ButterCMS is a hosted, API-first CMS with a built-in blog engine, pages and collections. Editors get visual editing and live preview on every plan. Developers use a REST API with SDKs and starters for common frameworks.
ButterCMS is a fully managed, cloud-native SaaS CMS. It is API-first: content is delivered through a REST API, with SDKs and starters for React, Next.js, Angular, Django and Laravel. ButterCMS handles hosting, scaling and security updates, and there is no self-hosted option.
Marketers work with pages, collections, a blog engine and SEO fields. Visual editing, live preview, scheduled publishing and version history are on every plan, and so are unlimited users and components. Plan limits apply to API calls, bandwidth, pages, blog posts, collections and assets.
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What each plan costs and what the bill is counted by: seats, sites, usage or a one-off license. The bottom of each card shows what you pay on top.
Free
No payment. Includes a 14-day free trial of paid features.
Small sites with limited pages and posts
Costs extra
$71 per month
Billed yearly. $79 if paid monthly.
Small teams that outgrow the free plan
Costs extra
$224 per month
Billed yearly. $249 if paid monthly.
Growing sites with more content and traffic
Costs extra
Write API, webhooks and video uploads are add-ons.
$359 per month
Billed yearly. $399 if paid monthly.
Larger sites with multiple locales
Costs extra
Write API, webhooks, video uploads and multi environment are add-ons.
Custom
Custom limits and pricing.
Large organizations that need workflows and an SLA
Costs extra
SSO is an add-on.
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Free, included in the cheapest plan, on a higher plan, or enterprise only. Open a feature to compare it across every platform.
