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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

flexibility, ease of integration, ease of use and cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Permission configuration, traceability of content usage and data acesso from API Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

single source of truth for our products and our websites.

We only nedd update info in one place and after that all websites are updated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DatoCMS Overview

What is DatoCMS?

DatoCMS is the headless CMS that gets out of the way, so you can bring projects to life quickly and without unnecessary complexity. Its powerful Content GraphQL API and no-code approach to content structuring enables teams to focus on execution rather than configuration. Developers can create powerful, reusable components for scalable and secure content creation, while authors and editors effortlessly build and publish content to multiple sites, apps, and localizations, all without needing developer intervention. With flexible pricing tiers and dedicated support, DatoCMS is the trusted partner for over 25,000 businesses worldwide, led by a small, customer-obsessed team.

DatoCMS Details
Languages Supported
Czech, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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Product Description

The headless CMS that gets out of the way, so you can bring projects to life quickly and without unnecessary complexity.


Seller Details
Seller
DatoCMS
Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Firenze, FI
Twitter
@datocms
2,737 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
12 employees on LinkedIn®

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Recent DatoCMS Reviews

DS
dodson s.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Sophisticated progressive"
The intuitive dashboard simplifies content management, making it accessible for non-technical users. It includes features like WYSIWYG editors and ...
Elmar W.
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Elmar W.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"The most expendable changeable and awesome CMS I've ever used."
I love GraphQL and DatoCMS supports that out of the box, like a charm! The flexibility of Dato is just heavenly, it really is a dream come true! ...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Excellent CMS for developers with GraphQL, media management, block editor and multilingual content"
Minimum setup required to trigger deploys of the site e.g. to Vercel. Flexible type system (schema) and extendable block-based editor.
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DatoCMS Media

DatoCMS Demo - Visual Model Builder
Our visual content modeling lets you quickly assemble and fine-tune models without unnecessary complexity. DatoCMS makes it easy to build a tailored authoring experience for your editors and marketers.
DatoCMS Demo - Dynamic Layouts
Set up an intuitive Page Builder with repeatable Blocks, providing editors with a flexible way to mix and match page elements. Give your authors the freedom to compose inspiring visual stories by alternating reusable custom components without depending on the development team.
DatoCMS Demo - Easy-to-use Editor
Create beautiful content with a clean and approachable editing interface, where every role can jump in and contribute from day one.
DatoCMS Demo - Web Previews
Offer your editors side-by-side previews of unpublished and draft content, directly within DatoCMS.
DatoCMS Demo - Images API
DatoCMS offers best-in-class API for images processing and image CDN thanks to the seamless partnership with Imgix. Optimize, resize, crop, rotate and watermark images on-the-fly simply adding custom parameters to the URL of your image.
DatoCMS Demo - GraphQL APIs
Tap into DatoCMS's full potential with native GraphQL APIs that can handle even the most complex queries and return only the essential data for your front-end.
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Elmar W.
EW
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

I love GraphQL and DatoCMS supports that out of the box, like a charm! The flexibility of Dato is just heavenly, it really is a dream come true!

You change the scheme, and it's so flexible out of the box with lots of filter options also great for multilingual purposes. And it's just so easy to use!

The easy of integration is simple, just GraphQL like you expected. With the great implementations Dato offers, you can get the options the most ideal way you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

There aren't migrations possible, and that's something I genuinly miss at the moment.

And be carefull with reaching the hard limit, because none of the request are possible after the limit has reached. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Multiple projects in one environment, and it's so flexible that changes are applied instantly! Love that! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bar L.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

I am an ex-WordPress developer that embraced the modern Jamstack (Next.js), and I can say that this is by far the most comprehensive and suited CMS to work with for entry to enterprise-level websites.

DatoCMS offers an amazing developer experience for modeling your content and blocks, intuitive and friendly UI to create your collections, an outstanding TYPE-SAFETY content delivery API including a slick GUI playground to test your queries, probably the fastest and service-driven support team, and so much more!

These guys have crafted a masterpiece in terms of CMS, which makes working with Next.js fun and, most importantly, almost hassle-free. Their work can be seen in every feature they release, either in their UI or the open-source libraries they provide to work with their APIs.

