Available worldwide
What is Squidex?
Squidex is a headless cms tool from Squidex UG (haftungbeschränkt). We're still gathering a full overview; visit the site for now.
Squidex 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.
Free plan with 20,000 API calls/month; additional calls at €0.20 per 1,000 calls
Free
Free- API calls
- 20,000/month
Basic
- API calls
- 450,000/month
Professional
- API calls
- 1,500,000/month
Business
- API calls
- 4,500,000/month
What Squidex 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
- Self hosted open source
- 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- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (13)
Independently observed- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Azure Queue
- Medium
- Google Maps
- FTP
- Azure Storage
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- SQL Server
- FerretDB
- CosmosDB
- DocumentDB
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Squidex FAQ
Common questions about Squidex, answered from independent, dated evidence.
Is Squidex free to use?
Squidex is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at €0.20. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://squidex.io/post/upcoming-change-to-our-pricing-model
What platforms does Squidex support?
Squidex supports the web, Windows and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://squidex.io/post/upcoming-change-to-our-pricing-model
Can Squidex be self-hosted?
Yes. Squidex can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://squidex.io/post/upcoming-change-to-our-pricing-model
What does Squidex integrate with?
We have confirmed 13 integrations for Squidex, including Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Queue, Medium, Google Maps, FTP, Azure Storage and PostgreSQL, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://squidex.io/post/upcoming-change-to-our-pricing-model
What security certifications does Squidex have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Squidex. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Squidex not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://squidex.io/privacy
Is Squidex open source?
Yes. Squidex is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Where is Squidex available?
Squidex is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.
Source: https://squidex.io/post/upcoming-change-to-our-pricing-model
Squidex alternatives
Other headless cms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- ButterCMSA fast, API-first content management system for developers and marketersmedium · 55%
- 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%
- Decap CMSlow · 43%
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 Squidex, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.08 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 77 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 33 | 0.09 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 64 | 0.03 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 10 | 0.09 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 69% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: freemium · Deployment model: self_hosted_open_source · Rest api delivery: Yes · Webhooks event triggers: Yes · Graphql api native delivery: Yes · Multi language localization i18n: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 13 | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C# | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: DE · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://squidex.io/privacy | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nuget&package_name=squidex.log&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-08 · 90% |
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