Show rating breakdown
Save to My Lists
Claimed
Claimed

Top Rated DatoCMS Alternatives

DatoCMS Reviews & Product Details - Page 3

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
Show LessShow More
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
2,732 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
12 employees on LinkedIn®

Stefano V.
SV
Overview Provided by:

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.
EW
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! ...
Verified User
C
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.
Security Badge
This seller hasn't added their security information yet. Let them know that you'd like them to add it.
0 people requested security information

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.
Answer a few questions to help the DatoCMS community
Have you used DatoCMS before?
Yes

38 DatoCMS Reviews

4.8 out of 5
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
Search reviews
Popular Mentions
The next elements are radio elements and sort the displayed results by the item selected and will update the results displayed.
Hide FiltersMore Filters
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
38 DatoCMS Reviews
4.8 out of 5
38 DatoCMS Reviews
4.8 out of 5

DatoCMS Pros and Cons

How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Cons

Overall Review Sentiment for DatoCMSQuestion

Time to Implement
<1 day
>12 months
Return on Investment
<6 months
48+ months
Ease of Setup
0 (Difficult)
10 (Easy)
Log In
Want to see more insights from verified reviewers?
Log in to view review sentiment.
G2 reviews are authentic and verified.
Spencer Evison C.
SC
Co-Founder / Engineering Lead
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

The UX of both the content modeling and the content editing is much better than its competitors. On the rare occasions that I required support, their support team was super responsive and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

There's nothing to dislike about the platform, but it would be great if they added the ability to purchase additional bandwidth for projects on the free tier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

DatoCMS provides a platform to rapidly spin up a headless CMS for websites & apps. It's so quick and easy to do so, that it makes the whole process of getting a project live so much quicker than it otherwise would have been. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joshua P.
JP
Account Director
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Super intuitive CMS and easy to use. I was able to modify content without training of any kind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Little in the way of basic documentation - although this hasn't been too much of a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

CMS for a soon to launch website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JC
Developer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
(Original )Information
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

I like the separation of a hosted CMS but sometimes they lack the features and customisation you need. I spent a lot of time trialing platforms before I chose DatoCMS. It had all the features I needed plus the overall experience has been consistently great. The team are also very helpful and have gone beyond what I would expect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

They've done a great job of covering all bases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DatoCMS:

GraphQL adds some extra effort if you're using it for the first time but is worth it over REST APIs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Hosted headless CMS that does not compromise on features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Magnus H.
MH
Product & Insights Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Meshes really nicely with Gatsby, with very modern, simple yet flexible model editing. Editing data models is easy for devs, editing records is easy for editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

We had a few bugs historically, but they have all been fixed so there is nothing to dislike now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Migrating from Wordpress to a more modern CMS. We have very diverse content, but also some pages (such as a blog) that require many records. DatoCMS fits the bill really nicely by providing a good approach and way of working with both of these. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GD
Head of Product
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Every single feature in DatoCMS is well thought, engineered, and fine-tuned to deliver the best experience both for end-users and as well for the developers. The community is thrilling and you can always find some hint to fix a problem or some proper help from the support team. Actually, I've never experienced a faster and ultra dedicated support team than DatoCMS's.

Whether if you're a single developer willing to delve into the future of web technologies with the best-in-class headless CMS and one of the pioneers of the Jamstack philosophy, an Agency with a lot of clients to serve, or an enterprise with mission-critical requirements, DatoCMS is the cherry you're looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Actually, there's nothing I dislike about DatoCMS. The rare times that I've encountered a glitch, a bug, or I got stuck for any reason I could count on the strong community support and on the kindness of DatoCMS's team that always guided me through towards the solution, sometimes even developing new features ad-hoc! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DatoCMS:

Just try it! There's a large free tier to experiment with, you're not gonna regret it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I've migrated a legacy monolithic application to a modern, future-proof Jamstack architecture that increased performances for end-users by more than 5 times and, at the same, time lowered drastically the running costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Fine Art
CF
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
(Original )Information
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Minimum setup required to trigger deploys of the site e.g. to Vercel. Flexible type system (schema) and extendable block-based editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

The price is too high for smaller projects with ~1000 records. The lowest-paid plan is 199€/month. The free plan is suitable for development only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DatoCMS:

Works great in combination with frameworks like SvelteKit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Deploying a multilingual website with rich media to a global audience. The main benefits were low maintenance costs for IT and an easy and joyful editing experience for editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

The ever-evolving feature set, ease of use and extremely responsive product team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Hard to think of anything honestly. The only thing I would have said would be the lack of client isolated infrastructure, but that has recently been added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Single source of truth for CMS content across multiple applications. Composable content modules that allow designers to easily craft unique experiences in a matter of minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
AE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Global distribution and 0 devops needed. And quick and nice customer support on a free tier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Bidirectional relations missing require a little more work but it's fine. Request count went up fast, that's something to investigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DatoCMS:

Simple and intuitive, very easy to get up and running in a couple minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

No devops, no backend, works out of the box Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MH
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Structured text is a perfect match for us, allowing us to create custom components on the front-end that can easily be created/rearranged/etc. by CMS users, all within a beautiful UI! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

Custom assets URL is pretty involved (although documentation is excellent), benefits of Imgix & auto-tagging certainly worth it, though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Marketing site content and asset management. This has been a huge success, with the easy-to-understand and use UI extending the number of people in the company able to update the site autonomously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DatoCMS?

Data modeling is easy to understand, tweak, and tailor to your need. Nothing is frozen and it's really easy to change your mind / data design.

Graphql API makes it a joy to work with and integrate with Next or Gatsby.

Image management with rich API & CDN is also a joy.

Support is great too, and pricing is fair when you consider the other player in the same fields. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DatoCMS?

I would love to have reverse relationships for graphQL API: you have posts that belong to a category, you can get the linked category from the post, you can get all post for a given category, but you don't have a post collection on your category model. It seems really costly to do, and the workaround are not that bad, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DatoCMS:

Free plan is quite enough to start testing if Dato is a fit for your project; API allows easy import/export so you won't feel locked if it is not for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Self-hosting a headless CMS is time-consuming, and a good CDN can be pricy. DATO does both with a great UX & DX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.