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Josh P.
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Updated December 14, 2025
Contentful vs Directus: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$300.00
per month
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Content Management
4.67
Content Publishing Options
4.53
Text Editing
4.50
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Integrations
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Pros / Cons
- Contentful allows us to structure our content exactly how we need it with custom content types and fields, making it adaptable for different projects
- The child pages and drop down menu were all intertwined or bootstrapped to Ruby and Heroku so the ability to edit those areas was more difficult
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- I would highly recommend this platform to anyone who is looking to deliver a single CMS product across multiple organisation with discrete and granular controls and permissions.
- Recent price changes make it very expensive for small projects.
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Ease-of-Use
4.2/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.6/ 5in the comparison
Value for Money
4.3/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.9/ 5in the comparison
Customer Support
4.1/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.5/ 5in the comparison
Functionality
4.4/ 5
4.4/ 5
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
N/A
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Recommendations
Recommendations
N/A
N/A
Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
