Hygraph vs Statamic

GraphQL-native schema with union types and polymorphic relations. Content Federation adds external data sources.

Blueprints define schemas in YAML, any field type, nested Replicators, and Bard give complete modeling flexibility.

Component models embed across content types. Schema-first reuse is straightforward for GraphQL-experienced developers.

Fieldsets allow reusable field groups across blueprints. Replicators handle block sets.

Basic required, unique, and regex validators. Advanced custom validation is limited compared to alternatives.

Blueprints support required, min/max, regex, and custom validation. Custom validators need PHP rules, developer setup.

The editor is functional but complex. Editors need to understand GraphQL-style relationships before working efficiently.

The Control Panel is one of the most carefully designed CMS interfaces. Bard and live preview are particularly polished.

Preview via configurable URLs. No live preview panel, editors see changes after saving. Developer setup required.

Live preview via Preview Target config. Not zero-config but straightforward for developers on Laravel projects.

Custom content stages are configurable. Approval workflows with notifications are available on paid plans.

Revisions, scheduling, and workflow states built in. Approval chains need the Collaboration addon on the Pro plan.

Handles uploads and basic transforms via the built-in API. Less capable than alternatives.

Best-in-class for a Laravel CMS, Glide transforms, focal points, alt text, cropping and flexible storage (local, S3, Cloudflare R2, etc).

Presence indicators show concurrent editors. Live sync available but less polished.

No real-time editing. Multi-user access supported but editors can overwrite without live conflict detection.

The most granular here, field, locale, content stage, and model-level access designed for complex enterprise orgs.

Roles and permissions per collection, nav, and assets. Granular for most teams, field-level access needs custom PHP.

Multi-locale is first-class with field-level variants, locale-specific publishing, and multi-region API delivery.

Multi-site and multi-locale are first-class. Each site has its own locale, content tree, and field-level translations.

Native fallback configured in project settings with API-level enforcement. GraphQL returns fallback values automatically.

Locale fallback configurable in the sites config, Statamic falls back to default locale when translation is missing.

Excellent GraphQL docs with a live playground, schema introspection, and generated TypeScript types.

REST API and GraphQL are well documented. No frontend SDKs are available.

Good framework examples. GraphQL-first means any client works easily, less framework tooling than alternatives.

Primarily PHP/Laravel. No official Next.js or Astro starters.

Full schema management via GraphQL mutations, types, relations, and fields all programmatically creatable.

Full REST API for content management and direct PHP/Eloquent server-side access. The Stache is programmable via Laravel.

Branch schema and content for testing, then promote. Less polished than DatoCMS's one-click sandbox workflow.

Git-based content means environments are code, branch, test, merge. No CMS env UI but flat files make diffs natural.

Global CDN with multi-region data residency on Enterprise. API performance is strong globally, especially for GraphQL.

Self-hosted by default. Flat-file storage eliminates DB queries for most reads, speed depends on hosting.

Fully managed SaaS with zero infrastructure to configure or maintain.

Requires PHP/Laravel hosting. More setup than SaaS CMS but simpler than Node.js + DB for teams already on Laravel.

Focused on e-commerce, frameworks, and enterprise tools.

Marketplace has addons for e-commerce, and SEO. Quality is high, stricter review process than npm packages.

Enterprise-niche community. Active Discord with responsive support but fewer tutorials and third-party resources.

Tight-knit Discord community with an accessible core team. Fewer developers than some alternatives but high expertise density.