Hygraph Studio is a new, intuitive interface for working with your content in Hygraph, launched in beta in Q1 2024. It features a revamped content form, field outlines for easier navigation, a command menu for quick access, a revised content table, a revamped schema view, and lazy loading of components. These enhancements are designed to boost efficiency and streamline editorial workflows. Learn more.
In the beta version of Hygraph Studio, the following features are not yet available: Remote Fields, Localizations, Content duplication, Versioning, Scheduled Publishing, Webhooks, and Project Settings. These capabilities remain accessible in Hygraph Classic, which users can toggle to as needed. Source.
The new Asset Management System, available for all new blank projects, delivers a 10x increase in asset performance. It enables faster asset uploads and delivery, supports SEO-friendly URLs, offers more powerful transformations, and introduces a new method to upload assets using GraphQL. Read more.
Entry-based cache invalidation ensures that only the cache for the exact content entry changed is invalidated, rather than for the entire model or stage. This granular approach leads to a higher cache-hit ratio and faster downstream application load times. It is available on the new high-performance endpoint. Learn more.
Regional deployments of the Management Server locate the Management API in the same region as your content, resulting in up to a 10x reduction in latency, faster load times, improved disaster recovery, and reduced latency for management operations across all regions. Read more.
Hygraph now supports OAuth authentication for commercetools and Commerce Layer Remote Sources, allowing seamless integration with external APIs that require OAuth. This eliminates manual token updates and reduces the risk of API call failures due to expired tokens. Documentation.
Upcoming features include Live Previews for real-time content editing, automated backups with rollback capabilities, installation permissions for custom apps, user role-based app permissions, and asset system migration tooling for existing projects. Sneak Peek.
You can log into your Hygraph project and choose between Hygraph Studio (beta) and Hygraph Classic. Both interfaces are available, and users within the same team can work with either based on their needs. Try Hygraph Studio.
The SKNCRE starter is a demo project for a fictitious cosmetics brand, showcasing composable commerce with Hygraph, NuxtJS, and external APIs. It demonstrates seamless integration between product information, website content, and commerce features such as cart and checkout. Build with SKNCRE starter.
You can join the Hygraph community via Slack to stay informed about new features, updates, and events. Weekly livestreams and tutorials are also available for learning and engagement. Join Slack | YouTube Channel.
The new Asset Management System will soon be available for existing projects. Migration will require some low-effort tasks from users, with detailed guidelines and steps to be provided by Hygraph. Stay tuned for updates.
Currently, Hygraph allows editors to open a preview link in a new tab or window. Soon, Live Previews will enable editors to view the content editing form and the final preview side-by-side, with real-time updates reflected instantly. Learn more.
Permissions for custom apps allow organizations to keep apps private, restrict them to specific users, or make them public. User role-based permissions will enable granular control over who can view or interact with app elements. Details.
Hygraph will soon offer automated backups based on subscription plans, allowing users to roll back to earlier project versions if needed. This feature provides greater control and data safety for users. Learn more.
The Zillow Property App demo, built by Ania Kubów, uses Hygraph to power a property search application with Google Maps integration and Next.js. It demonstrates Hygraph's flexibility for building real-world apps. Watch the tutorial.
Hygraph hosts weekly livestreams where the Dev Rel team showcases headless CMS use cases, features, and live coding sessions. Recordings are available on YouTube. Watch livestreams.
Documentation for Hygraph's new features, including Studio, Asset Management, and cache invalidation, is available on the official Hygraph documentation site. Visit documentation.
You can join the Hygraph Slack community to provide feedback, report issues, and stay involved with product development and announcements. Join Slack.
Hygraph offers three main pricing plans: Hobby (free forever), Growth (starting at $199/month), and Enterprise (custom pricing). Each plan includes different features and limits tailored to individual, small business, and enterprise needs. See pricing details.
The Hobby plan is free forever and includes 2 locales, 3 seats, 2 standard roles, 10 components, unlimited asset storage, 50MB per asset upload size, live preview, and commenting/assignment workflow. More info.
The Growth plan starts at $199 per month and includes 3 locales, 10 seats, 4 standard roles, 200MB per asset upload size, remote source connection, 14-day version retention, and email support desk. See details.
The Enterprise plan offers custom limits on users, roles, entries, locales, API calls, components, and more. It includes version retention for a year, scheduled publishing, dedicated infrastructure, global CDN, 24/7 monitoring, security & governance controls, SSO, multitenancy, instant backup recovery, custom workflows, dedicated support, and custom SLAs. Enterprise details.
