Community
FreeFree
Free. Extra users cost $9 per month each, up to 5 users.
Teams that want to try Zesty.io at no cost
- 1 user included
- 5GB CDN bandwidth and 50,000 CDN requests
- 3,000 API calls per month
- 5GB storage
Costs extra
Zesty.io
Hybrid and headless SaaS CMS with a free tier and public prices
Zesty.io is a vendor-hosted CMS that works as a hybrid or headless CMS. It publishes its prices: a free Community tier, Start Up at $475 per month and Business at $3,500 per month, with Enterprise by quote. A CLI, a Node SDK and an MCP server are public on GitHub.
Overview
Zesty.io is a vendor-hosted CMS. The homepage calls it a composable, data-driven, drag-and-drop, AI assisted, hybrid and headless CMS. Content is delivered through APIs, and plans are metered by users, API calls, CDN requests, storage and languages.
Zesty publishes several developer tools on GitHub, including a CLI, a Node SDK and a local MCP server. We found no self-hosted option. Plans run from a free Community tier to a custom Enterprise plan.
Strengths
- Public pricing with a free tier and a clear upgrade path.
- Hybrid and headless in one product, with drag-and-drop editing.
- Developer tools on GitHub: CLI, Node SDK and an MCP server.
- The Enterprise tier adds a 99.99% uptime SLA, SSO and DAM.
Watch out for
- Large jump from Start Up at $475 per month to Business at $3,500 per month.
- Metered limits can constrain growth. The free tier allows 3,000 API calls per month, and Start Up lists a 97% uptime SLA.
- DAM and SSO appear only on the custom Enterprise plan.
- SaaS only, and the back end is not shown as open source. Only the SDKs and tools on GitHub are public.
Pricing
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.
Start Up
Flat fee$475 per month
Listed per month. The pricing page does not state other billing terms.
Small teams and startups
- 3 users included, up to 15
- 100GB CDN bandwidth and 500,000 CDN requests
- 10,000 API calls per month and 20GB storage
- 2 languages, developer environments and a 97% uptime SLA
Costs extra
Business
Flat fee$3,500 per month
Listed per month. The pricing page does not state other billing terms.
Teams running marketing websites, hybrid or headless
- 10 users included, up to 40
- 2TB CDN bandwidth and 5,000,000 CDN requests
- 50,000 API calls per month and 200GB storage
- 15 languages, 99.95% SLA, Slack or Teams support and advanced caching
Costs extra
Marked Most Popular on the vendor pricing page.
Enterprise
Custom quoteCustom
Custom quote from the vendor.
Large-scale sites and apps
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- DAM, SSO and an activity log
- Dedicated account manager
- Legal and security review
Costs extra
Prices checked See current prices on the vendor's site
Features
Free, included in the cheapest plan, on a higher plan, or enterprise only. Open a feature to compare it across every platform.
Audit log
Enterprise
Activity log on the custom Enterprise plan
Drag-and-drop page builder
Free
Drag-and-drop editing in hybrid mode, according to the homepage
Environments
Included
Developer environments listed from the Start Up plan
Headless API
Free
Content APIs on every plan, metered by API calls. Free tier allows 3,000 per month.
Hosting
Free
Vendor-hosted SaaS with CDN bandwidth and requests metered per plan
Localization
Included
2 languages on Start Up, 15 on Business
MCP server
Free
Public local MCP server on GitHub exposing prompts and Zesty APIs as tools
Media library
Enterprise
DAM on the custom Enterprise plan only
Single sign-on (SSO)
Enterprise
SSO on the custom Enterprise plan only
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