DatoCMS

Web · API · paid plans from €149,199/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 7.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

DatoCMS is ranked #8 of 35 in headless CMS on Freedom251. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at €149,199/mo.

DatoCMS plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free 3 projects · 1 collaborator per project · 300 records · 10GB/month bandwidth · 100k CDA API calls/month · no overages datocms.com · 4 Oct 2026

Professional €149,199/mo Annual billing at €149/month or monthly billing at €199/month 1 project included · 10 collaborators · 100k records · 1TB/month bandwidth · 1M CDA API calls/month · pay-as-you-go overages datocms.com · 4 Oct 2026

Enterprise Not published Guaranteed support and uptime SLAs · SSO and audit logs · Customizable roles and tasks · Shared Slack support channel datocms.com · 20 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Custom billing solutions Custom agreement · additional features for larger teams focused on security and volumes datocms.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on headless CMS

Free plan: Yes
API types: both
Content localization: Yes
Role permissions: custom
Webhooks: Yes
Content preview: Yes
Asset transformations: Yes

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The record

Product: DatoCMS is a headless CMS for managing content in a central hub and distributing it through APIs.
Audience: The product is presented for developers, digital marketers, content creators, and enterprise teams.
Content modeling: A no-code schema builder lets teams define custom content types, fields, validations, and visibility options.
Localization: Projects can contain content in multiple languages through locales.
Editorial features: Editors can use modular content, structured text, visual editing, scheduled publishing, and live collaboration.
Media: DatoCMS manages images, videos, documents, and audio, and says assets are optimized and delivered through its CDN using imgix and Mux.
API: The Content Delivery API uses GraphQL, allowing clients to request the response data shape they need.
Integrations: The marketplace lists Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, and Astro starter kits, plus Netlify, Vercel, GitLab, and custom webhook build integrations.
Enterprise integrations: Marketplace enterprise apps include custom AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage asset storage and single sign-on integrations for Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin, and Google Workspace.
Security: DatoCMS states that it is ISO 27001 certified and makes certification and additional documentation available upon request.
Free tier limits: The Free plan does not allow overages; reaching its monthly limits can cause service suspension, and the plan is primarily intended for testing and prototyping.
Support: The pricing page lists community-based support on Free and weekday support with a 24-hour response time on Professional.
Company history: DatoCMS says it began in 2015 as an internal tool for an Italian web agency and became an independent company in 2019.
Price from: €149,199/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Headless CMS in 2026#8 of 35

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Sources

datocms.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/features· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/docs/content-delivery-api· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/marketplace· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/security· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/docs/plans-pricing-and-billing/free-dev· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/pricing· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/company/about· checked 4 Oct 2026
datocms.com/docs/plans-pricing-and-billing· checked 4 Oct 2026