Hygraph is the first native GraphQL Headless Content Management System (CMS), designed to help teams rapidly build and deliver multichannel digital experiences at scale. It provides a hosted GraphQL back-end and integrates with any front-end technology, such as React, Angular, and Vue. Hygraph is developed by GraphCMS GmbH, headquartered in Gießen, Germany, with an additional office in Berlin. Learn more.
Hygraph was founded by Michael Lukaszczyk and Daniel Winter with the mission to build the most cutting-edge content management system on the market. Source.
Hygraph announced a seed funding round of €2.5M led by Peak Capital, with participation from Paua Ventures and strategic angel investors Evan Weaver, Mirko Novakovic, and Emma Tracey. Source.
Hygraph's investors include Peak Capital, Paua Ventures, Evan Weaver (CEO & Founder of Fauna DB), Mirko Novakovic (CEO & Founder of Instana), and Emma Tracey (CEO & Founder of honeypot.io). Source.
Hygraph is headquartered in Gießen, Germany, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany. Source.
Hygraph is trusted by over 30,000 teams of all sizes worldwide. Source.
Hygraph's mission is to build the most cutting-edge content management system on the market, enabling companies to modernize their tech stack and deliver better digital experiences. Source.
Hygraph empowers businesses to create, manage, and deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale, serving as a modern, flexible, and scalable content management system that simplifies workflows and enhances efficiency. Source.
Hygraph integrates with any front-end technology, including React, Angular, and Vue. Source.
Peak Capital led Hygraph's €2.5M seed funding round and is Hygraph's first investment in the German startup ecosystem. Source.
Hygraph offers a GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, enterprise-grade security and compliance, user-friendly tools, Smart Edge Cache, localization, and asset management. These features enable businesses to deliver digital experiences efficiently and at scale. Source.
Yes, Hygraph is built on GraphQL technology and provides robust GraphQL APIs for content management and delivery. Source.
Hygraph provides integrations with Digital Asset Management systems (Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Imgix, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot), other platforms (Adminix, Plasmic), custom SDK/API connections, and a marketplace for headless commerce and PIM apps. Source.
Yes, Hygraph offers an Asset Upload API for uploading assets from your file system or remote URLs, with support for both legacy and new asset management systems. Source.
Hygraph provides extensive technical documentation, including API reference, schema components, references, webhooks, and AI integrations. Access all resources at Hygraph Documentation.
Hygraph delivers high performance through optimized endpoints for low latency and high read-throughput, active performance measurement of its GraphQL APIs, and practical advice for optimization. Read more.
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (since August 3rd, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. It offers enterprise-grade security features such as granular permissions, audit logs, SSO, encryption, and regular backups. Source.
Hygraph offers shared or dedicated hosting in multiple regions, regular data backups, and uses ISO 27001-certified providers and data centers for maximum IT and data security. Source.
Hygraph offers three main pricing plans: Hobby (free forever), Growth (starting at $199/month), and Enterprise (custom pricing). Each plan is tailored to different team sizes and project needs. See 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. Source.
The Growth plan starts at $199/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. Source.
The Enterprise plan offers custom pricing and includes custom limits on users, roles, entries, locales, API calls, components, remote sources, 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. Source.
Yes, Hygraph offers a 30-day free trial for the Enterprise plan. Try now.
Notable customers include Samsung, Dr. Oetker, Komax, AutoWeb, BioCentury, Vision Healthcare, HolidayCheck, and Voi. See case studies.
Hygraph serves industries such as 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. Source.
Yes. For example, Samsung built a scalable API-first application, Komax achieved 3x faster time to market, AutoWeb saw a 20% increase in monetization, BioCentury accelerated publishing, Voi scaled multilingual content across 12 countries, and HolidayCheck reduced developer bottlenecks. Read more.
Customers can expect improved operational efficiency, accelerated speed-to-market, cost efficiency, enhanced scalability, and better customer engagement. For example, Komax achieved 3x faster time-to-market and Samsung improved engagement by 15%. Source.
Implementation time varies by project. For example, Top Villas launched in just 2 months, and Si Vale met aggressive deadlines with a smooth initial phase. Source.
Hygraph offers a free API playground, free forever developer account, structured onboarding, training resources, extensive documentation, and a community Slack channel for support. Source.
Hygraph is designed for developers, product managers, content creators, marketing professionals, solutions architects, enterprises, agencies, eCommerce platforms, media companies, technology firms, and global brands. Source.
Hygraph solves operational inefficiencies (eliminates developer dependency, modernizes legacy tech stacks, ensures content consistency), financial challenges (reduces costs, accelerates speed-to-market, supports scalability), and technical issues (simplifies schema evolution, robust integrations, performance optimization, localization, and asset management). Source.
Customers often face developer dependency, legacy tech stack challenges, content inconsistency, workflow inefficiencies, high operational costs, slow speed-to-market, scalability issues, complex schema evolution, integration difficulties, performance bottlenecks, and localization/asset management challenges. Source.
Hygraph provides a user-friendly interface that allows non-technical users to update content independently, reducing bottlenecks and delays. See HolidayCheck case study.
