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deco CMS is designed for commerce teams that want business users to edit and publish storefront content while keeping design-system components controlled. It works over Shopify, VTEX, Wake, VNDA, and custom or headless stacks, and adds an AI agent for other changes on the customer’s stack. Teams can create country, state, or UTM audience variants, run edge A/B tests, share previews, and keep content and code in a repository with one-click rollback. The open-source CMS is self-hostable; Studio costs $20 per user per month, and Enterprise costs $10,000 per month.

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    Quiqr

    Free plan Open source LinuxMacSelf-hosted+2

    Hugo site authors who want an offline desktop CMS — Quiqr focuses on local editing and publishing static HTML sites with Hugo, rather than deco’s commerce storefront workflows and experiments.

    8.7 Free plan Visit site
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    Mattrbld

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted+1

    Git-based content editing across frontend frameworks — Mattrbld edits Git-stored JSON and Markdown offline, while deco centers on visual commerce editing and agent-assisted changes.

    7.3 Free plan Visit site
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    Decap CMS

    by Decap CMS
    Free plan Self-hostedWeb

    Static-site teams using Git review and publishing workflows — Decap CMS pairs structured web editing with Git branches and deployment checks for static sites, rather than deco’s commerce integrations and A/B testing.

    7.3 Free plan · paid from €19/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Dhub

    Free plan Web

    Documentation teams editing Markdown and MDX visually — Dhub adds visual Markdown and MDX editing, real-time collaboration, and documentation navigation tools instead of deco’s commerce-focused editing.

    7.1 Free plan · paid from $16/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    HugoCMS

    by HugoCMS
    Free plan Self-hostedWeb

    Hugo users who want browser-based visual or Markdown editing — HugoCMS combines Hugo with browser-based editing and file management, whereas deco targets commerce teams and multi-platform storefronts.

    7.1 Free plan · paid from €139 Visit site
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    Keystatic

    Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWeb

    Teams editing codebase content through an admin UI — Keystatic edits Markdown, YAML, and JSON in a codebase without a database, unlike deco’s commerce-focused CMS and agent workflow.

    8.8 Free plan · paid from $10/mo Visit site
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    Kiln

    Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWeb

    Static-site editors who need scoped access and Git commits — Kiln offers click-to-edit static-site content, scoped editor access, and Git-commit publishing rather than deco’s commerce integrations and experiments.

    8.8 Free plan · paid from $4.99/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
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    CrafterCMS

    by CrafterCMS
    Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3
    9.2 Free plan Visit site
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    Conloca

    Free plan Self-hostedWeb
    7.4 Free plan Visit site
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    Outstatic

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
    7.1 Free plan · paid from $9.99/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    GitBased CMS

    Free plan Web
    7.0 From $29.99/mo Visit site
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    Netlify

    by Netlify
    Free plan APIWeb
    7.0 Free plan · paid from $9/mo Visit site
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    Pages CMS

    Free plan Self-hostedWeb
    6.9 Free plan Visit site
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    Sveltia CMS

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
    6.8 Free plan Visit site
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    TinaCMS

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
    6.8 Free plan · paid from $24/mo Visit site
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    plain

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
    6.7 Open source Visit site
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    Siteleaf

    Free plan APIWeb
    6.7 Free plan · 14-day trial Visit site
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    SkyBlobs

    Free plan Web
    6.5 Free plan Visit site
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    GitCMS

    Free trial APIWeb
    6.0 From $49 Visit site
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    Sitepins

    Free trial AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted+1
    5.9 Free plan · paid from $10/mo (annual) · 15-day trial Visit site
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    CloudCannon

    by CloudCannon
    Paid Web
    5.7 From $10/mo · 21-day trial Visit site
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    Prose

    Paid Self-hostedWeb
    4.9 Open source Visit site

A different editor may suit teams focused on static sites, documentation, or framework-independent content rather than commerce operations. deco’s platform options are API, macOS, self-hosted, and web, and its core commerce workflows may be more than a smaller site needs. When switching, weigh the editing experience, supported content formats and frameworks, Git workflow, offline access, collaboration, hosting, and publishing controls. Also consider whether you need deco’s commerce integrations, audience targeting, and edge experiments, or would rather use a simpler workflow tailored to your site.

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