All 16 Git-based CMS profiles

One page per tool, in ranking order. Each has the pros, the cons, the printed prices and the alternatives.

1. 1.
   CMS Brew

   Best for agencies handing finished sites to non-technical clients

   $39/mo, 5 sites
2. 2.
   Decap CMS

   Best battle-tested free panel

   Free
3. 3.
   TinaCMS

   Best for React sites wanting in-place editing

   OSS core; cloud from $29/mo
4. 4.
   Keystatic

   Best for technical editors who want clean files

   Free; Cloud from $10/mo
5. 5.
   Sveltia CMS

   Best modern take on the free panel

   Free (MIT)
6. 6.
   Pages CMS

   Best free option with hosting and sign-in handled

   Free (MIT)
7. 7.
   CloudCannon

   Best hosted visual editing

   From $55/mo + $10/user
8. 8.
   Sitepins

   Best free hosted panel for agencies, GitLab on paid tiers

   Free tier; $12 to $49/mo
9. 9.
   Front Matter CMS

   Best for developers who edit content in VS Code

   Free (MIT)
10. 10.
    Outstatic

    Best free dashboard for Markdown in a Next.js app

    Free; PRO $9.99/user/mo
11. 11.
    Nuxt Studio

    Best free option if the site is Nuxt

    Free (MIT)
12. 12.
    GitCMS

    Best one-time price for a Markdown content layer

    $49 one-time per site
13. 13.
    Unfreez

    Best client-billed click-to-edit layer for component copy

    €90 per site per year
14. 14.
    Spinal

    Best scheduled publishing for a Markdown marketing blog

    $39/mo
15. 15.
    Netlify Visual Editor

    Best if the team already lives in Netlify

    Netlify Pro $20/mo
16. 16.
    Siteleaf

    Best hosted panel if the site is Jekyll

    Unpublished; per site