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CMS
Manage content without redeploying your app.
Contentful
The enterprise-grade option. Probably overkill for a solo project, but worth knowing since it's the name most content teams already have opinions about.
Directus
Wraps your existing SQL database with instant REST/GraphQL APIs and an admin UI instead of owning the schema itself, so you can drop it later without losing your data.
Ghost
A clean, fast, open-source publishing platform built for blogs and newsletters, with built-in Stripe-powered memberships that take 0% cut.
Payload CMS
TypeScript-native, code-first CMS that lives inside your own Next.js repo. Figma acquired it in 2026 and paused new sign-ups for the managed Payload Cloud, so plan on self-hosting it.
Sanity
The developer-experience pick among headless CMSs. GROQ query language and a fully customizable Studio make it flexible if you're willing to invest a bit in setup.
Storyblok
The headless CMS built around a real visual editor, so non-technical editors get drag-and-drop page building while you keep an API-first content model underneath.
Strapi
The most popular open-source, self-hosted headless CMS. A pragmatic choice if you want to avoid vendor lock-in and don't mind running it on your own VPS.