The most visible headless CMS platforms in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Strapi

76Heralded Score, range 48–83

Most cited source

youtube.com

17citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

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
– Adobe Experience Manager US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 10#18
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– Agility CMS CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 10= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– Builder.io US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #24
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% First reading
– CoreMedia DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 10= #16
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  • : Unranked
3% 1% None First reading
– DatoCMS IT Unranked Too few answers Not measured 6#19
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Decap CMS US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 32#12
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  • : Unranked
3% 1% None First reading
– Ghost SG Unranked Too few answers Not measured 44#6
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  • : Unranked
4% 2% First reading
– Kontent.ai CZ Unranked Too few answers Not measured 39= #8
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  • : Unranked
4% 2% First reading
– Liferay DXP US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 4#20
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Magnolia CH Unranked Too few answers Not measured 39= #8
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  • : Unranked
4% 2% None 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 youtube.com Social 16.7% 2 of 4 16 Not read
2 reddit.com Community 13.3% 2 of 4 8 Not read
3 digidop.com Consultancy 11.7% 3 of 4 2 7
4 dev.to Community 10.0% 2 of 4 3 9
5 progressionagency.com Consultancy 10.0% 1 of 4 1 11
6 nextjs.org Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 5 Not read
7 attractgroup.com Consultancy 5.0% 1 of 4 1 4
8 dupple.com Media 5.0% 1 of 4 1 8
9 g2.com Review site 5.0% 2 of 4 2 12
10 lemonhive.com Vendor site 5.0% 2 of 4 1 9

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best headless cms for developers English Contentful, Directus, Payload, Sanity, Storyblok and Strapi, tied
headless cms for ecommerce websites English Contentful, Payload, Sanity, Storyblok and Strapi, tied
how to manage content for a website and mobile app in one place English Contentful, Sanity, Storyblok and Strapi, tied
how to migrate from a traditional cms to a headless cms English Contentful and Strapi, tied
headless cms vs traditional cms for marketing teams English Contentful and Storyblok, tied

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured