Contentful is the headless CMS for organisations whose content has to reach more than one place: the website, the app, the kiosk, the partner feed, the campaign in six languages. Content is modelled once, edited in a workflow marketing controls, and delivered through APIs to whatever renders it.
Our Contentful development services cover the content model, the front ends and apps that consume it, the migration from a monolithic CMS, and the editorial tooling — previews, workflows, custom apps — that decides whether the editors actually like it.
Let’s talk ContentfulContent services
From the content model to the Next.js site that renders it and the app that edits it, our Contentful development services cover the headless content stack.
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Content types, references, locales and validations designed with the editors who will use them — structured for reuse across channels without becoming a database schema nobody can author in. Spaces, environments and roles set up for the way your teams actually publish.
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Websites and apps on Next.js, Astro or your framework consuming Contentful’s GraphQL and delivery APIs — static and edge rendering, live preview, on-demand revalidation so a publish is live in seconds, and the performance a content-led site is judged on.
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Custom Contentful apps and UI extensions — field editors, sidebar tools, integrations with DAMs, translation and commerce — plus workflows, scheduling and tasks configured so review and release run inside Contentful instead of in email.
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WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore or AEM content mapped into a new model, migrated with scripts that are rerunnable, and cut over with URLs, metadata and search rankings preserved — while the old CMS keeps publishing until the new one is proven.
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Contentful as the content layer of a composable stack — commerce, search, personalisation and analytics composed through APIs — with the orchestration and caching layers that keep a many-vendor architecture fast and debuggable.
Benefits breakdown
Why hire us for Contentful, in five lines you can hold us to.
One content model serves the site, the app, the kiosk and the partner feed — no copy-pasting between systems, no channel left with last quarter’s copy.
Roles, workflows, scheduling and previews that make sense in the admin, so marketing ships a campaign without a developer in the loop.
Edge-rendered pages with on-demand revalidation: a publish is live in seconds and the page still scores on Core Web Vitals.
Locales, fallbacks and translation workflows are part of the platform, which is why it suits brands publishing in six languages from one team.
Swap the commerce engine or the search vendor without touching the content — the architecture is APIs, and the content model outlives every front end.
Tech expertise
Contentful is the content layer in this stack; here is what we ship around it. Every name with a page of its own is a link.
Explore the servicesComparative analysis
What changes when the team actually knows the stack, in six rows.
| Feature | DigiWagon | Other agencies |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fluency | Contentful, Strapi, Sanity, headless WordPress — we know the content APIs, the limits and the pricing cliffs, and we say when a platform is the wrong fit. | One CMS for every brief, whether or not it fits. |
| Content modelling | Models designed with the editors who will use them: references, locales, validations and previews that make sense in the admin. | A schema that mirrors the database, not the editorial work. |
| Estimation | Honest timelines and budget, no surprise line items — the estimate names its assumptions. | Estimate comes with ‘oops, missed that!’ |
| Performance | Edge-cached delivery, image pipelines and build strategies chosen so a content change is live in seconds, not a redeploy. | Every publish is a twenty-minute build. |
| Editorial workflow | Roles, review, scheduling and rollback set up so marketing ships without a developer in the loop. | Every content change is a ticket. |
| Post-launch care | Model migrations, plugin audits, upgrades and monitoring — we stay after the launch, not just for it. | You are on your own after go-live. |
Industries
Three of the nine industries we build for, with the Contentful fit behind each, linked to the industry page.
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Marketing sites, documentation and in-product content from one model, with previews and workflows so the product-marketing team ships daily without a release train.
Contentful for SaaS & Technology02
Regulated content — product terms, disclosures, rates, help centres — with approval workflows, versioning and an audit trail of who published what, delivered to web and app from one source.
Contentful in FinTech03
Patient information, clinician resources and multi-site hospital content governed centrally, localised where needed and delivered to portals and apps that must meet accessibility standards.
Contentful in HealthcareInsights
Writing from the platform work: the CTO’s guide to composable enterprise, composable SaaS architecture for hyper-personalised platforms, and the generative engine optimisation mandate for product UX.
FAQ
Direct answers on headless versus traditional CMS, Contentful versus other headless platforms, migration, editors, cost drivers and what our Contentful development services include after launch.
Because the content has to reach more than a website. When a site is the only channel and the team is small, WordPress is fine and cheaper. When content feeds web, app, kiosks, partners or several markets, or when several front-end teams need one source, a headless model with APIs and workflows pays for itself quickly.
By hosting, team and editorial needs. Contentful is the mature SaaS option with enterprise workflows, localisation and an app framework, priced by usage. Strapi is open source and self-hosted for teams who need data residency and control. Sanity suits highly customised editorial experiences. We model total cost and fit before recommending.
If the model is designed with them, yes. We involve editors in modelling, build previews so they see the page as they edit, configure roles and workflows around how they actually review, and add custom apps where a default field editor is awkward. A headless CMS that editors avoid is a failed project.
We map the old content into the new model, write rerunnable migration scripts, clean and enrich as we go, and run the two systems in parallel until the new site is proven. Every URL is mapped and redirected, metadata carried across and rankings monitored after cutover so search traffic is preserved.
Contentful’s own pricing is by plan, users, spaces and API usage, and we help right-size it. Our development cost is driven by the content model’s size, the channels and integrations, the migration, and the editorial tooling required — never by page count alone. We share the estimate and its assumptions in conversation.
Content-model changes as the business evolves, front-end and dependency updates, app and integration maintenance, performance and accessibility re-audits, and editor support. Documentation and training are handed over at launch; we run the platform for you, with you, or hand it over entirely.
Tell us what content has to reach which channels and who edits it, and we will show you comparable headless work before anything is scoped.
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