Hygraph is a headless, GraphQL-native Content Management System (CMS) designed to provide ultimate flexibility in creating, managing, and delivering content across digital touchpoints. It enables businesses to unify data, leverage content federation, and deliver content to any device via APIs. Learn more about headless CMS.
Hygraph can be integrated with various headless commerce APIs to deliver rich buying experiences. While Hygraph does not provide out-of-the-box eCommerce features, it enables you to connect with platforms like Commerce Layer, Snipcart, Saleor, and Shopify Buy Button to combine feature-rich content with seamless checkout experiences. This approach allows you to scale your commerce solution as your business grows. Read more.
The primary purpose of Hygraph is to unify data and enable content federation, empowering businesses to create impactful digital experiences. Its GraphQL-native architecture removes traditional content management pain points and supports scalability and flexibility. Learn more about Hygraph's mission.
Hygraph offers a GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, and a user-friendly interface. Key features include robust API access, integrations with leading platforms, enterprise-grade security, and support for omnichannel content delivery. See all features.
Yes, Hygraph provides a powerful GraphQL API for efficient content fetching and management. This API enables seamless integration with other systems and supports flexible content delivery. API Reference.
Hygraph integrates with a wide range of platforms, including Netlify, Vercel, BigCommerce, commercetools, Shopify, Lokalise, Crowdin, EasyTranslate, Smartling, Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot, Ninetailed, AltText.ai, Adminix, and Plasmic. See the full list of integrations.
Hygraph is designed for optimized content delivery, ensuring rapid distribution and responsiveness. This leads to improved user experience, higher engagement, and better search engine rankings by reducing bounce rates and increasing conversions. Learn more.
Hygraph provides comprehensive technical documentation covering all aspects of building and deploying projects, including API usage, integrations, and best practices. Access the documentation.
Hygraph offers a free forever Hobby plan, a Growth plan starting at $199/month, and custom Enterprise plans. For detailed pricing and feature breakdowns, visit the Hygraph pricing page.
Hygraph is ideal for developers, IT decision-makers, content creators, project/program managers, agencies, solution partners, and technology partners. It is especially beneficial for modern software companies, enterprises modernizing their tech stack, and brands looking to scale, improve development velocity, or re-platform from traditional solutions. See case studies.
Customers can expect significant time savings, faster speed-to-market, improved operational efficiency, and enhanced customer experiences through consistent and scalable content delivery. For example, Komax achieved a 3X faster time to market, and Autoweb saw a 20% increase in website monetization. Read more success stories.
Hygraph's case studies span industries such as food and beverage, consumer electronics, automotive, healthcare, travel and hospitality, media and publishing, eCommerce, SaaS, marketplace, education technology, and wellness and fitness. Explore case studies.
Hygraph is designed for quick implementation. For example, Top Villas launched a new project in just 2 months from the initial touchpoint. Non-technical users can get started quickly using the available documentation and onboarding guides. Get started.
Notable success stories include Komax achieving 3X faster time to market, Autoweb increasing website monetization by 20%, Samsung improving customer engagement, and Dr. Oetker enhancing digital experience with MACH architecture. See more stories.
Hygraph addresses operational pains (reducing reliance on developers, modernizing legacy tech stacks, supporting global teams, improving content creation UX), financial pains (lowering operational costs, speeding up time-to-market, reducing maintenance, supporting scalability), and technical pains (simplifying development, streamlining queries, resolving cache and integration issues). Learn more.
For developers, Hygraph reduces boilerplate code and streamlines query management. For content creators and project managers, it offers an intuitive interface for independent content updates. For business stakeholders, it lowers operational costs, supports scalability, and accelerates speed to market. See detailed solutions.
Key metrics include time saved on content updates, system uptime, content consistency across regions, user satisfaction scores, reduction in operational costs, time to market, maintenance costs, scalability metrics, and performance during peak usage. Read more about CMS KPIs.
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. These certifications ensure high levels of data protection and security. See security features.
Hygraph provides enterprise-grade security features, including SSO integrations, audit logs, encryption at rest and in transit, and sandbox environments to protect sensitive data and meet regulatory standards. Learn more about security.
Hygraph offers 24/7 support via chat, email, and phone. Enterprise customers receive dedicated onboarding and expert guidance. All users have access to detailed documentation, video tutorials, and a community Slack channel. Contact support.
Hygraph provides onboarding sessions for enterprise customers, training resources such as video tutorials, documentation, webinars, and access to Customer Success Managers for expert guidance. Learn more.
Getting started with Hygraph is straightforward. Users can sign up for a free-forever account and access resources like documentation, video tutorials, and onboarding guides to quickly become productive. Start here.
