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
1 Strapi FR New entry 76 , range 48–83 77#1 74#1
76
  • : score 76 · #1
64% 35% First reading
2 Contentful DE New entry 74 , range 48–81 75#2 73#2
74
  • : score 74 · #2
63% 31% First reading
3 Sanity NO New entry 71 , range 37–78 72#3 70#3
71
  • : score 71 · #3
52% 29% First reading
4 Storyblok AT New entry 60 , range 32–74 64#4 53#4
60
  • : score 60 · #4
43% 26% First reading
5 Prismic FR New entry 37 , range 9–54 33#6 45#5
37
  • : score 37 · #5
15% 10% First reading
6 Payload US New entry 33 , range 20–56 38#5 23#13
33
  • : score 33 · #6
20% 12% First reading
7 Directus US New entry 32 , range 6–52 31#7 33#11
32
  • : score 32 · #7
14% 7% First reading
8 Contentstack US New entry 20 , range 1–46 6#10 44#7
20
  • : score 20 · #8
7% 4% First reading
9 Webflow US New entry 15 , range 4–44 15#8 16#14
15
  • : score 15 · #9
9% 5% First reading
10 Hygraph DE New entry 10 , range 3–39 9#9 12#15
10
  • : score 10 · #10
10% 0% 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