Cheers! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

The plugin community is still evolving and still needs some work - in my opinion, the gap is minor and still, I didn't find any challenge that I couldn't overcome by myself (using code). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a Next.js developer, I'm using DatoCMS for every project where I need a CMS.

When you think of a CMS, the first impression is the work & maintenance you have to do to deploy it on a server and hope that it won't crash from time to time.

With DatoCMS, I have peace of mind that my websites are getting their content on every deployment, no matter what! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Josh W.
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Digital Strategist
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

We use DatoCMS on a lot of projects. It's our new default for every content project do. Easy to implement and integrate, easy to use editing and a fantastic and very supportive team behind the scenes. The perfect agency CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Not much really. If theres any its very minor details. For example the translation into German could overall be a little better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

If there is content that needs to be editet we will implement DatoCMS. Mostly websites. But sometimes also und customer portals or really any other digital product with content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Digital transformation consultant
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

The intuitive dashboard simplifies content management, making it accessible for non-technical users. It includes features like WYSIWYG editors and customizable content mode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Not as user friendly as sold unfortunately Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Support limited. Friendly onboarding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos F.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

This product is simply awesome. It's super easy to use and has a lot of different features. The integration and implementation is pretty easy as well, you can use graphQL as API.

I would love to recommend DatoCMS to anyone that need a Headless CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

There is nothing I don't like about the product. Everything we need we have it here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a blog in our website and we manage all the content in DatoCMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Patrick B.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Both our team and clients are happy using DatoCMS. I especially like that our non-technical customers can easily make updates and that my team can focus on being a more strategic partner. I also like that my team is able to develop more quickly with fewer issues resulting in cost and time savings. Last but definitely not least, we've really enjoyed working with the DatoCMS team. They've been helpful and quite responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

DatoCMS isn't as widely recognized as some competitors, so it can take a bit more time upfront to educate potential clients about its benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

DatoCMS is helping us move faster and is giving our clients more flexibility. It's a much more modern solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Thomas B.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

The best headless CMS we've seen. The interface is great and easy for our clients to navigate and update. The support team are great and we look forward to partnering more with Dato. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Pricing can sometimes be an issue on smaller plans for a portfolio sites. However worth the money if you value usability and support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Client usability and premium quality of product and service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cairin M.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

It's simple to set up and integrate into your team's workflow. Our favorite features include the modular content fields, automatically optimized images and the structure text fields. The whole platform is a breeze from both a content editing and engineering perspective. Their support team is also super responsive and solved all our issues in no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Finding reasons to dislike DatoCMS is challenging since it is an excellent platform. The only thing we couldn't integrate seamlessly was setting up build triggers for page spidering. We had to set up fake build pipelines because DatoCMS requires you to trigger a build before initiating page spidering. Our implementation doesn't require a full site rebuild, so that we could have just used a webhook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using DatoCMS for all our content, from marketing pages to docs and our blog. It allows our designers to change content without requiring time from our engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

It is clear that the Dato team has put a lot of effort in understanding their users' needs. They value their customers and provide excellent support.

From a developer standpoint, DatoCMS is simply amazing. There are just so many good features and the CMS is really easy to implement. The docs are great and thorough. The dozen of available starter projects help you get going real fast. The GraphQL Content Delivery API allows for full typesafety when using Typescript and codegen. Webhooks work great. And what I like the most, by building your own custom plugins, it is possible to extend the functionality of DatoCMS in any imaginable way. True flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

I have actually not found anything to dislike about DatoCMS in comparison to other CMS platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

For clients, we have used DatoCMS to build a great content management solution for marketing sites, and are currently implementing DatoCMS for a more advanced use case: an education platform, having the entirety of the admin portal inside of Dato using custom plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fran M.
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What do you like best about DatoCMS?

The flexibility to build and update quickly, easy to use and very few errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Would be great to have bigger storage on lower tier plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DatoCMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its a great replacement for wordpress and feels more powerful in its capabilities as a platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.