Storyblok Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated

The online preview for the content team is very fast and useful. We can easily create content and we have the impression to be in a cms.

Panel is to complicated and not correctly splitted in different categories.

The content team need to edit everyday the website and we don't have enough developers to do it without a CMS. So wee choose your service and we save a lot of time

I've used Storyblok in two different jobs now and I love how easy it is to create a preview of a page to share with my colleagues. The visual editor shows you how your page looks, which is helpful for content creators as they can see how the copy appears within the page layout. Linking to other pages within Storyblok is super easy too, and creating templates can save content creators so much time.

- Sometimes it is easy to get lost within the UI. - If you have a lot of pages, it's not always easy to find them using the search bar in Storyblok. - It's a bit annoying that you can't rename assets in the Asset Manager.

For non-technical users, such as content writers, it's pretty easy to build web pages from templates and preview them. This helps make content reviews faster as the reviewer can see exactly what the page would look like when live.

Storyblok is user-friendly, intuitive, and fast. Also, it's so easy to create and maintain website components. Thanks to the live view editor and the way the product is built it's effortless to build new pages. The teams are now way more autonomous and the processes are smoother than ever.

The product is still young but it's already working very well. And because they keep improving the product we can expect amazing new features in the future. The weaknesses I identify for now are mainly around the assets manager. The existing filters are not very useful, it's not possible to rename a file once you uploaded it, and the feature to replace an asset is not working... Also it's hard to keep it tidy because of the way the folder are built.

We use to have Contentful and for the teams, it was difficult to use the components of the website because they were not able to see the changes in real time. Also, it was a good tool for developers but when it comes to a broader team it became difficult. Storyblok solved these issues. It's very easy to use & navigate, you can tell that it has been built to be used by anyone. You can leave comments, set workflow stages, can see if someone else is watching at the same time... So many features that help team collaboration.

- Easy to understand, no training needed

- Maybe you will need an agency to build / code the bloks

Our previous corporate website was under Wordpress Technology. It's was not secure at all and full of extensions. Now we have a all in one, it's perfect !

I always thought using a CMS required technical knowledge. Only through Storyblok did I understand that this is not the case anymore in 2023. Adding features through drag-and-drop + real-time preview makes website building/updating fun instead of being a tedious must-do. Glad my team moved to Storyblok!

Adding a button within a block of a Long Text Section wasn't too intuitive for me. The copy button for the block did not work - I had to duplicate one and then paste it. Not too intuitive.

Removes dependencies. Storyblok enabled the teams in our organization to remove a bottleneck in Marketing/Product. Now everyone can write content AND update the pages they own without the need to have someone else on another team do it.

The preview can let content writer easy to update & pusblish content. The product design is very smart and flexible to use.

The new pricing plans is too expensive! I will think about other solution if it force to migrate to the new plan.

Quick edit & preview content.

There are many ways to customise and format content for our website, which is great. And when it's time to publish my changes, they go live on our site in less than a minute!

I've had a few instances where I need help from a developer, which can take some extra time to align internally. This is to be expected since we're fairly new to the system...

We're able to build our website in multiple languages, and the integration between Storyblok and our translation management system makes importing our content from the translations very easy!

Love the visual editor, great discord community that's always willing to help.

Version 2 still has some issues that are being resolved, but I'm sure with time they will have them all worked out. I find myself jumping back to version 1 from time to time.

I was looking for a headless CMS with an easy to use visual editor, and Storyblok has definitely been a great solution for that. Our marketing team has no problem creating new landing pages, adjusting layouts, etc. with confidence that what they see is what they will get.

It doesn't mess up copy that's been pasted over like a lot of site builders and similarly, the page always looks exactly as you'd expect on mobile or desktop without having to mess around with code to fix things. The way it should be!

A photo resizer would be helpful, save having to edit every picture before putting it in, or re-editing as it doesn't quite fit. Sometimes can be a little glitchy at previewing pages in draft mode but that is also possible an issue with the way our site runs.