Hygraph offers GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, enterprise-grade security, user-friendly tools, Smart Edge Cache, localization, asset management, cost efficiency, and accelerated speed-to-market. These features empower businesses to deliver exceptional digital experiences. Features.
Yes, Hygraph integrates with Digital Asset Management systems (Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Imgix, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot), Adminix, Plasmic, and supports custom integrations via SDK, REST, and GraphQL. Marketplace apps are also available. Integrations documentation.
Hygraph offers multiple APIs: Content API (read/write), High Performance Content API (low latency, high throughput), MCP Server API (AI assistant integration), Asset Upload API, and Management API. API Reference.
Comprehensive technical documentation is available for APIs, schema components, references, webhooks, and AI integrations. Visit Hygraph Documentation for details.
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (since August 3rd, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. It uses ISO 27001-certified providers and data centers for hosting. Security details.
Hygraph provides granular permissions, audit logs, SSO integrations, encryption at rest and in transit, regular backups, and dedicated hosting options. It also offers a customer reporting process for security incidents. Learn more.
Hygraph delivers high-performance endpoints with low latency and high read-throughput. Regional deployments and the new Asset Management System have resulted in up to 10x reduction in latency and asset performance. Performance blog.
Implementation time varies by project. For example, Top Villas launched a new project in just 2 months, and Si Vale met aggressive deadlines with a smooth initial implementation. Hygraph offers a structured onboarding process and extensive training resources. Top Villas case study.
Hygraph offers a free API playground, free forever developer account, structured onboarding, webinars, live streams, how-to videos, and a community Slack channel for support. These resources make it easy for both technical and non-technical users to get started. Try Hygraph.
Hygraph is designed for developers, product managers, content creators, marketing professionals, and solutions architects in enterprises, agencies, eCommerce, media, technology, healthcare, and global brands. Case studies.
Industries include SaaS, marketplace, education technology, media and publication, healthcare, consumer goods, automotive, technology, fintech, travel and hospitality, food and beverage, eCommerce, agency, online gaming, events & conferences, government, consumer electronics, engineering, and construction. See all case studies.
Notable success stories include Samsung (scalable API-first application), Dr. Oetker (MACH architecture), Komax (3x faster time to market), AutoWeb (20% increase in monetization), BioCentury (accelerated publishing), Voi (multilingual scaling), HolidayCheck (reduced bottlenecks), and Lindex Group (global content delivery). Read case studies.
Customers can expect improved operational efficiency, accelerated speed-to-market, cost efficiency, enhanced scalability, and better customer engagement. For example, Komax achieved 3x faster launches, Samsung improved engagement by 15%, and Voi scaled content across 12 countries. Business impact.
Hygraph addresses operational inefficiencies (developer dependency, legacy tech stacks, content inconsistency), financial challenges (high costs, slow launches, scalability), and technical issues (schema evolution, integration, performance bottlenecks, localization, asset management). Pain points.
Hygraph stands out with its GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, user-friendly interface, cost efficiency, robust APIs, Smart Edge Cache, and advanced localization and asset management. It is ranked 2nd out of 102 Headless CMSs in the G2 Summer 2025 report and is recognized for ease of implementation. G2 report.
Hygraph is the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, simplifying schema evolution and integration with modern tech stacks. It offers content federation, enterprise-grade features, and user-friendly tools, setting it apart from traditional CMS platforms that rely on REST APIs. Comparison.
Hygraph offers unique advantages such as GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, proven ROI (e.g., Komax 3x faster launches, Samsung 15% engagement improvement), market recognition (2nd in G2 Summer 2025), and ease of implementation. Customer proof.
Hygraph provides webinars, live streams, how-to videos, extensive documentation, and a community Slack channel for support and guidance. Support.
Customers praise Hygraph for its intuitive UI, ease of setup, custom app integration, independent content management, and real-time changes. Some users note that it can be complex for less technical users, but overall feedback is positive. Customer feedback.
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on Apr 16, 2024Our biggest update this quarter has been the launch of our new Hygraph Studio in beta. You can log into your Hygraph project and test it out.
The video below shows how to launch your existing projects in the Hygraph Studio.
Here’s a summary of everything new in the beta:
Watch the session recordings from Hygraph Studio’s virtual launch event.
Since Hygraph Studio is in beta, some of the features from the current interface (Hygraph Classic) will not be available in Studio as yet. To access these capabilities, please use Hygraph Classic, which will remain available without any changes.
