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Comparison

Hygraph vs Prismic

On the evidence we track, Prismic leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Hygraph54
★Prismic75
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hygraph54 / 100medium · 71%
Prismic75 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Model
Hygraphfreemium
Prismicfreemium
Price level
Hygraphlow
Prismiclow
Starting price
Hygraph–
Prismic$10
Transparent
Hygraph✗
Prismic✓
Integrations
Count
Hygraph4
Prismic12
Security
Certifications
HygraphSOC 2 Type 1
Prismic–
Gdpr
Hygraph✓
Prismic–
Iso27001
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Pci
Hygraph–
Prismic✓
Soc2
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Hygraph6 items
Prismic7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
CMS type
HygraphHeadless / API-first
PrismicHeadless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source
Hygraph✗
Prismic✗
Deployment
Self-hostable
Hygraph✗
Prismic✗
Managed / cloud hosting offered
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Content
Structured content modelling
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Localisation / i18n
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Content workflow / approvals
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder
Hygraph-
Prismic✓
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size
Hygraph-
PrismicAI agents via MCP, framework SDKs, community-maintained integrations
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓

What each one is

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

Hygraph

A headless content management system using GraphQL APIs to deliver structured content to websites, apps, portals, and AI systems, with support for multi-region publishing and granular content governance.

Independently observed

Prismic

Leader

Headless CMS designed for teams to build websites with visual page builder and AI-powered content creation. Developers create reusable page sections (Slices) once, while marketers independently assemble and publish pages without coding.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Hygraph

freemiumFree tier

Freemium pricing model with scalable tiers for individuals, growing teams, and enterprise applications

as of verify ↗

Prismic

Leader
from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free to $675/month, with custom Enterprise pricing. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • Visual Page Builder
    • Unlimited documents
    • Unlimited types
    • Unlimited assets
    • Image optimization and processing
    • +2 more
  • Starter$10/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Paid overages allowed up to 500 GB at $0.30/GB
  • Small$25/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • 4 locales
  • Medium$150/month
    • Everything in Small
    • 25 users
    • 5 million API calls a month
    • 500 GB of built-in CDN bandwidth
    • Paid overages allowed up to 1 TB at $0.30/GB
    • +2 more
  • Platinum$675/month
    • Everything in Medium
    • Unlimited users
    • 10 million API calls a month
    • 1 TB of built-in CDN bandwidth
    • Paid overages allowed up to 5 TB at $0.25/GB
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Platinum
    • Custom usage quotas
    • 2 development environments
    • Backups
    • Custom roles
    • +6 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓
CLI
Hygraph✗
Prismic✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hygraph✓
Prismic✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Slack

Hygraph

7 total - 3 not shared
  • Netlify
  • Gatsby
  • Vue Storefront
Independently observed

Prismic

Leader
14 total - 10 not shared
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Nuxt
  • SvelteKit
  • Astro
  • Cursor
  • Vue
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • imgix
Independently observed
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Hygraph or Prismic: which one depends on you

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