Hosted Git-based CMS
Siteshare vs Decap Turbo
Decap Turbo is managed hosting for the open-source Decap CMS: sign-in, users and roles, a faster content store and a proxy to GitHub or GitLab. Editors still fill the forms you configure. Siteshare needs no configuration and counts only sites, not people.
| Question | Siteshare | Decap Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An editor at the client's own site, /edit, on the site you built | Managed hosting for Decap CMS: auth, users, roles, a content store and a proxy to your Git host |
| How someone edits | Chat, select or draw on the real site; double-click to type | Decap's forms, with a preview beside them |
| Setup in your code | None: a GitHub App on the repository | Decap's config.yml with collections and fields, then the site in Turbo |
| Who may edit | As many clients and builders as you like, each with a level | Owners and members, with roles; every person is a seat |
| AI | An assistant per site, built in | None |
| Price | Free for 1 site, then $9 a site a month, down to $4 as you grow (5 sites $36, 20 sites $126); no seats | Free for 1 site and 1 seat; Pro €19 a month for 1 site and 5 seats, extra sites €10, extra seats €6; monthly only |
Hosting a form editor
Decap Turbo keeps Decap CMS open source and sells what’s hard to run yourself: sign-in, user management, a faster content store and a proxy that avoids your Git host’s limits. What editors see stays Decap: forms for the collections and fields in your config.yml.
Siteshare doesn’t ask you to model anything. The client works on the real site, points at what should change or asks for it, and the assistant edits the files where the content actually is.
Seats or sites
Decap Turbo counts both sites and people. Siteshare only counts sites: a client can bring their whole team without changing your bill.
Safety
Siteshare keeps a draft per site and builds exactly what goes live on a clean copy before one commit on main; what a client may change is set per client, and anything beyond waits for your approval. Decap offers an editorial workflow with a branch and pull request per draft.
When Decap Turbo is the better choice
- You already run Decap CMS and want sign-in, users and speed without your own server.
- Your site is on GitLab.
- You have one site and a few editors, and structured content is all they change.
Questions
Why does Siteshare not count seats?
Because the point is that your client edits. With seats, every colleague of a client costs extra, so you think twice before inviting them. Siteshare counts sites; clients and builders on each are unlimited.
What does five sites with several clients each cost?
In Decap Turbo Pro: €19 for the first site and 5 seats, plus €10 for each extra site and €6 for each extra seat. In Siteshare: the first site free, then $9 a site a month, less as you grow, whoever edits them.
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