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Why it stands out
Watch traffic, API requests, and seats together—campaigns that rebuild statically can hammer API and CDN rows.
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Tool profile
Headless CMS with a visual editor for managing structured content across sites and apps.
Marketing sites where editors assemble landing pages safely
Storyblok is a headless CMS with a visual editor: developers define blocks; marketers compose pages inside guardrails.
storyblok.com/pricing (March 2026): Starter is free with 1 included seat, optional second seat at $15/month, 1 space, 100 GB monthly traffic (no extra traffic purchases on starter copy), 100,000 API requests/month, 2 locales, 25,000 AI credits, and component or asset limits on the fact sheet table. Growth is $99/month or about $90.75/month paying annually with 5 seats, $15/month per extra seat up to 10, 400 GB included traffic with $75 per 250 GB overage blocks, 1M API requests with $10 per 1M extra requests, locale and AI credit ladders, and 97% uptime SLA on marketing. Growth Plus is $349/month or about $319.91/month annual with 15 seats (up to 20), 1 TB traffic included, 4M API requests, richer AI credits, and higher asset caps.
New signups receive a 45-day free trial of Growth Plus per FAQ, then downshift to Starter or paid choice. Premium and Elite are enterprise sales with SSO, 99.9–99.99% SLAs, and custom limits.
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Watch traffic, API requests, and seats together—campaigns that rebuild statically can hammer API and CDN rows.
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Pricing snapshot
Storyblok's public pricing shows Starter as free. Growth is $99 per month or about $90.75 monthly on annual billing with 5 seats included, while Growth Plus is $349 per month or about $319.91 monthly on annual billing with 15 seats included. Storyblok also says every new space gets a 45-day Growth Plus trial, and Premium or Elite are custom enterprise plans.
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