Cms reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 519 Reddit reviews across 32 subreddits and 83 posts to rank the best Cms brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/nextjs, r/webdev, r/Nuxt, r/SEO, r/Frontend. Top-rated brands include Sanity (4.2/5), Strapi (4.2/5), WordPress (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews519
Subreddits32
Posts83
Brands98
Products8
519 reviews from
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By Brand
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#1
Sanity
4.2
(56)
"I would check out Sanity. It’s quite easy to customize the content model and the UI."
"You may try sanity or playload cms."
"I recommend Sanity or Payload CMS."
"I highly recommend SanityIo."
"I love Sanity. It’s a great developer experience and content managers love it."
"Sanity is awesome."
"Sanity.io"
"Sanity is the best."
"Currently enjoying sanity cms, their free tier is awesome and the nuxt ingeration is great"
"I’ve been really enjoying Sanity.ion. It has a great integration and is very easy to manage."
#2
Strapi
4.2
(51)
"Strapi is great. I’m using it on a bunch of production sites."
"Strapi is the best CMS for Nextjs that I have ever used."
"My vote goes to Strapi by a long margin."
"For a better client editing experience, consider using Strapi with Next.js or Nuxt.js."
"I would recommend you try out Strapi a headless CMS."
"Strapijs, the best"
"I can recommend it."
"Strapi, Tina or Directus"
"Strapi headless cms"
"I've done a bunch with Strapi and I quite like it."
#3
WordPress
4.3
(43)
"Wordpress + WooCommerce is a great combo."
"For 2024, WordPress remains a top choice for its flexibility, extensive plugins, and ease of use."
"For CMS based E-commerce website I have used WordPress and WooCommarce."
"I’d recommend Wordpress for something like this."
"WordPress that’s it."
"Wordpress headless, woocommerce api"
"I'm using the same thing across 3 different sites, and it's been working very well."
"I'd say if you don't want to learn ruby, just deploy WordPress."
"Wordpress is totally secure and safe."
"Is the popular and user-friendly, making it ideal for everything from blogs to complex websites."
#4
Payload
4.5
(40)
"I would recommend Payload CMS over strapi."
"Payload. You can user their component to display content on your site if you want."
"Payload or the even more user friendly one would be prismic."
"Payload is probably the best."
"I recommend you look into Payload CMS."
"Payload is free and even provides you with a ready to go E-Commerce template."
"Mostly using payload / sanity these days"
"Payload 3.0. Use the website template. Its very powerful"
"Go for Payload. It's really great."
"Happy to see how many people are recommending Payload."
#5
Directus
4.5
(28)
"100% agree, directus remains the best choice"
"At this point I’ve tried literally every CMS. I can confidentially say Directus is the best for 90% of use cases. Well documented, fast and has a great community."
"Self hosted directus on a hetzner server."
"Directus is best CMS for your client."
"Directus hands down has way more features for an open source than it should."
"Directus is absolutely a great CMS."
"Directus is amazing"
"Have a look at Directus CMS."
"Great for building your schema and handles automations."
"Directus is one of the best tool that offers CMS."
#6
Statamic
4.3
(18)
"I‘ve had the best experience with Kirby CMS and Statamic."
"Statamic, Kirby."
"Statamic. Has a great support, ecosystem, discord forum and the core team also."
"I ended up choosing statamic and I am very happy with it."
"Statamic is absolutely something you should look into 👏🏻"
"Statamic ✌🏼"
"Statamic"
"Statamic all the way!"
"[https://statamic.com/](https://statamic.com/)"
"$275 a site is kind of steep but worth it imo."
#7
Storyblok
4.5
(16)
"Definitely Storyblok"
"+1 for Storyblok and DatoCMS"
"Storyblok. All the way."
"I've used Storyblok lately and it has been a blast."
"My favorites are **Storyblok** (visual editor thingy is cool and easy)"
"We use StoryBlok."
"My personal preference is Storyblok due to its superior visual editor."
"For me, the best is Storyblok 😊"
"For its excellent visual editing experience <3"
"Used this for one of our projects and another one in the pipeline"
#8
Contentful
4.0
(16)
"Contentful is a fantastic choice for situations like this."
