Alternative to CloudCannon

Spinal is an alternative to CloudCannon. It's a git-powered CMS, and focusses more on website editing.

preview of Spinal posts edit screen with navigation on the left, content with a markdown toolbar in the middle and the comments panel on the right

CloudCannon is a Git-powered CMS that has many features that go beyond content editing. It started in 2013. It has many advanced features like a visual editing. All these features come with the downside of being pretty difficult to set up.

Spinal vs CloudCannon feature comparison

Spinal is designed for small SaaS companies. It cares less about updating the (visual) parts of your site, but more on the content.

	Spinal	CloudCannon
Price	$29/month	Starts at $45
Set up Based on time to set up	Very easy	Not too difficult
Collaborators Team members you can simultaneously collaborate with	Unlimited	3 (more on a higher plan)
Scheduling Schedule content to be published automatically
Kanban workflow Progress content in a kanban-like workflow
Fine-grained Access Next to roles and permissions, give access to specific content types
Self Host
Built for SSG Built specifically for static site generators
Git-based Allows you to simply sync your content through GitHub
Rich Text Editor
Calendar view View published and scheduled content in a calendar
Outputs Markdown Outputs markdown without extra work
Edit Lock Locks content for team members to edit
Comments & Notes Collaborate on content with your team
Image Support
Version History See previous versions of content
Active Development Is the product still being developed
Compare	Compare pricing	Compare pricing

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preview of Spinal posts index screen with navigation on the left and the posts lists on the right