Our take
Pick Contentful if editorial / front-end teams who will stay on Platform Free at $0 forever (10 users, 2 roles, 2 locales, 100K API calls, 50 GB CDN, 1 Starter Space) while they open a first Entry editor, then buy a Lite Space at $850 / month when they need 50 content types / 50,000 records. Pick Storyblok if teams who will stay on Starter Free (1 space / 1 seat / 100GB / 100k API) while they open a first Visual
Best for
Contentful Fields you publish at $0
Storyblok In-context blocks you start at a public $
Free plan
Contentful $0 · / forever. 10 users. 2 roles. 2 locales. 100K API calls / month (hard cap, no overages). 50 GB CDN / month. 1 Starter Space (25 content types, 2 environments, 10,000 records)
Storyblok No free plan
Lowest paid
Contentful Overage on paid plans $5
Storyblok Starter $15/mo
Next step up
Contentful Lite Space (add-on) $850/mo
Storyblok Growth $99.00/mo
Runs where
Contentful Hosted
Storyblok Hosted
Watch out
Contentful Free is hard-capped
Storyblok Starter is a test/personal cap
Last checked
Contentful 2026-10-23 · contentful.com/pricing
Storyblok 2026-10-23 · storyblok.com/pricing
editorial / front-end teams who will stay on Platform Free at $0 forever (10 users, 2 roles, 2 locales, 100K API calls, 50 GB CDN, 1 Starter Space) while they open a first Entry editor, then buy a Lite Space at $850 / month when they need 50 content types / 50,000 records.
Read the Contentful pageteams who will stay on Starter Free (1 space / 1 seat / 100GB / 100k API) while they open a first Visual Editor landing page, then Growth at $99/month when they need 5 seats, SEO meta tags, and Storyblok Agents — not Growth Plus $349 first unless they need 15 seats and 1TB traffic.
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