Leader
70Heralded Score, range 35–78
The most visible headless CMS platforms in Germany, October 2026
Most cited source
9citations
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 | | New entry | 70 , range 35–78 | 70#2 | 70#3 | 70
| 55% | 22% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 67 , range 33–76 | 65#3 | 70#2 | 67
| 57% | 15% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 59 , range 36–78 | 71#1 | 40#7 | 59
| 53% | 23% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 47 , range 28–72 | 57#4 | 31#10 | 47
| 41% | 18% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 38 , range 11–55 | 33#6 | 46#4 | 38
| 20% | 6% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 31 , range 2–50 | 8#8 | 71#1 | 31
| 14% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 31 , range 19–58 | 38#5 | 19#12 | 31
| 19% | 12% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 19 , range 1–48 | 6#9 | 41#6 | 19
| 9% | 1% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 17 , range 1–42 | 3#13 | 42#5 | 17
| 6% | 1% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 17 , range 1–46 | 4#11 | 38#8 | 17
| 7% | 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 | | Social | 8.3% | 2 of 4 | 8 | Not read |
| 2 | | Consultancy | 10.0% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | | Community | 8.3% | 2 of 4 | 5 | Not read |
| 4 | | Vendor site | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 4 | Not read |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | | Consultancy | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | | Community | 5.0% | 3 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 8 | | Media | 5.0% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | | Media | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 7 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Welches Headless CMS eignet sich am besten für eine Marketing-Website? | German | |
| Headless-Content-Management für Entwicklerteams | German | |
| Wie kann ein Unternehmen dieselben Inhalte auf seiner Website und in seiner mobilen App veröffentlichen? | German | |
| Wie können Marketingteams Inhalte auf einer Website bearbeiten, die mit einem JavaScript-Framework erstellt wurde? | German | |
| Klassisches CMS oder Headless CMS für die Website eines wachsenden Unternehmens? | German | |
| Open-Source- oder gehostetes Headless CMS für Start-ups? | German | |
| Alternativen zu einem klassischen CMS für eine Website mit mehreren Kanälen | German | |
| Welche Alternativen gibt es dazu, Inhalte direkt in einer Web-App zu hinterlegen? | German | No brand recommended |
| Ich bin Frontend-Entwickler und baue eine Marketing-Website. Welches Headless CMS sollte ich verwenden? | German | |
| Ich leite den Digitalbereich eines mittelständischen Unternehmens und möchte eine zentrale Content-Plattform für unsere Website, App und Filialen. | German | No brand recommended |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- = 1
Contentful
- = 1
Sanity
- = 1
Strapi
Gemini
- = 1
- = 1
- 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.