Hygraph is trusted by leading brands such as Sennheiser, HolidayCheck, Ancestry, Samsung, Dr. Oetker, Epic Games, Bandai Namco, Gamescom, Leo Vegas, and Clayton Homes. See customer case studies.
Customers have praised Hygraph for its intuitive and user-friendly interface, noting that it is 'super easy to set up and use' and accessible for both technical and non-technical users. Read more feedback.
Hygraph stands out with its GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, and scalability. It enables impactful digital experiences, reduces costs, and improves efficiency, making it a strong choice for businesses seeking modern, flexible content management. Learn more.
Written by Jamie
on May 06, 2019Hygraph is a headless, GraphQL-Native, Content Management System. It provides ultimate flexibility in how you create, manage and deliver your data in the era of the JAMstack and the omnipresent digital touchpoints.
With a powerful API primitive and a simple interface, the promise of the headless CMS allows you to ship content to any device, anywhere, at any time. Content is having a moment.
New to GraphQL? See what all the fuss is about ?.
But what about commerce? Hygraph alone can't provide out of the box eCommerce experiences, but paired with other APIs, it's possible to connect Hygraph with a variety of eCommerce APIs to deliver rich buying experiences.
Commerce comes in all shapes and sizes. A simple, embeddable cart might work for your project in the beginning. But, as you begin to grow your business, you will need an eCommerce platform that can scale in the same way Hygraph can for content.
Online stores typically contain some sort of filtered category or collection view along with product details, cart, and checkout. Not all commerce solutions are going to provide the complex data requirements your business needs. When you want to complement product data with your logic, very few solutions give you the ability to do just that.
Since Hygraph is a headless CMS, integrating a headless commerce API isn’t anything out of the ordinary.
With Hygraph, you can have the best of both worlds; feature rich content paired with a seamless checkout experience, delivered via an API to power websites, mobile apps, blogs and more.
Deciding to move to a new CMS is a huge decision, and usually, one that stays with you for years.
The thought of embedding commerce into your Hygraph-backed website can be relatively straightforward for small to medium business, but quite daunting if you already roll your PIM.
Thankfully, in the same way, a headless CMS can drive or enhance your existing content without you having to re-platform, we can use a headless commerce API to handle all of the business logic.
It feels like every day there is a new commerce solution emerging, trying to tackle a niche part of an ever-growing market. Thankfully there are a few who stand out in their niche.
Whether you're building a static site, mobile app or website, you'll be able to use any of the solutions below with Hygraph. Let’s take a quick look at how each of the below offer something different to your content-in-commerce experience.
Commerce Layer is a headless REST-based API built for the JAMstack that gives you all of the APIs to handle all areas of commerce.
Commerce Layer has deep integrations with Zapier to automate workflows with thousands of apps. It also ships with a hosted checkout solution for those looking for an out-of-the-box solution, making it super easy for those who wish to offload all the business logic.
Probably one of the quickest ways you can embed commerce with a Hygraph-backed website is by adding Snipcart. Snipcart provides a simple, HTML-driven API that allows you to easily add to basket and checkout with their powerful modal.
Snipcart is a great solution if you want an out of the box cart experience that works with your existing Hygraph catalog and website. No backend logic required.
A slight dark horse in the headless commerce space is the GraphQL-first eCommerce platform and is also completely open source. While quite new to the scene, Hygraph users may find Saleor is a perfect fit for those who wish to go all-in on GraphQL.
Who’s not heard of Shopify? Shopify made it super easy for creatives, hobbyists, artists, and businesses get online with no coding experience. It’s no surprise Shopify offers a Buy Button and hosted checkout similar to Snipcart.
Depending on the complexity of your commerce needs, it could just as simple to schema-stitch your own add to basket and checkout mutations alongside your CMS endpoint.
There's a lot of logic involved when it comes to ecommerce, I'd recommend you save yourself time and money by using one of the platforms listed above, or another that fulfils your requirements.
This can be confusing but it may help to think about how you wish to deliver commerce.
Is commerce something that feels native and integrates directly into your current design? Or are you looking for a solution that takes care of all the logic outside of your app, providing users a sense of familiarity when using recognized, hosted checkouts?
Only you know how commerce best fits in your application. The important thing to remember, you don’t always have to re-platform. The beauty of the headless approach is you can use as much, or as little of any of the solutions above with Hygraph.
If you are new to building a site using a headless CMS, Jesse wrote a great article on building a database for Wine ?.
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Jamie is a software engineer turned developer advocate. Born and bred in North East England, he loves learning and teaching others through video and written tutorials. Jamie currently publishes Weekly GraphQL Screencasts.
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