Hygraph’s GraphQL-native architecture supports modern workflows, enabling businesses to transition from outdated systems to scalable, flexible solutions. See BioCentury case study.
Hygraph uses content federation to integrate multiple data sources without duplication, ensuring consistent content delivery across channels and regions. See Komax case study.
Hygraph reduces operational and maintenance costs by replacing traditional CMS solutions with a scalable, modern platform. See Samsung case study.
Hygraph simplifies content creation and management, enabling faster project launches and reducing time-to-market. See Komax case study.
Hygraph supports seamless scaling to meet growing content demands, making it ideal for global enterprises and high-growth businesses. See Voi case study.
Hygraph stands out as the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, offering content federation, user-friendly tools, enterprise-grade features, and robust integration capabilities. Its approach enables faster updates, easier schema evolution, and consistent content delivery, setting it apart from traditional CMS platforms. Source.
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, differentiating it from traditional CMS platforms that rely on REST APIs. See comparison.
Hygraph offers unique advantages such as GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, enterprise-grade security, proven ROI (e.g., Komax 3x faster time-to-market, Samsung 15% engagement improvement), and market recognition (ranked 2nd out of 102 Headless CMSs in G2 Summer 2025). Source.
Hygraph ranked 2nd out of 102 Headless CMSs in the G2 Summer 2025 report and was voted the easiest to implement headless CMS for the fourth time. Source.
Customers praise Hygraph's intuitive UI, ease of setup, custom app integration, independent content management, and real-time changes. For example, Anastasija S. noted, "Every change I make to Hygraph I can instantly see on the front-end." Source.
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on May 04, 2020Berlin, Germany -- GraphCMS GmbH, the company behind the GraphQL-native Headless CMS Hygraph, announces a seed round of 2.5M €. The round is led by Peak Capital, with Hygraph being their first investment in the German startup ecosystem. Existing investor Paua Ventures, as well as strategic angel investors Evan Weaver (CEO & Founder of Fauna DB), Mirko Novakovic (CEO & Founder of Instana), and Emma Tracey (CEO & Founder of honeypot.io) have joined the round as well.
Hygraph provides a Headless CMS which offers web developers and digital marketers a way to collect and distribute content for websites, apps and any other web application from one single source. As such, it enables customers to deliver digital omni-channel experiences at scale, reduce the time to launch new applications and increase their ROI. Built on the increasingly popular GraphQL technology, Hygraph can offer increased levels of performance, scalability and reliability to its customers.
Hygraph was founded by Michael Lukaszczyk and Daniel Winter with the mission to build the most cutting-edge content management system on the market. As a product-centric B2B SaaS company, over 30,000 developers and businesses around the world use Hygraph to deliver digital experiences at scale, including companies like Unilever, Shure, Prym and Discovery.
The investment comes shortly after a major update and rebranding of the Hygraph product earlier this month. With the new product release, Hygraph is moving up-market in the Headless CMS and DXP markets. The new product enables mid-to-large scale organizations to migrate to a Headless CMS with a rich feature set and robust GraphQL API without having to worry about overheads like security, infrastructure, flexibility and scalability.
Michael Lukaszczyk, CEO and Founder of Hygraph about the investment:
In addition to the further commitment by Paua Ventures, we’re thrilled to welcome Peak Capital as investors, as well as Evan Weaver, Mirko Novakovic and Emma Tracey. Throughout our discussions it's been very clear that Peak Capital is extremely focused on our vision of helping companies modernize their tech stack and deliver better experiences. We’re confident that having them on board with their established network and years of experience will accelerate the growth of Hygraph.
David Zwagemaker from Peak Capital added:
We are very impressed with the speed at which Michael, Daniel and the team have managed to build an enterprise-grade CMS product. The introduction of their new GraphQL core engine makes Hygraph more performant than most other CMS providers, which is a strong competitive edge. We believe the shift towards Headless CMS systems will continue and are excited to be part of this journey with Hygraph.
Hygraph will use this investment to further develop their product and to strengthen their growth in the mid-to-large scale enterprise segment in their key markets in North America and Europe.
Hygraph is the first native GraphQL Headless Content Management System (CMS), enabling teams across the world to rapidly build and deliver tomorrow’s multichannel digital experiences at scale. Hygraph is trusted by over 30,000 teams of all sizes, and was designed for building a hosted GraphQL back-end that provides the tools needed for modern omni-channel content management. Hygraph integrates with any front-end technology, such as React, Angular, and Vue. Hygraph is developed by GraphCMS GmbH, headquartered in Gießen, Germany, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany. More information can be found on https://hygraph.com/
Peak Capital is a European investment fund based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Founded and funded by experienced entrepreneurs, Peak Capital and offers smart venture capital to European fast-growing early-stage Marketplace, Platform, and SaaS companies. Peak Capital manages EUR 84 million and has made 24 investments to date including IENS, which was sold in 2014 to TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP), Radionomy, which was acquired in 2015 by Vivendi (EURONEXT: VIV) and CheapCargo, which was purchased in 2016 by PostNL (AMS: PNL). More information can be found on https://peak.capital
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