"Very simple and easy to use"
"Contentful"
"My previous company we use contentful which worked pretty well."
"Comes with a lot of tools right of the bat."
"Contentful isn’t too bad."
"I like Contentful..easy u.i to understand."
"I am going to recommend you read the documentation for Contentful."
"I use Contentful and overall it’s good."
"You can do a lot with Contentful, even with its simplicity."
#9
Drupal
4.2
(15)
"Okay give them an option of “Drupal” it’s basically a CMS, recently i shifted from react stack to Drupal… such a great CMS so flexible so advance and most importantly it’s known as the best secure CMS."
"TLDR - Drupal... the developer experience is impeccable."
"Another recommendation for Drupal. It’s flexible and powerful."
"Drupal is very good, and has a good community as well."
"Drupal"
"Drupal"
"I heard Drupal is also quite good"
"I like Drupal and have found a lot of success."
"Open source, very cheap to host, and very flexible- Drupal (headless)..."
"Drupal is good."
#10
Webflow
4.1
(15)
"Webflow. It’s just everything that Wordpress should be. I learned on Wordpress (hated everything about it) & recently switched to webflow and never looked back"
"Webflow is awesome"
"Webflow or Squarespace"
"Webflow: Offers a good balance between design freedom and ease of use, especially for those who want"
"Webflow"
"I see webflow is a nice newcomer and sort of the anti to Wordpress'es elementor so that's something you want to look out for."
"Webflow is another really popular CMS these days."
"Webflow is all the rage especially in SaaS companies"
"Yes, we use webflow cms for blog posts."
"Have you considered webflow?"
#11
DatoCMS
4.3
(12)
"I use DatoCMS on all my projects."
"**DatoCMS** (ease of use)"
"We went with DatoCMS because of how easy, extensible and affordable it was."
"Absolutely love it!"
"Go for DatoCMS. They have a free version that can cover small business or project need, and if you apply to the agency partner program, you'll have the best pricing on the market."
"DatoCMS is quite good."
"DatoCMS"
"DatoCMS will do the job."
"DatoCMS as headless is super good."
"DatoCMS is a really solid option if you want something simple to develop."
#12
ButterCMS
4.0
(12)
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS."
"Check out ButterCMS - Tech agnostic, headless."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API based or headless CMS."
"ButterCMS is pretty quick to set up and has great support"
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS with a preconfigured blog engine."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API based or headless CMS."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS."
"Check out ButterCMS which is an API-based or headless CMS."
#13
Ghost
3.9
(10)
"Use a full featured CMS for the job? E.g. Ghost CMS"
"Try Ghost Blog, you can self hosted it on DO for $5."
"Https://ghost.org"
"If you have simple needs or need something more lightweight than Wordpress then use Ghost."
"Ghost is a great, lightweight option for a blog/news site."
"If JS/Ts dev oriented, and need headless, ghostcms, directus or strapi could be good choices."
"Ghost: A robust open-source CMS focused on creating seamless blog and online publication experiences."
"I'm really liking Ghost as a Wordpress alternative."
"Ghost would be closest alternative."
"I use Ghost, I tried Strapi but the docker image is over 1GB."
#14
PayloadCMS
4.7
(7)
"PayloadCMS is dope."
"The developer experience when using PayloadCMS is superb."
"PayloadCMS."
"...it's been awesome. It's indeed React-based and super customizable."
"PayloadCMS is awesome."
"Has been using it for years, and also in work environment too."
"PayloadCMS Hands down. I've never worked with a CMS that is so extensible and customizable."
#15
Joomla
4.0
(8)
"Go with joomla then. It’s free and super safe."
"I guess the best alternative to the WordPress has to be Joomla."
"Joomla would be a good idea."
"Go with Joomla"
"I would personally use joomla."
"Is known for flexibility, ideally fitting complex sites."
"Maybe give Joomla a try. Joomla 5 just released. Follows modern practices for its core code."
"...other CMS options like Joomla, Drupal, and static site generators (e.g., Hugo, Jekyll) can offer better performance and security."
#16
Decap CMS
4.0
(8)
"You can use the decap cms which is already integrated into the starter kits we made."
"The starter kits come setup with Decap CMS."
"Decap cms hosted on Netlify is just fine for this."
