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title: Using a Headless CMS with Vercel
description: Learn best practices for using databases in a serverless environment with Vercel
url: /kb/guide/using-a-headless-cms-with-vercel
canonical_url: "https://vercel.com/kb/guide/using-a-headless-cms-with-vercel"
published: 2025-11-03
last_updated: 2025-11-10
authors: Rich Haines
related: []
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
---
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## Related pages

> **For AI agents:** Follow these links to understand how this page connects to the rest of the Vercel ecosystem. For the full cross-link map (inbound, outbound, prerequisites, and semantic neighbors), see the .graph.md link below.

- [Next.js](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/nextjs?from=related) — Vercel is the native Next.js platform, designed to enhance the Next.js experience.
- [SvelteKit](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/sveltekit?from=related) — Learn how to use Vercel's features with SvelteKit
- [CMS Integrations](https://vercel.com/docs/integrations/cms?from=related) — Learn how to integrate Vercel with CMS platforms, including Contentful, Sanity, and Sitecore XM Cloud.
- [DatoCMS](https://vercel.com/docs/integrations/cms/dato-cms?from=related) — Learn how to integrate DatoCMS with Vercel. Follow our step-by-step tutorial to set up and manage your digital content s
- [Contentful](https://vercel.com/docs/integrations/cms/contentful?from=related) — Integrate Vercel with Contentful to deploy your content.
- [Using Headless WordPress with Next.js and Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/wordpress-with-vercel?from=related) — Learn how to use Headless WordPress with your Next.js application and deploy it to Vercel.
- [Why innovators are going headless](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/why-innovators-are-going-headless?from=related) — How headless architecture helps enterprise, ecommerce, and content teams move faster, scale reliably, and future-proof t
- [Integrate Vercel and Contentstack for your Headless CMS](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/integrate-vercel-and-contentstack?from=related) — Integrate Vercel with Contentstack, a headless CMS, to build and deploy dynamic, high-performance websites.

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A [Content Management System (CMS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system) allows you to manage your data's creation and modification, which typically includes a database. For example, [WordPress](https://vercel.com/guides/wordpress-with-vercel) might use a MySQL database to store the content.

A [Headless CMS](https://www.sanity.io/blog/headless-cms-explained) provides the same rich collaboration and authoring experience as a traditional CMS while exposing your data as an API. Headless APIs decouple your data and presentational layers.

## Features

A Headless CMS can help build **content-oriented** websites, such as blogs or marketing/sales sites. This can help with:

- **Collaboration**: Easily share draft content with non-technical stakeholders. For example, using [Preview Mode](https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/preview-mode) with [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started).
  
- **Multi-Language**: Create localized versions of your content for every region you support.
  
- **Rich Content**: Easily store and manage images, documents, and more.
  

## CMS Providers

- [WordPress](https://vercel.com/templates/wordpress)
  
- [Sanity](https://vercel.com/templates/sanity)
  
- [Prismic](https://vercel.com/templates/prismic)
  
- [DatoCMS](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/cms-datocms)
  
- [Contentful](https://vercel.com/templates/contentful)
  
- [Strapi](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/cms-strapi)
  
- [Agility CMS](https://vercel.com/templates/agility)
  
- [Cosmic](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/cms-cosmic)
  
- [ButterCMS](https://vercel.com/templates/buttercms)
  
- [Storyblok](https://vercel.com/templates/storyblok)
  
- [Hygraph](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/cms-graphcms)
  
- [Sitecore](https://vercel.com/integrations/ordercloud)
  

View more [templates](https://vercel.com/templates).