Contentful vs Pimcore
Contentful
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| Figure | Contentful | Pimcore |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $300/mo | $825/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Digital Experience - Enterprise Software | 8.0 (#7) | 8.5 (#4) |
| Spec score · Digital Experience - Midmarket Software | 8.0 (#16) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · CMS Tools | 8.0 (#19) | 8.5 (#8) |
| Founded | 2013 | 2013 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany | Salzburg, Austria |
Plans
Pimcore
- Professional Edition$9,900 a year
- Enterprise Edition$29,900 a year
- PaaSPrice not published
- Community EditionFree
- Professional$9,900 a year
- Enterprise$29,900 a year
- Starter PaaS Edition$39,900 a year
- Growth PaaS Edition$57,900 a year
- Performance PaaS Edition$79,900 a year
In their own words
Contentful
Contentful is a web-based content platform with free and paid plans. It supports content localization, custom role permissions, webhooks, content preview, asset transformations, and both listed API types. The Free plan costs nothing, billed at $0 forever, and allows 10 users, 2 roles, 2 locales, 100K API calls per month, 50 GB per month of CDN bandwidth, and 1 Starter Space. Lite costs $300 a month, billed at $300 per month, with 20 users, 3 roles, 3 locales, 1M API calls per month, 100 GB per month of CDN bandwidth, and 1 Starter Space. Contentful was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Pimcore
Pimcore combines product information management, master data management, digital asset management, digital experience management, and commerce on a shared data foundation. PIM tools include data quality and completeness scoring, modeling with 45+ field types, and multichannel publishing. DAM includes asset metadata and rights management, approval workflows, and links to products. DXP supports multisite and multilingual management, personalization, targeting, and workflow approval. Community Edition supports cloud or on-premises deployment; Enterprise Edition can run on private or public cloud or in a private data center. PaaS hosting lists AWS, GCP, and Azure options, with managed infrastructure and 24x7 support. Professional costs $9,900 a year; Enterprise costs $29,900 a year. Community Edition has no listed price and no commercial support; users are directed to GitHub, forums, and documentation. Pimcore describes Community Edition as suitable for non-production use, academic environments, non-profits, and businesses below EUR/USD 5 million annual revenue. Enterprise includes long-term support and offers optional DirectConnect access to Pimcore's core development team.