Netlify Visual Editor
Best if the team already lives in Netlify
What Netlify Visual Editor is
Netlify Visual Editor is what Stackbit became: a visual, in-context editing layer over a content source, either the files in your Git repository or a headless CMS like Contentful, Sanity, or DatoCMS, for Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Eleventy, Gatsby, and any custom dev server. Editors are Netlify team members, and roles separate Internal Builders, who save work for review, from Publishers.
It is a quiet corner of Netlify now: the marketing pages are gone and only the docs remain, updated through 2026. It accepts GitHub and Bitbucket repositories, not GitLab, and inviting a client editor needs a Pro team at $20 per month, since Free and Personal plans cannot add members.
Why it is number 15
A visual layer for teams already on Netlify. No marketing page; the product lives in the docs.
Pros
- Visual editing over repo files or a headless CMS
- Reviewer and Publisher roles; Git publishes can open a PR
- Unlimited team seats on the $20/mo Pro plan
Cons
Skip it if one of these is a deal-breaker.
- No marketing page; the product lives in the docs
- GitHub and Bitbucket only, no GitLab
- Editors must be Netlify team members on a Pro team
Pricing
Netlify Pro from $20/mo with unlimited team members; which plans include Visual Editor is not stated on the pricing page.
- Model
- Hosted visual layer
- Setup
- Netlify site + content source
- Review flow
- Builder and Publisher roles; PR mode
- Price
- Netlify Pro $20/mo
Prices are what docs.netlify.com printed on . Check before you buy.
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- Visual editing
- Netlify teams
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