The most visible headless CMS platforms in Romania, October 2026

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

Leader

Contentful

72Heralded Score, range 37–80

Most cited source

dupple.com

2citations

From 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 Contentful DE New entry 72 , range 37–80 72#2 71#3
72
  • : score 72 · #1
59% 25% First reading
2 Sanity NO New entry 72 , range 37–80 72#1 71#5
72
  • : score 72 · #2
56% 27% First reading
3 Strapi FR New entry 71 , range 41–79 70#3 72#1
71
  • : score 71 · #3
56% 26% First reading
4 Storyblok AT New entry 62 , range 28–75 57#4 71#4
62
  • : score 62 · #4
40% 25% First reading
5 Payload US New entry 50 , range 19–60 38#5 71#6
50
  • : score 50 · #5
21% 16% First reading
6 Drupal BE New entry 41 , range 7–53 22#9 72#2
41
  • : score 41 · #6
21% 3% First reading
7 Directus US New entry 39 , range 16–57 36#6 44#9
39
  • : score 39 · #7
18% 12% First reading
8 Hygraph DE New entry 38 , range 6–53 30#8 50#7
38
  • : score 38 · #8
18% 4% First reading
9 Prismic FR New entry 24 , range 6–52 31#7 13#16
24
  • : score 24 · #9
13% 6% First reading
10 Ghost SG New entry 19 , range 1–43 4#13 46#8
19
  • : score 19 · #10
7% 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 dupple.com Media 3.3% 1 of 4 1 8
2 techtarget.com Media 3.3% 2 of 4 1 4
3 futurepicker.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
4 stackbriefly.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
5 stateofdigitalpublishing.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best headless cms for developers English Directus, Payload, Sanity and Strapi, tied
headless cms for ecommerce websites English Contentful, Hygraph, Payload, Sanity, Storyblok and Strapi, tied
how to manage content for a website and mobile app in one place English Contentful, Directus, Drupal, Sanity and Strapi, tied
how to migrate from a traditional cms to a headless cms English No brand recommended
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