Contentful
Lite
Flat price, whole team$300.00
× 12 months$3,600.00
Per year
$30.00 per person / mo
$3,600
Contentful vs Hygraph
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Contentful
65%
match · $3,600/yr
Hygraph
80%
match · $2,388/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Hygraph
Growth
Flat price, whole team$199.00
× 12 months$2,388.00
Per year
$19.90 per person / mo
$2,388
Contentful
From $300Free plan
G2 4.3 · 399 reviewsLarge organizations running multi-brand or multi-region content that need mature governance, environments and contractual SLAs.
vs
Hygraph
From $199Free plan
G2 4.4 · 734 reviewsGraphQL-first teams that need to combine CMS content with commerce, product or other API data in a single endpoint.
Side by side
| Contentful | Hygraph | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free; Lite $300/month; Enterprise custom | Free; Growth from $199/month |
| G2 Rating | 4.3 (399 reviews) | 4.4 (734 reviews) |
| Best For | Large organizations running multi-brand or multi-region content that need mature governance, environments and contractual SLAs. | GraphQL-first teams that need to combine CMS content with commerce, product or other API data in a single endpoint. |
Pros and cons
Contentful
Pros
- Mature platform with a broad, well-documented API surface
- Strong enterprise governance (SSO, SCIM, custom roles)
- Environments and aliases support careful release processes
- Large marketplace and App Framework for extending the editor
Cons
- Big price step from Free to $300/month Lite to custom Enterprise
- Tight caps on records, locales and roles below Enterprise
- Studio visual page building is not part of Free or Lite
Hygraph
Pros
- Clean GraphQL API for GraphQL-heavy frontends
- Content federation reduces glue code between systems
- Published usage limits and overage pricing
- 30-day Enterprise trial for evaluating advanced features
Cons
- Scheduled publishing, SSO and custom roles are Enterprise-only
- Assets count against low entry limits on Hobby and Growth
- Only 3 locales on Growth
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