Caisy
Stuttgart-built headless CMS with a typed GraphQL API, live co-editing and an on-premise option on the Enterprise plan
Quick Overview
| Company | cyclus.digital GmbH (caisy) |
|---|---|
| Category | Headless CMS |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Founded | Not stated |
| EU Presence | Yes - Germany (EU) |
| Data Location | Hosting region not stated on the pages checked; on-premise on Enterprise |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | Enterprise plan only (hosting in your own datacenter) |
| Main Features | GraphQL API, fully typed SDK, UI extensions, live collaboration, multi-tenancy with organisations, component system, blueprints, asset CDN |
| Pricing | Free; Growth $49/month; Enterprise from $1,499/month |
| Best For | Agencies and developer teams that manage many projects and want co-editing |
| Replaces | Contentful |
Detailed Review
Caisy is a brand of cyclus.digital GmbH, an agency-turned-vendor in Stuttgart, and the product is built around the agency workflow: unlimited projects grouped into organisations and a partnership programme with a revenue split. Its own site says the founders used to be an agency themselves.
For developers it exposes a GraphQL API and a fully typed SDK with autocomplete, and UI extensions can be written in any programming language and moved between projects.
Real-Time Editing
Several people can work in one document at once, with edits and suggestions appearing instantly. That removes the overwritten-draft problem that shows up when two editors open the same entry in simpler tools.
Plans and Overages
The free plan gives three users, two locales, 5,000 entries, 100 GB of traffic, 30 blueprints and one million API calls, with no overages. Growth costs $49 per month with a 30-day trial and raises that to 12 users, four locales, 20,000 entries, 500 GB of traffic and ten million API calls.
Beyond those limits you pay as you go, for example $10 per extra user or $20 per extra 10,000 entries, billed at the end of the period.
Enterprise Hosting
Enterprise starts at $1,499 per month and adds custom roles, an organisation-level audit log, content workflows, custom SSO, a 99.9 percent uptime SLA, a named account manager, a custom domain and hosting in your own datacenter. Enterprise customers in the EU can pay by SEPA bank transfer.
Limitations to Consider
Prices on the pricing page are shown in US dollars by default, with a switch to euros. Audit logs, workflows, SSO and on-premise hosting only arrive with Enterprise at $1,499 per month and up, a large jump from Growth at $49. The pages checked do not name a hosting region for the cloud plans, and it is a smaller vendor than Storyblok.
Who Should Use Caisy
Agencies and small product teams in Europe that run several client projects, want editors to co-author content live, and might need to move to on-premise hosting later.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Real-time collaboration on documents
- Typed SDK and GraphQL API for developers
- Unlimited projects grouped in organisations
- Free plan without overages
- On-premise hosting available on Enterprise
Cons
- Prices shown in USD by default
- Governance features only on Enterprise
- Cloud hosting region not stated on pages checked
- Overages are billed on top of plan limits
Alternatives to Caisy
Other European headless cms worth comparing before you decide:
Prepr
Netherlands · Headless CMS with built-in personalization and A/B testing
Squidex
Germany · MIT-licensed event-sourced CMS, cloud hosted in Frankfurt
Storyblok
Austria · Headless CMS where editors work in a visual page editor
DatoCMS
Italy · Milan-run headless CMS with a GraphQL delivery API
See all European headless cms or compare them directly against Contentful on our alternatives page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Its imprint names cyclus.digital GmbH in Stuttgart, entered in the commercial register at the Amtsgericht Stuttgart under HRB 771199, and states that caisy is a brand of that company.
The free plan includes three users, two locales, 5,000 entries, 100 GB of traffic, 30 blueprints and one million API calls, and it does not allow overages.
The Enterprise plan lists hosting in your own datacenter. The cheaper plans run on caisy's hosted platform.