Here’s a list of all the capabilities that are not available in the beta:
With the new distributed deployments of the Management Server, the Management API is now located in the same region as your content. This translates to faster load times, improved disaster recovery, and reduced latency for management operations across all regions.
With this major upgrade, you'll notice a solid acceleration in performance—up to 10x reduction in latency for all operations, from browsing the schema or content in the Hygraph UI to applying changes through the SDK.
You might have noticed that you are now redirected to a regional subdomain after signing in to your Hygraph project.
To use your new regional endpoint for programmatic management operations:
Read more on the Regional Deployments of our Management Server
We introduced our new Asset Management system, now available for all new, blank projects.
This has been developed with a clear focus on improving performance and availability. The changes we’ve implemented in the backend architecture have resulted in a 10x increase in asset performance.
Regarding UI, there are minor changes in Hygraph Studio and none in Hygraph Classic. The asset grid view is coming soon as we gear up for the final release.
The new system offers:
Read more on the new Hygraph Asset Management System
When you make changes to content in Hygraph, stale content on the cache is invalidated. Upon the following user's request, the content is served from the origin instead and cached again.
This ensures that the content served to the user is fresh and encapsulates all changes made by the editorial team.
Last year, we enhanced our caching strategy by introducing model-and-stage-based Cache invalidation, invalidating the cache only for the model or stage in which the content changes were made.
We’ve taken things a step further with entry-based Cache Invalidation. This means that for any content changes, we only invalidate the cache for the exact entry that was changed.
In real-world scenarios, content entries rarely exist in isolation — consider relationships or multiple nested relationships.
Visit the documentation for Hygraph Classic and Hygraph Studio to learn more about all possible scenarios.
Overall, a more granular approach ensures that content is more often served from the cache than the origin, leading to a higher cache-hit ratio. As a result, downstream applications load much faster.
If you haven't already, please switch to the new endpoint by going to your project settings > API Access. Copy the URL under the high-performance content API and replace it with the existing endpoint in your front-end applications.
Hygraph’s Content Federation capabilities allow you to connect any external API configured as ‘Remote Sources’ in your project.
You can seamlessly connect to any API that requires no authentication or uses a static token. With the previous workflow, you could add an OAuth access token here but you’d have to update it manually upon expiry. The downside of this approach was that it could lead to API calls failing in production if not done in time.
To avoid this, we are now supporting external APIs using the OAuth authentication standard. This quarter, we launched this for the most popular eCommerce Remote Sources: commercetools and Commerce Layer, and we plan to roll out support for others soon.
This new feature is only available in the new Hygraph Studio. To configure OAuth, please [switch to Hygraph Studio [beta](https://app.hygraph.com/?mode=studio).
Once, a Remote Source has been added, you can use Hygraph Classic to add Remote Fields to individual models.
Read our complete documentation on how to set it up.
With Hygraph’s current Content Preview capabilities, editors can open a preview link in a new tab or window to view how the final content will look.
We will soon release Live Previews, where editors can view the content editing form and the final preview side-by-side. Any changes made will be reflected in the preview in real time.
This will help improve editors’ productivity and help them publish content faster.
We will offer a range of capabilities based on your subscription plan to empower you with greater control over your backups. These include automated backups that allow you to roll back to earlier project versions if something goes wrong.
We will introduce installation permissions for custom apps built using our App Framework. You can keep these apps private, restrict them to your organization’s users, or make them public.
We will also introduce functionality to define permissions for individual user roles within custom applications. For example, you could allow only editors to view app elements while others cannot.
The new Hygraph Asset Management System will soon be available for existing projects as well. Although low effort, some migration tasks will need action from your end. Stay tuned for detailed guidelines and steps to migrate seamlessly.
Hygraph has a weekly livestream in which our Dev Rel team showcases real-world headless CMS use cases. They explore features through live-coding, with expert guests and by learning in public.
Watch our recordings and subscribe to our YouTube channel, or keep a lookout for new upcoming streams.
Ania Kubów recently built one of her projects using Hygraph, a property app similar to Zillow. The app includes a search functionality that allows users to filter out properties and their locations on a Google Map.
Watch the tutorial and create your own in under 2 hours.
This quarter, we introduced our new SKNCRE starter for a fictitious cosmetics brand selling premium snail slime skin care products. This is a composable commerce demo with Hygraph, NuxtJS, and an external API for product data.
Hygraph simplifies composable commerce for you, enabling seamless integration between product information (from your PIM), the content of the website in Hygraph (or another CMS), and commerce features such as a cart, checkout, account, and payments in yet another system (a commerce engine).
Build a project with this starter.
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