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HEADLESS CMS AT LAIOUTR
# Headless CMS with visual editing and frontend in one platform
Laioutr is an integrated headless CMS: manage structured content in Content Collections, edit it visually in Studio and deliver it to any frontend via the Delivery and Management API, including text, images and video.
Instead of a separate CMS next to the frontend and the commerce backend, Laioutr brings Content Collections, Studio and frontend together in one platform. Content is maintained once and appears on the storefront, in apps and on partner frontends.
[Explore the Delivery API](https://www.laioutr.com/en/interfaces/delivery-api)
Headless CMS at Laioutr · developed by Laioutr in Berlin · since 2024
## Content has to reach every channel, not just the company website
Website, app, kiosk, marketplace, partner frontend: content is needed in more and more places today. Maintaining content only in a system that can't deliver it headless costs time with every new channel.
## One more CMS in the stack means more integration work
A separate headless CMS needs its own infrastructure, its own interfaces to the frontend and its own editorial processes. An integrated headless CMS removes that extra layer.
## APIs are already standard, for content too
Backend, payment, logistics: almost everything runs through APIs today. Content should be no exception. The Laioutr Delivery and Management API makes content just as connectable as any other system.
The definition
## What is a headless CMS?
A headless CMS separates content management from output: content is maintained centrally and delivered via an API to any frontend, such as a website, app, kiosk or IoT device.
Laioutr is an integrated headless CMS. Structured content lives in Content Collections, is edited visually in Studio and delivered to any frontend via the Delivery API, including text, images and video. Via the Management API, external systems write content directly. Content, Studio and frontend run in one platform instead of three separate systems.
### Content Collections: structured content
Content is maintained in Content Collections with clearly defined fields, multilingual and reusable across all frontends.
**What it replaces:**
A separate CMS next to the frontend and the commerce backend.
### Delivery API: read access to all content
Any content administered in Laioutr, or held in connected backend systems behind it, can be retrieved via the Delivery API: text, structured content, images and video, not just for Laioutr frontends but for any frontend that needs it.
**What it replaces:**
Separate content APIs per channel and manual content exports.
### Adapter layer: backend-agnostic
REST, GraphQL or custom: anything that delivers content or commerce data can be connected via adapters. Neither the Delivery API nor the Management API is tied to a specific backend.
**What it replaces:**
Custom integrations per backend system and vendor lock-in.
### Management API: write access from outside
External systems use the Management API to write content directly into Laioutr: content, routes, assets. That makes Laioutr a central entry point instead of one more isolated content silo.
**What it replaces:**
Manual content maintenance across multiple systems in parallel.
### CDN: worldwide delivery
Content, images and video can be delivered quickly worldwide via a global CDN. Image CDN and Video CDN are available as add-ons.
**What it replaces:**
Separate media CDN contracts and in-house caching infrastructure.
## How content distribution has evolved
#### Headless CMS isn't a new invention. It's the next stage in how content gets managed and delivered.
2000-2010
### Generation 1
Monolith CMS
**Could:** Manage content and frontend in one system. Fast to set up.
**Couldn't:** Reuse content across multiple channels. Every new channel needed its own maintenance.
**Typical:** WordPress, TYPO3, classic shop CMS.
2015-2020
### Generation 2
Headless CMS
**Could:** Deliver content via API to multiple channels. One content model for everything.
**Couldn't:** Work without its own, freely modeled schema and the setup effort that comes with it.
**Typical:** Contentful, Storyblok, Sanity.
2020-2025
### Generation 3
Composable Commerce
**Could:** Best-of-breed stacks with specialized tools per layer.
**Couldn't:** Make the complexity of a full headless CMS setup worthwhile for every company size.
**Typical:** commercetools + a dedicated headless CMS + a custom frontend.
2025+
### Generation 4
Integrated headless CMS
**Can:** Headless CMS, visual editing and frontend in one platform, with content delivered via API to every channel.
**Solves:** Content, Studio and storefront no longer need to be integrated across separate systems.
**Typical:** Laioutr.
Every generation solved a real problem and created a new one. An integrated headless CMS solves the next one: full content distribution without an additional system in the stack.
USE CASES
## What the Laioutr headless CMS is used for
Typical real-world use cases, from the storefront to apps and partner frontends.
Powering Laioutr frontends
The obvious use: Laioutr frontends pull content via the Delivery API. This runs automatically, without needing a separate setup.
Powering other frontends
Just as easily, the Delivery API delivers content to frontends that don't come from Laioutr: an app, a kiosk system, a partner portal.