It is a simple way to quickly make new pages and reactive content that looks good and works well, which helps us with communication and branding. Easy to make multiple versions of pages to A/B test.

I think it is user friendly and user interface.

Missing the function of being able to clon in fields that can be done in Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress.

That it is visible to see what is edited is a Game Changer for our customers.

The new image generator included in V2 is very usefull! I quite like editing images and drawing on them or adding emojies. In other CMSs working with images is quite a bit harder.

The developer experience when working together in a team is not optimal at the moment. I think having spaces for developers that can be easily synced with other stages would be a great improvement.

We want to offer an modern CMS experience which they can use on multiple channels for this Storyblok is a great fit.

Very intuitive interface and the live editing feature is incredible in action

Although very intuitive, I used to find the interface a bit ugly and old, but all that changed with v2

Shaping the data structure of content pages has never been easier; also ab testing is way easier to implement

The preview functionality in the UI is very helpful when layouting a page and testing to see what all different components does. The preview image for components for images is also very helpful.

There are some basic stuff iImiss when creating and reusing fields. For instance there is no way at the moment to set a minimum amout of requierd fields, only a maximum. I would also really like a way to reuse componet-groups without having to use the block-field. When pointing out different bugs and suggestions for improvments the response on the offical forums is very slow.

When using a Gatsby as a frontend that is a generated static site the preview is very useful as the updates doesn't go live right away.

Storyblok is a pleasant experience for my clients. It creates a clear separation of concerns and since it is a paid service, clients do not have to deal with backups, updates, etc. which often is more expensive in the long run and creates all sorts of problems.

I think some of the data modeling could be more streamlined and more advanced input validation would be helpful for the content creators. Also there is usually the need of global fields for e.g menu items and configuration, so some dedicated options for such would be great.

Storyblok creates a streamlined experience for the client. Since it is a service I do not have to deal with the whole CMS hosting part as a dev. So no updates, backups and general server administration. This is beneficial for the client and I had good experiences, especially with smaller clients who normally are tempted to use solutions like WordPress which often creates a lot of headaches.

Content types and "bloks" pattern is used out of the box. It makes it dummy simple to build a dynamic site around SSR tech like NextJS and have it be highly optimized.

The release/branch/versioning pipeline is not user-friendly at the moment. It isn't intuitive to develop with nor is it to release as a content editor. Preview mode could also be setup to be a little clearer and easier to use. Explaining the URLs in preview to a content person and this release pipeline has been our greatest struggle. Additionally, out of the box auto-generated typings for TS would be a nice DX improvement.

Content management.

Easy to use Good features Having many options

Limitations in a few things Not seeing the updates without saving

Building web pages without being a developer or programmer

Good documentation, good examples of basic integrations

Support, and sometimes its gets tricky if your doing not the basic stuf

No more Devs changing code for content.

Easy to be used for non tech folks, intuitive. Allows to preview the changes you are providing real-time and has a good system to track the process of the publication and in the new version it also enhances cross-teams collaboration.

The assets management still has a few opportunities and challenges to be tackled.

Building a website with flexibility and content management system.

The ease of use integrating with Vue/Nuxt projects. The live view of content

No self-hosted option Would like some automation options to clone environments using pipelines

Much more user-friendly than most other headless CMS.

- Easy to manipulate web content - Can instantly see changes with live preview - REST and a GraphQl Api - Great service and support experience

- Documentation could dive a little deeper - Besides here is nothing specific that I dislike about Storyblok

It's not only easy to use but to implement as well. Which makes it a great CMS tool for products that need quality in short time.

The fast-paced workflow for creating new spaces and the possibilities to extend these spaces for full enterprise application requirements. The preview is simple to explain to customers/editors.

I don't like the integration of additional "apps". I think the functionality should be provided to all spaces. Also, I would like some configuration on the preview tab for editors/admins or other roles. E.g. not everyone should be able to change the structure of the components.

The headless CMS approach is a state-of-the-art architecture for web applications with content. Storyblok provides a lean and fast API to provide the content and enables different stylings for the same data structure.