"I think Decap CMS is the best for what you described."
"It’s built with 11ty static site generator and the decap cms for the blog."
"Deploy it to Netlify and use DecapCMS"
"Decapcms might be helpful"
"Try https://decapcms.org/."
#17
React Bricks
4.6
(7)
"Easy to use platform that also allows visual editing"
"Pretty generous free tier"
"Offers WordPress-like visual editing"
"Tailored as a developers' alternative to Wix"
"It seems to be the perfect fit for React Bricks."
"React Bricks is exactly what you are looking for."
"Solid option if you like visual editing"
#18
Shopify
4.4
(7)
"Check out popular CMS options like Shopify, WooCommerce, or BigCommerce."
"If it's e-commerce, Shopify is the best in that you don't have to worry about security."
"My clients primarily use Shopify or Magento and they're all e-commerce."
"If I were you I’ll go with Shopify if shop needing are the one provided out of the box"
"Mostly Shopify or WordPress."
"Shopify."
"If it’s a ecom go for Shopify."
#19
Tina CMS
4.0
(7)
"Sounds like it ticks most of your boxes"
"Tina CMS or DecapCMS will work for this well."
"Files kept on your GitHub repo, so no danger of losing them."
"Tina cms for git based cms."
"You can use Tina CMS."
"Tina CMS"
"Tinacms is nice"
#20
Payload CMS
4.5
(6)
"I won't work with anything else."
"Payloadcms is the best."
"Payload CMS"
"Payload is a good choice."
"I've been eyeing [payloadcms.com](http://payloadcms.com) for a while now."
"If you really need a cms, I used [https://payloadcms.com/](https://payloadcms"
#21
Filament
4.2
(6)
"Filament is amazing."
"I have used Filament (headless) with React on FE."
"I just rebuilt my personal site using Filament and the tiptap plugin for it."
"Filament seems very nice!!!"
"If you like wordpress's gutenberg, then take a look at filament."
"Not sure if this is a CMS, but the code and docs are mostly great."
#22
Prismic
4.0
(5)
"I have a few clients on prismic.io No complaints"
"Try Prismic."
"Try Sanity, Storyblock, Prismic or Strapi."
"Prismic is pretty nice, especially for aligning developer and marketing teams."
"Strapi or Prismic - both worked well for me."
#23
Pruvious
4.5
(4)
"Pruvious is a great choice but I start to use the Strapi and it is fantastic."
"Insanely great DX and super simple to setup."
"If you don't mind creating the movable elements/blocks, Pruvious has been pretty solid for me"
"Check out Pruvious! Its will soon be hostable on nuxthub."
#24
Wagtail
4.3
(4)
"I highly recommend it."
"Wagtail."
"The admin interface is not wysiwyg though, but still user friendly enough imo."
"Wagtail 👍🏻."
#25
DecapCMS
4.7
(3)
"DecapCMS is really wonderful."
"Why not decapcms?"
"Netlify had their own CMS, it's now renamed."
#26
Wix
3.3
(4)
"Give Squarespace or Wix a shot. They've got some pretty solid built-in tools for affiliate marketing."
"You can also look out for WIX, which is a cloud-based CMS with easy website building by just drag and drop, but with certain limitations"
"Wix or Squarespace could be good options if you want something that’s set up for you."
"I dont like wordpress because you will always depend on a developer at some point."
#27
CloudCannon
4.3
(3)
"Cloudcannon is the best."
"CloudCannon + stripe"
"Have a look at CloudCannon."
#28
Kirby
4.3
(3)
"Very flexible, large helpful community."
"[https://getkirby.com/](https://getkirby.com/)"
"[https://getkirby.com/] with [https://github.com/getkirby/kql] as API layer."
#29
Wisp CMS
4.3
(3)
"You should probably check out wisp cms. Great DX and even better editorial experience."
"Check out wisp cms if you are just looking for blog post and SEO."
"Try out wisp cms's free plan."
#30
Builder.io
4.3
(3)
"I like builder.io more. Like storyblok you can create custom components in any framework and the user can drag those components on the page."
"Builder io."
"Really been enjoying Builder.io."
#31
Hygraph
4.3
(3)
"I've been using Hygraph for this exact use case and it's been amazing."
