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Decap CMS

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is Decap CMS?

Decap is an Open source content management for your Git workflow. You can add Decap CMS to any static site generator, meta-framework, or other tool that stores content in Git.

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Awards & Recognition

Decap CMS won the following awards in the Content Marketing category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

Decap CMS Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

100

Negotiation and Contract

100

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 96%
Negotiation and Contract:: 100%
Conflict Resolution:: 100%
Strategy & Innovation:: 96%
Service Experience:: 97%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Decap CMS?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies
Fair
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Editorial Calendar

Content Analytics

Content Creation

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Content Storage

Content Curation / Library Controls

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Editorial Workflow

Multi-Channel Distribution

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Decap CMS Reviews

Petar'Barnes T.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

This platform is Multi-Channel Publishing.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Decap CMS from other similar products?

Unlike some traditional CMS platforms, Decap CMS boasts a decentralized architecture. This not only enhances scalability but also contributes to improved performance and reliability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the primary advantages of Decap CMS is its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Even users with limited technical expertise can easily navigate and manage content, reducing the learning curve for new adopters.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While the basic functionalities are user-friendly, mastering advanced features might pose a challenge for some users. Training and documentation could be more comprehensive to help users unlock the full potential of the CMS.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In conclusion, Decap CMS is a robust and secure content management solution that excels in providing a used-friendly experience for beginners while offering advanced features for seasoned users. Its intelligent content decryption, multi-channel publishing, and emphasis on security make it a contender in the CMS market.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Costel O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Less costly CMS platform

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Decap CMS from other similar products?

I'll love the ease of use and the simple authentication process it performs. Netlify CMS helps users to develop the best website with faster speed and is specially designed to edit the best content and provide a variety of themes for the website. It helped us to complete projects in less time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Fixed page adaptation provides a convenient editing platform for our documents. This is a page react app that allows us to create manual previews. I really can't criticize a simple and efficient CMS. I love their customer support which improves my knowledge and helped all the time. Overall, it was a positive experience. Netlify hosts and manages the DNS for my personal website.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Formatting text can be challenging e.g. bulleted lists with spaces between them. A few plugins, such as Elementor, can take a while to load. I wish my current theme had more widgets available. I also need someone who can make sure our websites are secure because Netlify CMS is readily hacked.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Netlify CMS is clearly designed for the best possible management and offers a choice of page styles. The flexibility of the site includes providing a convenient tool for editing our materials. This is a one-page responsive application that allows you to create custom thumbnails manually.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Daniel N.

Role: Operations
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Overall simple and reliable CMS

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Decap CMS from other similar products?

In my experience, it's appealing software. According to my experience, Netlify CMS is the only tool that generates auto responders without requiring any code. Moreover, this software knows all about GitHub, pull request features, etc. I really love the ease of use and it is really helpful to create the best content.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Netlify CMS allows us to create the best website at the fastest possible speed and also allows us to control the ideal time rate and get the job done on time. In my opinion, this software is specially designed for the best content management and offers a wide variety of website styles. The cost of tools is also an appealing factor about Netlify CMS, in comparison to others, it is far less.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I frequently feel that my security is compromised, so I need to fix the security system. Often, simple settings are buried several levels deep, and finding what I need might be tedious until I repeatedly practice navigation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is the only software that I liked to suggest to everyone who is looking for an efficient, cost-effective, and agile tool; Netlify CMS helps you to create the best website as quickly as possible. In addition, Netlify CMS enables customers to control the ideal pace and complete the work on time.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
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What is Decap CMS?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

Decap CMS Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Decap CMS?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Editorial Calendar The ability to create a common calendar view on when certain content assets will be published to customer-facing properties.

Content Analytics Analysis of file contents for data trends and any relevant characteristics.

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Personalization/Audience Targeting The ability to display certain content types in a given channel endpoint based on audience demographics (known profile) or traffic attributes (unknown profile).

Content Storage The ability to store various content assets (including text, photos and video) in a defined, structured repository.

Content Curation / Library Controls The ability to curate content through tagging and metadata management, as well as library services (such as version control).

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Digital Asset Management Platforms.

Web Experience Management Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Web Experience Management platforms (either in the vendor's own product portfolio, or with 3rd party solutions).

Content Optimization The ability to dynamically optimize content deployed to certain channels (web, mobile, social) using customer profiles.

Editorial Workflow The ability to move content through a structured, automated workflow process (i.e. intake content from create applications, and move to specific folders.

Multi-Channel Distribution The ability to deploy content assets and collateral to multiple channel endpoints (for example, traditional websites, native mobile applications or social media

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Decap CMS Reviews

Petar'Barnes T.

This platform is Multi-Channel Publishing.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Costel O.

Less costly CMS platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Daniel N.

Overall simple and reliable CMS

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Editorial Calendar

Content Analytics

Content Creation

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Content Storage

Content Curation / Library Controls

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Editorial Workflow

Multi-Channel Distribution

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement