Leader
71Heralded Score, range 58–75
The most visible headless CMS platforms in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
27citations
From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Where engines disagree most
They agree
Every engine names the same top three.
Brands
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 71 , range 58–75 | 72#1 | 70#3 | 71
| 55% | 25% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 71 , range 67–75 | 70#2 | 72#1 | 71
| 57% | 24% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 70 , range 63–74 | 69#3 | 71#2 | 70
| 57% | 21% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 53 , range 43–67 | 57#4 | 45#4 | 53
| 39% | 22% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 36 , range 26–54 | 39#5 | 31#7 | 36
| 20% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 32 , range 21–49 | 32#6 | 32#6 | 32
| 15% | 7% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 28 , range 14–47 | 26#7 | 32#5 | 28
| 12% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 16 , range 8–41 | 11#8 | 24#9 | 16
| 11% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 13 , range 6–32 | 6#9 | 25#8 | 13
| 6% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 9 , range 3–29 | 2#13 | 21#10 | 9
| 3% | 1% | | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Vendor site | 6.2% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | | Vendor site | 4.8% | 3 of 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | | Vendor site | 1.7% | 2 of 4 | 8 | Not read |
| 4 | | Vendor site | 4.3% | 3 of 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 2.9% | 1 of 4 | 6 | Not read |
| 6 | | Vendor site | 1.4% | 2 of 4 | 8 | Not read |
| 7 | | Vendor site | 2.9% | 2 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
| 8 | | Vendor site | 2.9% | 3 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 9 | | Vendor site | 2.9% | 3 of 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | | Vendor site | 2.6% | 3 of 4 | 6 | 5 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Qual è il miglior CMS headless per un sito di marketing? | Italian | |
| Gestione dei contenuti headless per team di sviluppo | Italian | |
| Come può un’azienda pubblicare gli stessi contenuti sul sito web e sull’app mobile? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Come posso permettere ai marketer di modificare i contenuti di un sito realizzato con un framework JavaScript? | Italian | |
| CMS tradizionale o CMS headless per il sito web di un’azienda in crescita | Italian | |
| CMS headless open source o in hosting per startup | Italian | |
| Alternative ai CMS tradizionali per siti web multicanale | Italian | |
| Alternative all’inserimento diretto dei contenuti nel codice di un’app web | Italian | |
| Sono uno sviluppatore front-end e sto realizzando un sito di marketing. Quale CMS headless dovrei usare? | Italian | |
| Mi occupo del digitale in un’azienda di medie dimensioni e vorrei un unico hub di contenuti per il nostro sito web, la nostra app e i nostri negozi. | Italian | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- = 1
Sanity
- = 1
Strapi
- 3
Contentful
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Related leaderboards
Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.