"I have enjoyed Hygraph cms (headless)."
"Hygraph. Just introspect and codegen the types and you're good to go."
#32
Tina
4.3
(3)
"I picked up Tina CMS recently. Loving it!"
"Look into https://tina.io/ or https://decapcms.org/ easiest to get started."
"I plan to use it on the next months to build my blog using Markdown."
#33
ProcessWire
4.3
(3)
"If you use php, I recommend Processwire."
"Processwire."
"Processwire. Php. All custom fields. Awesome."
#34
Craft CMS
4.0
(3)
""Real CMS": Craft CMS"
"Craft CMS in headless mode. Great GraphQL integration."
"Craft CMS."
#35
Optimizely
4.0
(3)
"We work with enterprise businesses and are pretty much able to do anything with Optimizely."
"We use Optimizely."
"Optimizely (quite expensive but good for some cases)..."
#36
Concrete CMS
3.7
(3)
"Try out Concrete, the run intranets for Home Depot and BASF."
"Home Depot, The US Army and lots of enterprises who have teams of editors use Concrete."
"I think concrete should do the trick"
#37
Keystatic
5.0
(2)
"I have been recently using Keystatic with Astro which is great."
"Keystatic"
#38
AEM
5.0
(2)
"Honestly, it’s AEM (CQ/ Day) by a country mile."
"My preference is AEM."
#39
TinaCMS
4.5
(2)
"Have a look at TinaCMS."
"TinaCMS"
#40
Medusa
4.5
(2)
"You can use Medusajs for the e-commerce side and Payload of content management."
"I would recommend to use headless ecommerce like medussa, vendure, spree."
#41
Outstatic
4.5
(2)
"It's the simplest CMS out there."
"Shout out for https://outstatic.com/. We like it and use it right now."
#42
Notion
4.5
(2)
"Notion. Change my mind!"
"Notion can be great for that."
#43
Shopware
4.5
(2)
"Shopware is great!"
"Would go with this one if I had to start a new, serious project today."
#44
Laravel
4.5
(2)
"...when I created my own CMS, it was the best thing that happened to my daily work."
"Laravel with ExpressionEngine Coilpack."
#45
Hugo
4.5
(2)
"Hugo or Ghost."
"Big fan of Hugo for status site generation."
#46
Kirby CMS
4.5
(2)
"I‘ve had the best experience with Kirby CMS and Statamic."
"Kirby CMS"
#47
NodeHive
4.0
(2)
"You may consider NodeHive Headless CMS www.nodehive.com"
"You may check NodeHive Headless CMS which offers nextjs starter."
#48
Webiny
4.0
(2)
"If your team is familiar with JavaScript / TypeScript I think you can't go far wrong with Webiny."
"[Webiny] - open-source serverless enterprise CMS."
#49
VaporCMS
4.0
(2)
"You can check out VaporCMS, which includes an SDK and Next.js examples in their documentation for easier integration."
"It's a headless blog specific cms, It uses a notion like editor."
#50
Umbraco
4.0
(2)
"Umbraco is open source and offers a great experience for both developers and editors."
"I think You can explore Umbraco CMS,It is based on the Microsoft .net platform that works pretty well with Azure and Microsoft 365 Platform."
#51
Pocketbase
4.0
(2)
"Gosh I do love pocketbase as an alternative to wordpress"
"The Modern Dev CMS - Pocketbase."
#52
Grav
3.5
(2)
"You could try Grav or Ghost if you dont want wp."
"Grav, statamic, or any simple markdown system coupled with git and git actions pipelines for production."
#53
Netlify CMS
3.5
(2)
"Best one I've used so far"
"It's free to host. But it's not that advanced and I don't think they update it anymore."
#54
Craft
3.0
(2)
"Go headless. Craft/contentful/strapi."
"...we're currently migrating away from Craft due to issues we've had with the CMS."
#55
Sitecore
3.0
(2)
"The same CMSes that are the best for other B2B orgs."
"Sitecore, AEM and if you have balls then WP."
#56
PloneCMS
5.0
(1)
"If they are self-hosting and want an enterprise solution go with PloneCMS."
