Yes, Contentful has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 10 users, 2 roles, and 2 locales. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $90/mo.
About
Contentful is a headless content management platform that stores structured content in spaces and exposes it through APIs and developer tools. The pricing page lists a Free Platform plan with 10 users, 2 roles, 2 locales, 100K API calls per month, and 50 GB of CDN bandwidth per month, plus one included Starter Space.
The free offering is aimed at teams evaluating the platform or running small projects. It includes core content management features, structured content, developer tools, and editorial workflows, while higher tiers add more users, locales, collaboration features, and premium products such as Personalization, Studio, and AI Actions.
- 10 users included
- 2 roles and 2 locales
- 100K API calls per month
- 50 GB CDN bandwidth per month
- 1 included Starter Space
- Structured content model
- Developer tools and APIs
- Editorial experience features
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a genuinely usable starter package, not just a demo: it includes a small team allowance, basic editorial tooling, and meaningful monthly usage limits. Compared with the $300/month Lite plan, it delivers roughly 30% of the practical value, so about $90/month. The main gaps are the smaller team size, fewer locales/roles, and lower usage ceilings, which keeps it well below the paid plan but still substantial.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to 10 users.
- Includes 2 roles.
- Includes 2 locales.
- Includes 100K API calls per month.
- Includes 50 GB CDN bandwidth per month.
- Includes 1 Starter Space.
- Includes structured content.
- Includes developer tools.
- Includes editorial experience.
See Contentful pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Lite
- users
- 20
- roles
- 3
- locales
- 3
- api calls/month
- 1M
- cdn bandwidth/month
- 100 GB
- starter spaces included
- 1
- 20 users
- 3 roles
- 3 locales
- 1M API calls/month
- 100 GB/month CDN bandwidth
- Comments & task management
- Scheduled publishing
- Live collaboration
Enterprise
- users
- custom
- roles
- custom
- locales
- custom
- api calls/month
- unlimited
- cdn bandwidth
- custom
- spaces
- unlimited
- Custom number of users, roles & locales
- Unlimited API calls/month
- Custom CDN bandwidth
- Dedicated Customer Success & Professional Services
- 24/7 customer support
- Enhanced governance, compliance and security
- Up to 99.99% uptime SLA
- Unlimited Spaces allowance
Pricing extracted from Contentful's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Contentful free forever?
Yes. Contentful has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Contentful's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Contentful's cheapest paid plan is Lite at $300 / month.
What is Contentful's free tier worth?
Contentful's free tier is worth about $90 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 64/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
