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the Headless cms for custom websites

Devs build with tools they love. Marketers get creative control.

ButterCMS is the API-first headless CMS that puts your team in control. Skip the rigid templates, complex dashboards, and dev wait times. Build, launch, and scale custom websites your way, on your timeline.

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The website bottleneck is real

It’s 2025. Managing your website shouldn’t be this hard.

If every update needs a ticket, a sprint, or a developer’s blessing, it’s not your team that’s broken, it’s your technology. Legacy CMSs, platforms, and hard-coded sites weren’t built for how modern teams move. It’s time for something better.

Free your team to work the way they want. With live previews, simple content blocks, and full-stack flexibility, you can finally build, update, and scale without roadblocks or workarounds.

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Why teams choose ButterCMS for website management

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Built for speed

Go live faster and make updates instantly, without dev delays.

Made for marketers

Preview, schedule, and publish content in a UI built for humans.

Flexible by design

API-first and built to plug into any frontend. No replatforming required.

Simple to scale

Manage multiple websites, brands, and languages with ease.

Is your website content workflow holding you back?

Ask yourself these five questions.

They should be able to build, preview, and publish independently without opening a single dev ticket.

You need an API-first solution that’s frontend agnostic. React, Next.js, Vue, whatever you’re using now (or later).

Your team needs tools that help them move faster, collaborate better, and stay in flow.

A flexible content model simplifies your operations instead of multiplying the complexity.

A composable, scalable foundation is built to grow with your business, not slow you down as you scale.

How Butter works in 3 simple steps

Create your account

Get started in minutes. Developers can instantly explore ButterCMS with a free account and start building with no setup delays.

Connect the API

Plug ButterCMS into your existing stack. It works with any frontend and integrates easily with CRMs, commerce platforms, or custom systems. Seamlessly migrate content in weeks, not months.

Empower your marketing team

Give marketers full control of website content with an intuitive interface for creating, scheduling, and publishing without relying on developers.

Ready to move faster?

Start building today.