Feeding content in from outside
Via the Management API, external systems write content directly into Laioutr, without manual double effort across two systems.
Delivering images and video worldwide
Content at Laioutr isn't just text. Images and video run through the same CDN and are just as retrievable via the Delivery API.
Multiple channels from one source
One content source, many outputs: website, app and marketplace listing all draw on the same source instead of maintaining content multiple times.
Starting without an IT project
No separate headless CMS to set up and connect: content management is already part of the platform and ready to use.
Architecture
## What this looks like technically
For tech leads: the Delivery and Management API sit between the backend systems and every frontend that needs content. Both connect through adapters in a backend-agnostic way, without vendor lock-in.
This follows the same principle as the Laioutr canonical data model: content is made available headless and can be used wherever it is needed.
[Explore the Management API](https://www.laioutr.com/en/interfaces/management-api)
Clear distinctions
## Integrated and dedicated headless CMS compared
Three factual differences from dedicated headless CMS products such as Storyblok, Contentful or Hygraph.
Pricing Plans Comparison
| Compare differences | Dediziertes Headless CMS | Laioutr |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dediziertes Headless CMS Laioutr |
| Integriertes und dediziertes Headless CMS Drei sachliche Unterschiede zu dedizierten Headless-CMS-Produkten. |
| Architektur Wie CMS und Frontend zusammenkommen. | Eigenständiges CMS, das über APIs an ein separat entwickeltes Frontend angebunden wird. | Headless CMS, Studio und Frontend in einer Plattform. Inhalte stehen zusätzlich per Delivery-API für jedes weitere Frontend bereit. |
| Bearbeitung Wo Inhalte gepflegt und geprüft werden. | Pflege in der CMS-Oberfläche, Visual Editing je nach Produkt und Frontend-Anbindung. | Visuelles Bearbeiten im Studio auf Basis der Storefront, Inhalte strukturiert in Content Collections. |
| Kombination Wie beide Ansätze zusammenpassen. | Zentrale Content-Quelle für ein oder mehrere Frontends, etwa Storyblok, Contentful oder Hygraph. | Lässt sich mit Storyblok, Contentful oder Hygraph kombinieren: Das CMS bleibt Content-Quelle, Laioutr übernimmt den Frontend-Layer. |
FOR WHOM
## Who the Laioutr headless CMS is a fit for
### Teams with multiple output channels
**A fit if:**
Content is needed for website, app and other channels but should not be maintained multiple times.
An additional, dedicated headless CMS would mean too much integration work.
Text, images and video should come from one source.
### Teams with external content sources
**A fit if:**
External systems or partners should feed content directly into the platform.
A central store is wanted instead of scattered content silos.
The Management API serves as the entry point for several connected systems.
### Teams that want to start quickly
**A fit if:**
Headless content distribution is needed without setting up a separate headless CMS project.
Content, visual editing and storefront should come together in one platform.
A quick start matters more than a long integration project.
WHY LAIOUTR
## What the Laioutr headless CMS delivers today
50+
supported backend systems via adapters
Current adapter count
1
content source for website, app, and other channels
Instead of maintaining content multiple times
0
additional systems needed for headless content distribution
The function is already part of the platform
< 100 ms
average CDN response time worldwide
Field data, Q2 2026
## Everything about headless CMS
Features, systems, comparisons, roles and solutions on this topic.
### Agentic Frontend Management Platform
The platform behind the headless CMS: Studio, Content Collections, Orchestr and AI agents for commerce frontends.
[Explore the Agentic Frontend Management Platform](https://www.laioutr.com/en/agentic-frontend-management-platform)
### Composable Visual Page Builder
Compose pages visually from reusable sections and blocks, with content from the headless CMS.
[Explore the visual page builder](https://www.laioutr.com/en/composable-visual-page-builder)
### Composable Digital Experience Platform
Content, commerce and frontend as a composable experience layer instead of a monolithic DXP.
[Explore the composable DXP](https://www.laioutr.com/en/composable-digital-experience-platform)
### Content Management
Schema-based content management with the Content Agent: AI suggests on-brand copy and translations, the team approves.
[Explore content management](https://www.laioutr.com/en/product/content-management)
### Asset Management
Manage images, videos and documents centrally, place them directly in the frontend and deliver them via CDN.
[Explore asset management](https://www.laioutr.com/en/product/asset-management)
### Frontend for existing headless CMS
Laioutr as the frontend layer in front of an existing headless CMS: visual editing in the live storefront, connected API-first.
