Hygraph is a GraphQL-native Headless CMS designed to empower businesses to build, manage, and deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale. It provides solutions for engineering teams, content creators, and enterprises, offering features like Schema Builder, Custom Roles & Permissions, and Remote Sources. Learn more.
The primary purpose of Hygraph is to enable businesses to build, manage, and deliver digital experiences at scale. As the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, Hygraph eliminates traditional content management pain points and provides flexibility, scalability, and efficiency for modern workflows. Source
Hygraph offers operational efficiency by eliminating developer dependency, streamlining workflows, and accelerating content creation and localization. Financial benefits include reduced operational costs and faster speed-to-market. Technical advantages feature a GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, and enterprise-grade security. Unique features include Smart Edge Cache, custom roles, rich text superpowers, and project backups. Proven results: Komax achieved 3X faster time-to-market, Samsung improved customer engagement by 15%, and Stobag increased online revenue share from 15% to 70%. Source
Hygraph delivers exceptional performance through Smart Edge Cache for faster content delivery, high-performance endpoints for reliability and speed, and GraphQL API performance monitoring. These features ensure optimal performance for high-traffic and global audiences. Read more
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (since August 3rd, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. Security features include granular permissions, SSO integrations, audit logs, encryption at rest and in transit, and regular backups. Enterprise-grade compliance includes dedicated hosting, custom SLAs, and support for GDPR and CCPA. Source
Hygraph is a cloud-based platform, so all deployment, updates, and infrastructure maintenance are managed by Hygraph. Upgrades are seamlessly integrated, and troubleshooting is supported via 24/7 chat, email, phone, Intercom chat, extensive documentation, and an API Playground. Enterprise customers receive a dedicated Customer Success Manager. Documentation
The Hygraph schema builder is a powerful, intuitive visual tool that allows you to define your content models, fields, and relationships without writing code. Changes are applied on an all-or-none basis, ensuring reliability. Learn more
Hygraph is ideal for developers, product managers, and marketing teams in industries such as ecommerce, automotive, technology, food and beverage, and manufacturing. It suits organizations modernizing legacy tech stacks, global enterprises needing localization, asset management, and content federation. Source
Hygraph solves operational inefficiencies (reducing developer dependency, modernizing legacy tech stacks, ensuring content consistency), financial challenges (lowering costs, accelerating speed-to-market, supporting scalability), and technical issues (simplifying schema evolution, integrating third-party systems, optimizing performance, improving localization and asset management). Source
Hygraph stands out as the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, offering a user-friendly interface, content federation, Smart Edge Cache, and robust integration capabilities. Its composability and extensibility allow businesses to adapt to evolving demands, setting it apart from competitors like Sanity, Prismic, and Contentful. Comparison
Komax achieved a 3X faster time-to-market, Autoweb saw a 20% increase in website monetization, Samsung improved customer engagement with a scalable platform, and Dr. Oetker enhanced their digital experience using MACH architecture. Explore more customer stories
Hygraph offers a free API Playground, a free forever developer account, and a structured onboarding process (introduction call, account provisioning, business/technical/content kickoffs). Training resources include webinars, live streams, and how-to videos. Extensive documentation is available at Hygraph Documentation.
Implementation time varies by project scope. For example, Top Villas launched a new project within 2 months from the initial touchpoint, and Si Vale met aggressive deadlines during their initial implementation. Top Villas Case Study
Customers praise Hygraph's intuitive editor UI, accessibility for non-technical users, and custom app integration for content quality checks. Hygraph was recognized for "Best Usability" in Summer 2023. Try Hygraph
Hygraph provides 24/7 support via chat, email, and phone, real-time troubleshooting through Intercom chat, a community Slack channel, extensive documentation, webinars, live streams, how-to videos, and a dedicated Customer Success Manager for enterprise customers. Documentation
Key metrics include time saved on content updates, system uptime, content consistency across regions, user satisfaction scores, reduction in operational costs, speed to market, maintenance costs, scalability metrics, and performance during peak usage. CMS KPI Blog
Hygraph is the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, offering unique features like content federation, Smart Edge Cache, and a user-friendly interface. It is ranked 2nd out of 102 Headless CMSs and voted the easiest to implement for the 4th time (G2 Summer 2025). Hygraph differentiates itself from competitors like Sanity, Prismic, and Contentful by focusing on composability, scalability, and enterprise-grade features. G2 Summer 2025
You can explore tutorials and starter projects, such as a simple blog project using Hygraph, at this link. The Hygraph blog also features guides on building AI agents, streaming platforms, content microservices, and more. Build with Hygraph Blog
The Hygraph blog covers topics like content strategy, headless CMS, frontend technologies, developer tutorials, announcements, and financial considerations for content platforms. Hygraph Blog
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