Contentful Reviews & Product Details

It was very easy for our team to create, manage and publish content mainly because of the user friendliness of the interface, and the management capabilities Contentful offers. The modular content allowed us to tailor our content according to specific project requirements. Contentful's features made sure our digital experiences remains both dynamic and engaging.

Also, the delivery infrastructure on Contentful is very reliable which ensured a smooth and efficient experience for both content creators and end-users. In addition, the support for different content types such as including text, images, and videos enabled us to deliver content that’s high quality and diverse across multiple channels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A challenge we faced was related to circular references on the data that was returned from the Contentful API. This was a major hurdle as we couldn't find a simple solution for this problem which happened to be a common problem amongst others. Because we had to handle circular references and implementing work arounds, it led us to developing a less than ideal development process. This aspect was time consuming and made it more complex.

While we experienced this setback, we appreciate the efforts made by Contentful to implement continuous improvements and we hope to see enhancements in handling circular references in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use , very easy to implement Models, supports localization and a lot of integrations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I hate about contentful is they don't have the option to replicate from one environment to another,

For example I have 2 env, staging and prod, If I created and tested something on staging , I will have to again create the same thing on prod which is really annoying and time consuming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contentful is incredibly easy to use, making it a go-to CMS for both developers and content managers. Its API-first approach ensures seamless integrations with a wide range of other systems, allowing for high interoperability. I've leveraged it across various companies and clients for a diverse range of use cases, and it consistently delivers. As a truly composable technology, it gives teams the flexibility to build exactly what they need, whether it's for a simple site or a more complex, content-driven application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Contentful excels in many areas, the pricing structure can become a consideration as you scale. As your content and API usage grow, costs can quickly escalate, which may be a challenge for some organizations when scaling larger applications or content-heavy platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contentful is strongest in offering structured content models for developers to query and consume via APIs. This is especially powerful when managing content across platforms such as web and mobile. The headless CMS allows flexibility in site or app hosting & implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Because how models are used and rendered depends on the quality of the data modeling work, and the quality of the client implementations, this can lead to a lot of complexity and it being unclear to the Contentful user how to configure the content models to get a desired site behavior. This is not inherent to Contentful, but a risk that the greater abstraction of the content makes possible. Put some real thought into how content is modeled in Contentful, and keep it simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it beacone easy for uploading your content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there was better support for documentation and realtion with graphql Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's fast and easy to learn. It's very rare to have bugs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Uploading pciture bigger than the recommended size gives ane error after the uploading. It would be better to avoid to upload it from the start.

Sometimes it could be diffcult to have a grasp of what the final page will look like. Could be greate to hava a " preview" section Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy way to update image & Video with URL and there navigation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

making model id sync and there will little bit delay Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contentful has been great for mamanging different types of content and cross-connecting them on our website. It also working well for us for publishing content in multiple languages. Contentful is easy to use and we work with it almost every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contentful does require a developer to set it up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Structured data, content modeling, fast delivery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited as free, no visual page bulider Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contentful seems to be very developer-oriented in its in-depth features, and the way they are presented. The new Studio experience seems quite exciting, and should make the solution a lot easier to use.

Integrating the main Contentful API with our website build system was incredibly straightforward.

The support team (once you're a prospect or a paying customer) are very responsive, quick, and helpful. This even extends to their Engineering team being available to look at issues on their open source repos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While the developer-facing features are top-notch, the actual content authoring experience is frankly sub-par, particularly for an enterprise oriented platform like this.

There are frankly no collaboration features to speak of, and it's too easy for multiple authors to accidentally overwrite each others' changes. Commenting can only be done a field level (so if the field is, say, a very long textarea, it's not very useful).

Many features have UX complexities that make sense from a database POV, but feel clunky from an author POV. Being able to completely customise the editing interface is frequently touted as the jewel in their crown - but we found that even for simple things (e.g. allowing authors to define a custom HTML attribute for links) you'll end up having to cut a completely custom WYSIWYG editor plugin from scratch.

The sales team could only offer custom development services from their partner agencies as a solution - and so it was difficult to see the ROI on spending five figures for a licence for software we'd have to spend six figures on to develop all the missing features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.