Headless CMS and Visual Editors | Parse

Headless CMS and Visual Editors in AI answers

Data as of Oct 18, 2026Based on 244 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

Storyblok holds a clear lead, recommended primarily for its visual drag-and-drop editor paired with headless flexibility. For headless commerce frontends, however, Builder.io is the usual answer for marketers needing visual editing.

Most-mentioned brands

Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	Storyblok 67% intuitive visual editing without producing bloated code	intuitive visual editing without producing bloated code	67%
2	Sanity 53% customizable live preview and simple front-end APIs	customizable live preview and simple front-end APIs	53%
3	Contentful 42% mature structured content delivery for large enterprises	mature structured content delivery for large enterprises	42%
4	Builder.io 35% drag-and-drop page creation across headless commerce backends	drag-and-drop page creation across headless commerce backends	35%
5	Prismic 34% modular Slice Machine component setups for editors	modular Slice Machine component setups for editors	34%
6	Strapi 28% open-source developer control with straightforward content dashboards	open-source developer control with straightforward content dashboards	28%
7	Hygraph 24% GraphQL-native setups balancing complex schemas and simple editing	GraphQL-native setups balancing complex schemas and simple editing	24%
8	Payload CMS 22% TypeScript-native headless workflows inside Node.js applications	TypeScript-native headless workflows inside Node.js applications	22%
9	Webflow · webflow.io 17% visual design systems coupled with content modeling	visual design systems coupled with content modeling	17%
10	Directus 14% generating REST and GraphQL APIs from SQL databases	generating REST and GraphQL APIs from SQL databases	14%
11	Wix 12%		12%
12	Uniform 9%		9%
13	Contentstack 9%		9%
14	Squarespace 9%		9%
15	Framer 9%		9%
16	WordPress 9%		9%
17	Makeswift 9%		9%
18	DatoCMS 8%		8%
19	Contentful StudioContentful product line 7%		7%
20	Elementor 7%		7%
21	Tina CMS 6%		6%
22	Astro 6%		6%
23	React Bricks 5%		5%
24	dotCMS 5%		5%
25	Magnolia CMS 5%		5%
26	Plasmic 5%		5%
27	Shogun · getshogun.com 4%		4%
28	Next.jsVercel product line 3%		3%
29	Wix StudioWix product line 3%		3%
30	Shopify 3%		3%
31	Instatic 2%		2%
32	Hostinger AI Website BuilderHostinger product line 2%		2%
33	Laioutr 2%		2%
34	Commercetools 2%		2%
35	Canva 2%		2%
36	Shogun 2%		2%
37	Styla 2%		2%
38	Carrd 2%		2%
39	Webstudio 2%		2%
40	Shopify Hydrogen 2%		2%
41	Canva Website BuilderCanva product line 2%		2%
42	Hostinger 2%		2%
43	BigCommerce 2%		2%
44	Statamic 1%		1%
45	Webflow · webflow.com 1% visual design systems coupled with content modeling	visual design systems coupled with content modeling	1%
46	Decap CMS 1%		1%
47	Supabase 1%		1%
48	Elastic Path 1%		1%
49	Amplience 1%		1%
50	Builder.io SiteBuilder.io product line 1%		1%
51	GutenbergWordPress product line 1%		1%
52	Storyblok Visual EditorStoryblok product line 1%		1%
53	Slice MachineSlice product line 1%		1%
54	Ghost 1%		1%
55	WordPress.comOwned by Automattic 1%		1%
56	ApostropheCMS 1%		1%
57	Weaverse 1%		1%
58	Catalyst 1%		1%
59	BigCommerce CatalystBigCommerce product line 1%		1%
60	Weebly 1%		1%
61	Tailwind CSS 1%		1%
62	Vercel 1%		1%
63	Stackbit 1%		1%
64	Kustomizer 1%		1%
65	Pinegrow <1%		<1%
66	Sitemap Architect <1%		<1%
67	Rarchy <1%		<1%
68	Sanity Presentation <1%		<1%
69	Figma <1%		<1%
70	ButterCMS <1%		<1%
71	Storyblok GraphQL APIStoryblok product line <1%		<1%
72	Klar <1%		<1%
73	WebPlanner <1%		<1%
74	Kirby <1%		<1%
75	Blocks Edit <1%		<1%
76	Editor.js <1%		<1%
77	Prismic SlicesPrismic product line <1%		<1%
78	Sitepins <1%		<1%
79	MENO <1%		<1%
80	Bloomreach <1%		<1%
81	Agility CMS <1%		<1%
82	Airtable <1%		<1%
83	Craft CMS <1%		<1%
84	WollyCMS <1%		<1%
85	Alokai <1%		<1%
86	Prismic GraphQL APIPrismic product line <1%		<1%
87	Sanity Presentation ToolsSanity product line <1%		<1%
88	Composer <1%		<1%
89	Nuxt <1%		<1%
90	Duda <1%		<1%
91	Apollo GraphQL <1%		<1%
92	TypeScriptMicrosoft product line <1%		<1%
93	Surreal CMS <1%		<1%
94	Styla FrontendStyla product line <1%		<1%
95	Adobe for BusinessAdobe product line <1%		<1%
96	Netlify CreateNetlify product line <1%		<1%
97	Shopstory <1%		<1%
98	Kibo Commerce <1%		<1%
99	Salesforce Commerce CloudSalesforce product line <1%		<1%
100	Gatsby <1%		<1%