461
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cosmic–
Keystatic32
License
Spdx
Cosmic–
KeystaticMIT
Language
Primary
Cosmic–
KeystaticTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Cosmic7 items
Keystatic5 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
CosmicCloud managed saas
Keystatic-
Graphql API native delivery
Cosmic✗
Keystatic-
Rest API delivery
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Visual content modeling schema builder
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Real time visual preview editor
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Multi language localization i18n
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Webhooks event triggers
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Granular role based access control RBAC
Cosmic✓
Keystatic-
Nextjs gatsby native framework support
Cosmic✓
Keystatic✓
Shopify bigcommerce ecommerce integration
Cosmic-
Keystatic-
SOC2 type ii
Cosmic-
Keystatic-
ISO 27001
Cosmic-
Keystatic-
Pricing model
CosmicFreemium
Keystatic-

What each one is

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

Cosmic

Leader

A headless CMS platform enabling content teams to publish independently, with support for multiple sites and languages plus built-in AI agents to automate content workflows.

Independently observed

Keystatic

A content management system designed for modern JavaScript frameworks that integrates directly with GitHub and stores all content in Markdown and YAML/JSON format files within your repository.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cosmic

Leader
from $99/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier. Plans $99–$499/mo, annual billing saves 10%. Metered overages for usage beyond limits.

  • FreeFree
    • 2 team members
    • 1,000 Objects
    • 300k in/out AI tokens
    • 1 agent, 1 workflow
  • Builder$99/mo or $1,069/year (10% savings)
    • 3 team members
    • 2 Buckets
    • 5,000 Objects
    • 500k in/out AI tokens
    • 3 agents, 3 workflows
  • Team$299/mo or $3,229/year (10% savings)
    • 5 team members
    • 3 Buckets
    • 20,000 Objects
    • 1M in/out AI tokens
    • 10 agents, 10 workflows
  • Business$499/mo or $5,389/year (10% savings)
    • 25 agents, 25 workflows
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SAML single sign-on
    • 99.95% uptime SLA
    • Automatic Backups included
    • 50 workflows
as of verify ↗

Keystatic

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cosmic✓
Keystatic✓
CLI
Cosmic✓
Keystatic✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cosmic✓
Keystatic✗
Self-hosted
Cosmic✗
Keystatic✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Cosmic

Leader
14 total - 13 not shared
  • Slack
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Vercel
  • Netlify
  • Cloudflare
  • Render
  • Kinsta
  • Algolia
  • Stripe
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Google Sheets
Independently observed

Keystatic

6 total - 5 not shared
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • Remix
  • Markdoc
  • MDX
Independently observed
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