The whole flow for our users is great! Almost no need to have workshops explaining the CMS (unlike other CMSs we used in the past).

From a developers perspective * The routes on pages come without / and root pages get a / - can be troublesome when building statically. * The image serive could be easier to use combining the different "filters" like focal point, crop and sizing.

When building sites for our clients that need to be fast, easy to use and frontend framework agnostic.

it's customizable to meet your very own requirements regarding your website etc. though this requires resources and development, having the option to do so gives flexibility.

Lack of formatting options when it comes to texts for content, which should be a basic feature. E.g. creating a numbered list is not possible.

Because of the fact that it's a headless CMS, Storyblok gives you a maximum of flexibility and options in displaying the content with less restrictions

Especially with version 2 I line that the things I got used to stayed basically the same, while beeing improved to make functiobs more accessable.

Imhsrd ro say as a casual user for a microsite. Could be more functions fir microsites.

I can mamage my website eithout beeing an expert.

That it is cloud based so there is no installation required on servers. Also it is easy to get started and has a good community.

That it may be cost prohibitive to some areas.

A suitable content management system without the server management.

The backend is beautiful and easy to use. I love how I can add example screenshots to my components, it really helps our clients. And now with V.2 die icons and colors are nice to have for the developers. The new Image editor is great too and saves a lot of basic photoshop time.

We build something like a Grid component and it's not that easy to display the content of the child components outside. So now the component list is just grids all over. I tried to use the preview template but couldn't get the foreach loop to work. Maybe some better examples in the documentation would be helpful.

Using storyblok with NextJs feels nice and easy, we struggled a lot more with different headless cms's. For clients, it is way easier to get used to the backend as in more complex systems

I just totally loved the community and the idea of storyblok. How supportive everyone is and they especially listen to their questions to give us a better quality version. One another thing I liked the most is that storyblok treats their customers like a king, they provide every possible support. There are not many things that I dislike and the one thing which is quite motivating is how storyblok is taking reviews from its customer and working along with the community to make it much better. and For me, it solves or makes it easy the task of content creation, for making an impact with your content it is your go-to tool, Apart from this it makes your life very easy so that you can make an impact on your content.

There are not many things that I dislike and the one thing which is quite motivating is how storyblok is taking reviwes from its customer and working along with the community to make it much better.

For me, it solves or makes it easy the task of content creation, for making an impact with your content it is your go-to tool, Apart from this it makes your life very easy so you can make an impact on your content. and majorly It solves the concept of community which helps the customer and the community itself, which other company lacks in the majority.

Storybloks works perfectly to manage a website efficiently and quickly. Thanks to this, people with little programming knowledge can manage their websites. It is a well-developed software to facilitate the insertion of new content ins just a few minutes. The plugins there are exciting to add new functionalities to the content with just a few clicks. The interface is excellent because almost any user can understand the basics.

There is nothing specific that I dislike about Storyblok. It is a good CMS with a significant learning curve but gives excellent results once a person learns. I don't consider this is like a disadvantage.

Savings in time and effort have been impressive without sacrificing projects' quality that we have worked on. Content editors working with our clients can now do it more efficiently. As a result, the developers' job has been reduced from these simple tasks to more complex ones. In addition, Storyblok is so easy to use that we can give a little training to customers who require it to manage their own websites with little or no knowledge.

The visual editor is by far the best feature

Occasionally saving in the visual editor won't correctly update to reflect content

Building an mvp for a product

Storyblok in general offers an excellent user experience provided by a visual editor. The customisation options are impressive - almost every customer's dream can be realized. There is good support for multilanguage and internationalization.

If you want to fetch data from Storyblok, some queries and their nesting can be problematic. Some basic options (ex. blocking content from editing) need an app and purchasing a higher plan. Also, the support for Gatsby (especially gatsby-image) seems to be not fully covered.

Problems: Gatsby (especially gatsby-image) support, problems with some queries nesting. On the development side, there are some issues, but the benefit is the final user experience the customer gets.