Compare Contenta vs. Contentful

Contenta is a Drupal 8 distribution that aims to provide a headless, decoupled shell for Drupal 8.

Contentful is a pure CaaS (Content as a Service) player. It comes from Berlin, and is currently the global market leader for decoupled hosted content management.

• Open Source
• Built on a solid Drupal 8 foundation
• Fully customisable

• Widely used across industries
• No technical operations needed
• Free tier for hobbyists

• Dependence on other projects
• Hosting complexity
• Limited templating capability

• Limited customisation capabilities
• Vendor lock in (though export is possible)
• Pricing for large amounts of content