CloudCannon
Best hosted visual editing
What CloudCannon is
CloudCannon turns a Git repository into a visually editable site: editors click on the page, changes sync to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, and the CMS itself is hosted and supported. It is the strongest visual editor in the Hugo, Jekyll, and Eleventy world and covers the JavaScript frameworks too.
It is a commercial product priced per user: from $55 per month with 3 users included and $10 for each additional one, with branching workflows and advanced scheduling on the larger Team tier. Editable regions are configured per site.
Why it is number 7
Real visual editing across frameworks, hosted. Per-seat pricing grows with every client editor you add.
Pros
- Real visual, in-context editing across frameworks
- Hosted and supported, multi-Git-provider
- Mature, agency-friendly product
Cons
Skip it if one of these is a deal-breaker.
- Per-user pricing grows with client editors
- Workflow features gated to the $300+/mo Team tier
- Per-site setup of editable regions
Pricing
From $55/mo (3 users, unlimited sites), extra users $10/mo; 21-day trial.
- Model
- Hosted, visual editing
- Setup
- Editable regions per site
- Review flow
- On Team tier
- Price
- From $55/mo + $10/user
Prices are what cloudcannon.com printed on . Check before you buy.
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- Unfreez
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- Visual editing
- Hosted
- Per-seat
- GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
