Headless CMS for teams scaling their content operations. Structure any content, so your entire team can launch faster with AI you can control and trust.
Kontent.ai helps organizations run complex content operations without sacrificing governance, security, or compliance, so teams can move faster with confidence.
Magnolia is the world’s leading composable digital experience platform, with over 450 enterprise customers, thousands of Community Edition deployments, and more
The AI Agent Environment for Modern Operations Orbitype provides a shared cloud environment where AI agents operate with real context. Databases, storage, workflows, and APIs are built in and connected to your existing systems. No migrations. No lock-in.
Contentful alternatives compared
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| Service | Headquarters | Data hosting | EU data residency | Low Cloud Act exposure | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygraph | Germany | Germany, EU (any EU region) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kontent.ai | Czech Republic | Global / multi-region, Ireland, Netherlands, United States | No | No | No |
| Magnolia | Switzerland | Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, United States | No | Yes | No |
| Orbitype | Switzerland | Not stated | No | No | No |
| Pimcore | Austria | Austria, EU (any EU region) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prismic | France | EU (any EU region) | Yes | No | No |
| Storyblok | Austria | EU (any EU region) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Strapi | France | Global / multi-region, United States | No | No | Yes |
| Umbraco | Denmark | Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States | No | No | No |
Frequently asked questions about Contentful alternatives
What are the best EU alternatives to Contentful?+
The EU Alternatives Directory lists 9 European alternatives to Contentful, including Hygraph, Kontent.ai, Magnolia. Each one is checked for European headquarters and data protection practices.
Why switch from Contentful to an EU alternative?+
An EU-based alternative keeps your data under European jurisdiction and GDPR. It reduces exposure to the US Cloud Act and foreign data access laws.
Are EU alternatives to Contentful as good?+
Many EU alternatives to Contentful offer comparable features, with the added benefit of European data residency and digital sovereignty.
How are these Contentful alternatives verified?+
We check the legal entity, country of headquarters and hosting locations. Only providers based in the EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland or Ukraine are listed.