Modern Campus CMS vs Prismic

Modern Campus CMS is a web content management system marketed exclusively for higher education. It provides editorial workflows, custom roles, SEO tools, a media library, and custom content types. Editors can use WYSIWYG tools, drag-and-drop interfaces, forms, and surveys, while Layout Builder offers low-code page creation for non-technical users. Workflow management and page health checks support review before publication. Automated testing can check accessibility against WCAG 2.2, and the CMS supports on-brand webpages and search-optimized blog posts. It operates as a cloud-based solution, with browser access and publishing to institution production servers. Hosting includes DDoS protection, a web application firewall, and regular operating system patches. Authentication options include LDAP, CAS, Shibboleth, and SAML 2.0 SSO with validated identity providers. Modules and managed services can extend the system; modules are available for purchase. An August 2026 release added AI help for page titles and descriptions, requiring an institution OpenAI API key. Pricing is available on request. Modern Campus no longer sells self-hosting, but continues supporting existing customers.

Prismic is a headless content management system with developer tools and a visual page builder for websites built on an existing stack. Its Visual Page Builder supports live editing, drag-and-drop layouts and reusable slices; Slice Machine helps model content and generate TypeScript and component structure. Official integrations and SDKs are listed for Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit. Teams can localize content, configure custom roles, preview pages, review revision history and roll back changes. Imgix integration optimizes images, and each page includes schema support. APIs, webhooks and a Migration API support integrations and structured content migrations. Prismic runs as a single product across web and API platforms and connects to Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP-enabled AI tools. The free plan allows one user, two locales and 4 million API calls monthly; it includes 100 GB of monthly CDN bandwidth, and exceeding that allowance locks the project. Paid plans start at $10/mo (annual). Prismic was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.