[Frontend for headless CMS](https://www.laioutr.com/en/system/headless-cms)
### Frontend for existing CMS
Content management and governance stay in the existing CMS, Laioutr delivers fast, accessible frontends on top.
[Explore the CMS frontend](https://www.laioutr.com/en/system/content-management-system-cms)
### Frontend for CCMS
Structured, reusable content components from the component content management system, live on the web in every language.
[Explore the CCMS frontend](https://www.laioutr.com/en/system/component-content-management-system-ccms)
### Laioutr and Contentful
Contentful as the central content hub, Laioutr as the frontend platform: how both systems work together in a composable stack.
[Compare Laioutr and Contentful](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-contentful-im-vergleich)
### Laioutr and Storyblok
Storyblok for content, Laioutr for storefront and rendering: how e-commerce brands combine both systems productively.
[Compare Laioutr and Storyblok](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-storyblok-im-vergleich)
### Laioutr and Hygraph
Hygraph as a GraphQL-based content hub, Laioutr as the frontend platform for storefronts: how the two platforms complement each other.
[Compare Laioutr and Hygraph](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-hygraph-im-vergleich)
### For content managers
Maintain and publish content directly in the live storefront, with reusable building blocks and in multiple languages.
[Laioutr for content managers](https://www.laioutr.com/en/role/content-manager)
### For editorial teams
Publishing house, external editorial team or press agency: manage content quickly and in a structured way, from the first line to publication.
[Laioutr for editors](https://www.laioutr.com/en/role/editor)
### Editorial and magazine websites
Magazine, editorial and content hub websites with fast visual editing, multilingual and high-performing.
[Solution for magazine websites](https://www.laioutr.com/en/solutions/editorial-magazine-websites)
### News portals
News portals as a headless frontend: always up to date, fast under load and multilingual.
[Solution for news portals](https://www.laioutr.com/en/solutions/news-portals)
### Paywall and subscription portals
Paywalls, digital subscriptions and membership portals as a headless frontend, connected to Piano, Zuora and Stripe.
[Solution for subscription portals](https://www.laioutr.com/en/solutions/paywall-subscription-portals)
FAQ
## Frequently asked questions about the Laioutr headless CMS
Is Laioutr a headless CMS?
Yes. Laioutr is an integrated headless CMS: structured content lives in Content Collections, is edited visually in Studio and delivered to any frontend or maintained from outside via the Delivery and Management API. Unlike a dedicated headless CMS, Laioutr also includes the frontend and visual editing.
What does the Delivery API deliver?
Everything administered in Laioutr or held in connected backend systems behind it: text, structured content, images and video. The Delivery API is the read access to it, for Laioutr frontends as well as for any external frontend that needs the same content.
How can content be fed in from outside?
Via the Management API. External systems use it to write content, routes and assets directly into Laioutr, without content having to be maintained twice in two systems.
Is content at Laioutr just text?
No. At Laioutr, content includes images and video as well. Everything runs through the same CDN and can be retrieved via the Delivery API just like text or structured content.
How does this differ from Storyblok or Contentful?
Storyblok and Contentful are dedicated headless CMS products that are connected as the central content source to a separately built frontend. Laioutr combines headless CMS, Studio and frontend in one platform. Both approaches can be combined: with Storyblok or Contentful as the content source, Laioutr takes over the frontend layer.
Is technical know-how required?
Not for Laioutr frontends: content is maintained directly in Studio. Connecting external systems via the Delivery or Management API requires a one-time technical setup, after which content distribution runs automatically.
What does using it as a headless CMS cost?
Costs depend on platform tier, traffic and backend integrations. An overview is available on the [pricing](https://www.laioutr.com/en/pricing) page. A discovery call results in a concrete offer for the specific use case.
Which CMS options and integrations does Laioutr offer?
Laioutr offers built-in [content management](https://www.laioutr.com/en/product/content-management) and also integrates deeply with dedicated headless CMS. Combination and comparison pages are available for [Storyblok](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-storyblok-im-vergleich), [Contentful](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-contentful-im-vergleich) and [Hygraph](https://www.laioutr.com/en/laioutr-und-hygraph-im-vergleich), among others. The existing CMS can stay the content source while Laioutr takes over the frontend layer.
STRATEGY CALL
## Ready to make content available headless?
In a call, the Laioutr team uses the existing stack and content-distribution requirements to show how the Delivery and Management API fit and what getting started actually involves.
[Book a demo](https://www.laioutr.com/en/contact)
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