#57
WordPress VIP
5.0
(1)
"Take a look at the Enterprise arm of WordPress, which is (me!) [WordPress VIP]."
#58
Crystallize
5.0
(1)
"My favorite is **Crystallize** (which can be used as commerce and CMS at the same time)"
#59
Saleor
5.0
(1)
"Advanced product management and efficient order processing"
#60
Daisy
5.0
(1)
"Cost-effective headless CMS for e-commerce site"
#61
React
5.0
(1)
"Visual editor where you create content blocks as React components"
#62
Yodeck
5.0
(1)
"Free for a single screen to test it out"
#63
Plone
5.0
(1)
"When it comes to the best enterprise CMS, Plone stands out for numerous compelling reasons."
#64
Bonmati
5.0
(1)
"Amazing"
#65
PagesCMS
5.0
(1)
"PagesCMS is a nice, simple Git-based headless CMS that I have used with Astro."
#66
Centurion
5.0
(1)
"Loved"
#67
BigCommerce
5.0
(1)
"I’m working on a Craft site using the GraphQL API with BigCommerce & NextJS front end."
#68
Astro JS
5.0
(1)
"I like astro js and frontmatter CMS."
#69
qik.dev
5.0
(1)
"Checkout www.qik.dev... I guarantee you it’s worth your time to check out"
#70
JekyllPad
5.0
(1)
"Have you tried online saas cms like JekyllPad?"
#71
11ty
4.0
(1)
"I'd use 11ty.dev + pagesCMS.org (or decap CMS as u/kucink_pusink suggested)"
#72
Lovable
4.0
(1)
"Made my own CMS with all the relevant data I wanted to store using Lovable."
#73
Supabase
4.0
(1)
"Let's check Supabase, Payload, Directus, PocketBase."
#74
Sulu
4.0
(1)
"Have you tried Sulu?"
#75
Wisp
4.0
(1)
"You might find wisp quite fitting for you."
#76
PrestaShop
4.0
(1)
"Checks the boxes, apart from scalability that will depend on the infrastructure it's installed on."
#77
Odoo
4.0
(1)
"Odoo is super flexible."
#78
Laravel Orchid
4.0
(1)
"Started using Laravel Orchid for the admin side, pretty awesome stuff!"
#79
TYPO3
4.0
(1)
"TYPO3 is a good choice for this. I have written some kind of facebook social network project in the past, but never published it. I've been working with TYPO3 since the very beginning."
#80
Wink
4.0
(1)
"Have used Wink as a basic CMS and it works just fine for a blog."
#81
Pixpa
4.0
(1)
"I would suggest looking at Pixpa, Wix, and Squarespace."
#82
Headless CMS
4.0
(1)
"Try looking into headless CMS systems."
#83
SonicJS
4.0
(1)
"[https://sonicjs.com/](https://sonicjs.com/)"
#84
Microfeed
4.0
(1)
"I also deploy my own CMS because I want to manage my content by myself."
#85
October CMS
4.0
(1)
"October CMS is worth a look, especially if you need a good front end framework."
#86
Agility CMS
4.0
(1)
"Agility CMS is a great bet."
#87
MODX
4.0
(1)
"There is no best CMS but I highly recommend MODX."
#88
Jobber
4.0
(1)
"Jobber is built for home services folks."
#89
Substack
4.0
(1)
"Use Substack. Zero overhead, built in audience."
#90
Hashnode Headless
4.0
(1)
"You can manage your blogs and SEO using their dashboard."
#91
Astro Studio
4.0
(1)
"Maybe check out the new Astro Studio DB integration with Turso."
#92
Hubspot
4.0
(1)
"Great in the right situation"
#93
Cockpit
4.0
(1)
"Take a look at Cockpit."
#94
MedusaJS
4.0
(1)
"Did you look at medusajs?"
#95
Neob
3.0
(1)
"I know a CMS called Neob works with filament also."
#96
Xenforo
3.0
(1)
"If you don’t want to use wordpress, then what about using Xenforo?"
#97
FrontAid
3.0
(1)
"If they only want to update a bit of text and an image here and there you can get by with FrontAid or Keystatic."
#98
Apostrophe
3.0
(1)
"I haven't used it, but Apostrophe CMS might be worth looking into."
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