Storyblok

Visual-editor headless CMS

Free tier + paidCMS & content infrastructurestoryblok.com

What it is

Storyblok is a headless CMS built around a real-time visual editor that renders your live site in an iframe and lets editors click any component to edit it in place. The free tier is 1 seat, 1 space, 100k API requests per month and 2 locales.

Why it earns a slot

The visual editor is what wins editor buy-in — non-technical staff see the page exactly as it will publish. Official MCP server launched March 2026, and the React SDK works cleanly with Vite.

Know before you commit

The free plan is genuinely one seat, so a second editor immediately costs money. Extra locales are $20/mo each and API overages $10 per 1M requests.

Getting started

npm i @storyblok/react

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Pricing snapshot

Free: 1 seat, 1 space, 100k API requests/mo, 2 locales. Growth $99/mo (5 seats, 1M requests). Growth Plus $349/mo (15 seats). Extra seats $15/mo.

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Evaluate Storyblok (https://www.storyblok.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Visual-editor headless CMS. Storyblok is a headless CMS built around a real-time visual editor that renders your live site in an iframe and lets editors click any component to edit it in place. The free tier is 1 seat, 1 space, 100k API requests per month and 2 locales.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The visual editor is what wins editor buy-in — non-technical staff see the page exactly as it will publish. Official MCP server launched March 2026, and the React SDK works cleanly with Vite.
Watch out for: The free plan is genuinely one seat, so a second editor immediately costs money. Extra locales are $20/mo each and API overages $10 per 1M requests.
Pricing: Free: 1 seat, 1 space, 100k API requests/mo, 2 locales. Growth $99/mo (5 seats, 1M requests). Growth Plus $349/mo (15 seats). Extra seats $15/mo.
Setup: npm i @storyblok/react
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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