Contentstack vs Gentics Mesh
Contentstack
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| Figure | Contentstack | Gentics Mesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Headless CMS | 8.8 (#8) | 8.3 (#16) |
| API types | both | both |
| Asset transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA; San Francisco, California, USA | Vienna, Austria and Bern, Switzerland |
| Integrations | The marketplace covers analytics, commerce, DAM, marketing, PIM, personalization, search, translation and video, with examples including Algolia, Cloudinary, BigCommerce, Shopify, Zapier and Smartling. | The product supports OAuth2/OIDC authentication, and a premium Keycloak plugin adds Keycloak or Red Hat SSO integration support. |
| Content localization | Yes | Yes |
| Content preview | Yes | Yes |
| Role permissions | custom | custom |
Plans
Contentstack
- FreeFree
- Growth$299 a month
- Build$29 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Contentstack
Contentstack has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Gentics Mesh
Gentics Mesh is a free, open-source headless CMS that manages content through HTTP APIs. It provides REST and GraphQL interfaces, with GraphQL currently limited to read-only operations. Content can be arranged in hierarchical trees that generate navigation menus, breadcrumbs and URLs. The REST API supports multilingual content, custom user and permission management, previews, search with Elasticsearch and image resizing or cropping for PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIF and WebP files. GraphQL filtering can work independently of Elasticsearch. Authentication options include login, API tokens, OAuth2 and anonymous access; passwords use bcrypt hashes. Deployment documentation covers Docker, AWS Elastic Container Service and Linux systemd. MariaDB is the default database, while premium connectors support Microsoft SQL Server 2019+, Oracle 19+ and PostgreSQL 14.4+. The open-source edition costs nothing under Apache 2.0. Commercial plugins and extended SQL storage require a Gentics license.