ButterCMS
A fast, API-first content management system for developers and marketers
- Also known as
- buttercms
Available worldwide
What is ButterCMS?
A managed platform for organizing and publishing content to websites, mobile applications, and other digital services through APIs, without requiring the user to manage servers or infrastructure.
ButterCMS pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $71/month for Basic plan. Free tier available.
Free
FreeFor freelancers and developers launching fast on small projects or MVPs
- pages
- 5
- roles
- 2
- assets
- 500
- api_calls
- 50K/month
- bandwidth
- 100 GB/month
- templates
- 2
- blog_posts
- 50
- collections
- 50
- Visual editing
- Live preview
- SEO metadata
- AI Assistant
- API Explorer
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited components
Basic
For early-stage teams quickly building full marketing sites
- pages
- 20
- assets
- 1000
- api_calls
- 100K/month
- bandwidth
- 250 GB/month
- templates
- 5
- blog_posts
- 100
- collections
- 100
- Image editing
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited components
Advanced
For teams rapidly expanding and accelerating content delivery
- pages
- 50
- roles
- 3
- assets
- 2000
- api_calls
- 500K/month
- bandwidth
- 500 GB/month
- templates
- 10
- blog_posts
- 500
- collections
- 500
- All Basic tier features
Professional
For mature teams managing complex content across multiple sites, brands, or markets
- pages
- 100
- api_calls
- 1M/month
- bandwidth
- 1 TB/month
- Write API (up to 5K calls/month)
- Multi environment
Enterprise
Contact salesFor complex builds, global content operations, and high-volume delivery, fully customized
- Custom API calls
- Custom roles
- Write API
- Custom webhooks
- Workflows
- Custom multi environment
- Enterprise support
- Customer Success Manager
- SLA
Add-ons
- Write API
- Webhooks
- Video uploads
What ButterCMS does
The capabilities that matter for headless cms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud managed saas
- Graphql API native delivery
- -
- Rest API delivery
- ✓
- Visual content modeling schema builder
- ✓
- Real time visual preview editor
- ✓
- Multi language localization i18n
- ✓
- Webhooks event triggers
- ✓
- Granular role based access control RBAC
- ✓
- Nextjs gatsby native framework support
- ✓
- Shopify bigcommerce ecommerce integration
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- ✓
- ISO 27001
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Shopify⇄•
- BigCommerce⇄•
Security & compliance
Independently observed- ISO 27001active
- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
ButterCMS FAQ
Common questions about ButterCMS, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is ButterCMS?
A managed platform for organizing and publishing content to websites, mobile applications, and other digital services through APIs, without requiring the user to manage servers or infrastructure. It is indexed under Headless CMS.
Source: https://buttercms.com/pricing/
Is ButterCMS free?
ButterCMS offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $71 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://buttercms.com/pricing/
What platforms does ButterCMS support?
ButterCMS supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://buttercms.com/pricing/
Can ButterCMS be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for ButterCMS, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://buttercms.com/pricing/
What security certifications does ButterCMS have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for ButterCMS. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as ButterCMS not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://buttercms.com/security/
ButterCMS alternatives
Other headless cms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CaisyA headless content management system designed for API-first content delivery to multiple platformsmedium · 55%
- Cosmicmedium · 55%
- FlotiqHeadless CMS with API-first architecture offering visual content editing alongside programmatic access for developers.high · 76%
- WebinyA self-hosted CMS that blends visual content modeling with developer control and AI-assisted workflows.low · 37%
- Squidexmedium · 55%
- Decap CMSlow · 43%
Compare ButterCMS
Side by side against other headless cms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for ButterCMS, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 65 | 0.07 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.04 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Iso 27001: Yes · Soc2 type ii: Yes · Pricing model: freemium · Deployment model: cloud_managed_saas · Rest api delivery: Yes · Webhooks event triggers: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
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