# Sitecore vs Storyblok

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Storyblok

| Attribute | Sitecore | Storyblok |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 53.1 (24% (low)) | 72.7 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based system that unifies content management, data, and personalization with embedded AI capabilities. It enables marketing teams to create, organize, publish, and optimize customer experiences across channels while maintaining governance and compliance standards. | Storyblok is a cloud-hosted headless content management system designed for developer and marketer collaboration. It provides structured content modeling, visual editing, AI features, and enterprise-grade governance tools to manage and publish content across multiple channels. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cms_type":"dxp","free_tier":false,"multisite":true,"open_source":false,"git_workflow":false,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"self_hostable":true,"visual_builder":false,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"Partner network with extension capabilities","structured_content":true}` | `{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"multisite":true,"open_source":false,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"self_hostable":false,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor","structured_content":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Netlify"},{"name":"Vercel"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"AT","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["1 space","1 team member seat included, up to 2 total","100GB traffic/month","100k API requests/month","2 locales","25k AI credits/month","200 components","100 content folders","20k stories max","2k assets max"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free plan for testing and personal projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"2","traffic":"100GB/mo","seats_max":"2","ai_credits":"25k/mo","api_requests":"100k/mo","seats_included":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$99/month or $1,089/year","features":["1 space","5 team member seats included, up to 10 total","400GB traffic/month included, up to 1TB available","1M API requests/month included, up to 5M available","2 locales included, unlimited available","97% uptime SLA","100k AI credits/month, up to 500k available","600 components","1,000 content folders","25k stories max","2,500 assets max","Single story scheduling","SEO meta tags","Shopify integration"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":250,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":75,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":200,"unit":"k"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"2","traffic":"400GB/mo","seats_max":"10","ai_credits":"100k/mo","uptime_sla":"97%","api_requests":"1M/mo","seats_included":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Plus","summary":"$349/month or $3,838.92/year","features":["1 space","15 team member seats included, up to 20 total","1TB traffic/month included, up to 2TB available","4M API requests/month included, up to 15M available","10 locales included, unlimited available","97% uptime SLA","200k AI credits/month, up to 1M available","Unlimited components","2,000 content folders","100k stories max","Single story scheduling","SEO meta tags","Shopify integration"],"minSeats":15,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":250,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":75,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":200,"unit":"k"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced plan for powerful content management","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"10","traffic":"1TB/mo","seats_max":"20","ai_credits":"200k/mo","uptime_sla":"97%","api_requests":"4M/mo","seats_included":"15"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Fully customized spaces and users","All self-service plan features","AI SEO","Custom roles and workflows","GraphQL API","Release management","Single Sign On (SSO)","SCIM","99.9% uptime SLA","Advanced support services","Weekly S3 backups"],"commitment":"custom","description":"Custom plan for multi-team organizations","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Elite","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Fully customized configuration","All Premium features","99.99% uptime SLA","Unlimited custom workflows and roles","Unlimited custom metadata fields","Advanced support services","Daily S3 backups"],"commitment":"custom","description":"Premium custom plan for large-scale operations","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $99/month with annual discounts. Premium and Elite plans custom quoted.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:38:23.229Z","freeTrialDays":45,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (CMS Software)

| Capability | Sitecore | Storyblok |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| CMS type | Enterprise DXP | Headless / API-first |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source | ✗ | ✗ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Managed / cloud hosting offered | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Headless API (REST/GraphQL) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Structured content modelling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Localisation / i18n | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content workflow / approvals | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Editing** |  |  |
| Visual / no-code page builder | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Plugin / app ecosystem size | Partner network with extension capabilities | Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-site / multi-tenant | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Git-based / code-first workflow | ✗ | - |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free / open tier | ✗ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:36:04.307Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*