Unfreez
Best client-billed click-to-edit layer for component copy
What Unfreez is
Unfreez makes a hand-coded Next.js, Astro, Vue, or Svelte site editable without a CMS: it parses the source, pins each human-facing value to a path in the syntax tree, and the client edits on a live copy of the page. Every publish is one signed Git commit with one-tap undo, and, unusually, the bill goes to the client: €90 per site per year through an activation link the developer sends.
The developer curates which values the client may touch, per site, and everything else stays locked. Its pitch is deterministic, no model in the loop and a refusal to write on any ambiguity. There is no review queue and no escalation path; an out-of-scope request is simply a field that was never unlocked. GitHub is the connected provider, and the product is a few months old.
Why it is number 13
Click-to-edit for component copy, billed to the client at €90 per site per year. Every field is unlocked by hand.
Pros
- Edits copy inside components, not only Markdown
- Client-billed at €90 per site per year, unlimited editors
- One atomic commit per publish, one-tap undo
Cons
Skip it if one of these is a deal-breaker.
- Developer unlocks every editable value per site by hand
- No review queue or escalation for out-of-scope asks
- GitHub only; young product with no public changelog
Pricing
€90 per site per year excl. VAT, billed to the client; unlimited editors; 14-day free trial, no card.
- Model
- Hosted, click-to-edit
- Setup
- Developer unlocks fields per site
- Review flow
- No; undo per publish
- Price
- €90 per site per year
Prices are what unfreez.app printed on . Check before you buy.
Alternatives to Unfreez
- TinaCMS
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- CloudCannon
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- Nuxt Studio
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- Click-to-edit
- Client-billed
- Component copy
- GitHub only
