AI-Powered Web Development
A headless CMS: write content once, publish it everywhere
A headless CMS keeps your content in one place and sends it through an API to your website, app, kiosk or anything else that needs it.
The problem
The problem this solves
Traditional content systems tie your content to one website design. When you add a mobile app, a second brand site or an in-store screen, the same content gets copied into each system by hand. Soon there are three versions of the same product description, and nobody knows which is current.
Developers feel it too. Every design change must work around the CMS templates, performance is limited by the platform, and upgrades are risky. Marketing wants to move fast; the website holds them back.
A headless CMS separates content from presentation. Editors manage structured content, such as products, articles, locations or FAQs, in one place. Your website, app and other channels request it through an API and display it in their own way. The website can be built in a modern framework for speed, and content changes appear everywhere at once.
Headless is not free of trade-offs. There are two systems to run instead of one, and editors lose some of the "what you see is what you get" preview unless it is built in. We set up live previews and keep the content model simple so editing stays pleasant.
What you get
What you get
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A content model
Structured content types and fields designed around how your team writes and reuses content.
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CMS setup and configuration
Sanity, Strapi, Contentful, Payload or another CMS, chosen for your needs and budget.
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Live preview
Editors see changes on the real page layout before publishing.
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A fast front end
A website built in a modern Frontend framework, with static pages where possible.
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Multi-channel delivery
The same content served to apps, second sites, screens or partners through the API.
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Localization
Content in several languages with clear status for each translation.
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Roles and workflows
Draft, review and publish steps with the right permissions for each editor.
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Content migration
Existing content imported from your old CMS and cleaned up on the way.
How we build it
How we build it
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Content audit
We review your content, channels and editors to design the content model.
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Choose the CMS
We compare options on cost, hosting, editing experience and limits.
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Model and configure
Content types, fields, roles and preview set up and tested with editors.
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Build the front ends
Website and other channels built to read from the CMS.
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Migrate and launch
Content moved, redirects set, editors trained, then launch.
AI and people
Where AI helps, where people decide
AI makes the repetitive parts faster. The decisions that shape your product stay with experienced people.
Where AI speeds things up
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Analyzing existing content to suggest content types and fields.
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Writing migration scripts from the old CMS to the new one.
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Generating front-end components for each content type.
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Drafting translations for editors to review.
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Checking migrated content for missing fields and broken links.
Where people decide
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The content model and naming, which editors will live with daily.
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Which CMS fits your budget and team.
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Editorial workflow and who can publish.
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Translation quality and what needs a native speaker.
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When migrated content is complete and correct.
Is this right for you?
When this is the right choice
A good fit when
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The same content appears on a website, an app and other channels.
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You want a very fast, modern front end.
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Your developers are held back by CMS templates.
Consider something else when
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You run one simple content site and editors want visual page building.
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Nobody can maintain a separate front end after launch.
Timeline and cost
What affects the timeline and cost
Setting up a headless CMS with a new website usually takes a few weeks to a couple of months, depending on the number of content types, channels and the amount of content to migrate.
We do not publish fixed prices because scope drives cost. How we estimate.
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Content types
More types and relationships take longer to model and build.
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Channels
Each additional channel, such as an app or second site, adds front-end work.
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Migration volume
Large or messy content libraries need scripts and manual checks.
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Languages
Localization adds setup, workflows and review time.
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CMS licensing and hosting
Hosted CMS plans have monthly fees; self-hosted options need server upkeep.
Keep exploring
Related services, solutions and reading
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- Landing pages Single-purpose pages for a campaign, a launch or a product, built to load fast and test quickly.
- Website redesign Rebuild an outdated site without losing its search rankings, content or the links people already use.
- Ecommerce websites Online stores with clean product catalogs, simple checkout and the integrations that keep orders moving.
Solutions
View all solutions- AI-assisted content workflows Briefs, first drafts, edits and repurposing in a workflow where people set the angle and approve every word.
- AI translation workflows Translate websites, products and support content quickly with AI, a shared glossary and native-speaker review where it matters.
- Scheduling and drafting automation Turn one piece of content into posts for each channel, schedule them and track results, with approval before anything goes out.
- Automated reporting Reports that build themselves from your systems on schedule, with a plain-language summary of what changed.
Industries
View all industries- Marketing agencies Landing pages, content workflows, client reporting and white-label development capacity for marketing agencies.
- Retail Stock forecasting, sales dashboards, feedback analysis and store tools for retailers with shops and online sales.
- Education and elearning Course platforms, student portals, content workflows and AI tutoring assistants for schools and training companies.
Case studies
View all case studiesGuides and articles
View all guides and articles- WordPress vs a custom website How WordPress and custom-built websites compare on cost, speed, flexibility, security and upkeep.
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- How to improve website speed Find what makes your site slow and fix it, from images and fonts to hosting and scripts, in order of impact.
- SEO basics for new websites The technical and content basics every new website needs to be found in search, in the order to do them.
AI models
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- Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba's current Qwen flagship for long autonomous coding and professional work, with image and video input, tool calling, JSON Schema output and a 1 million token window.
MCP servers
View all mcp serversGlossary terms
View all glossary terms- Headless CMS A headless CMS is a content management system that stores and edits content but delivers it through an API, leaving the design to a separate frontend.
- API An API, or application programming interface, is a defined way for one piece of software to request data or actions from another.
- Frontend The frontend is the part of a website or app that people see and use, including pages, forms, buttons and how they respond.
- SEO SEO, or search engine optimization, is the work of making a website easy for search engines to understand and useful enough to rank for the searches your customers make.
- Backend The backend is the part of an application that runs on servers, storing data, applying business rules and serving the frontend through APIs.
FAQ
Questions about headless CMS
Have a question that is not here? Ask us directly.
It is a content system without a built-in website. You manage content in it, and your website or app fetches that content through an API and displays it. See the glossary entry for headless CMS.
Not always. It is better when you publish to several channels, need a very fast front end or want developers free from CMS templates. WordPress is simpler for a single content-driven site. See WordPress development.
It depends on budget, hosting and editors. Sanity and Contentful are strong hosted options; Strapi and Payload can be self-hosted. We compare them for your case rather than pushing one.
Yes. We set up live preview so editors see content in the real page layout before it goes live.