CMS Development Services for Content-Driven Websites

A WordPress, Drupal, Strapi, Sanity, or Contentful launch starts at $25,000 to $90,000 for a 4 to 14 week build including content modelling, migration, and editor training. Sitecore or Adobe Experience Manager implementations run $150,000 to $500,000+. Custom CMS builds from scratch typically run $90,000 to $300,000+ over 4 to 9 months. We share a written fixed-price scope after a free 30 minute discovery call.

Traditional (WordPress, Drupal) for marketing sites with one channel and editors who want a familiar visual editor. Headless (Strapi, Sanity, Contentful) for omnichannel content, performance-critical pages, or stacks that need to outlast a single frontend framework. Hybrid (WordPress + WPGraphQL, Drupal + JSON:API, Sitecore XM Cloud) when editors need visual editing and you need API delivery.

WordPress for marketing sites under $10M GTV with a small editorial team and a plugin-friendly stack. Drupal for governments, universities, and enterprises with deep taxonomies and strict access control. Strapi for self-hosted headless on Node.js with no per-seat fees. Sanity for real-time editorial workflows and structured content with custom studios. Contentful for enterprise headless with strong SLA and workflow tooling. Storyblok when editors need visual side-by-side editing on a headless backend.

WordPress custom theme: 4 to 10 weeks. Drupal enterprise: 3 to 8 months. Strapi headless: 6 to 14 weeks. Sanity or Contentful: 4 to 14 weeks. Sitecore or AEM: 4 to 18 months. Custom CMS from scratch: 4 to 9 months. We commit to dates in writing in the SOW with weekly milestone tracking and a 2-week hypercare post-launch.

Yes. We move pages, posts, custom post types, media, users, taxonomies, and metadata. URL maps preserved with 301 redirects so search rankings survive. Typical replatform: 8 to 20 weeks end to end, with a validated dry-run, a phased cutover, and a 2-week hypercare. Migrations supported: WordPress to Sanity, Contentful, Strapi. Drupal to Contentful or headless. Sitecore to Sitecore XM Cloud. Legacy custom to any modern platform.

Yes. Per-locale pages with translation memory sync, locale fallback chains, hreflang tags, and RTL support. Multi-site setups with shared content libraries on Drupal (Domain Access), WordPress Multisite, Sitecore (multi-tenant), or shared headless content with per-site frontends. 40+ languages routinely shipped.

WCAG 2.1 AA built into the content model: alt text required on images, heading hierarchy enforced, color contrast tokens, focus states on every interactive element. SEO baked in: per-page meta, OpenGraph, Twitter cards, JSON-LD schema templates, automated sitemap, robots.txt, canonical URLs, and built-in 301 redirect manager. We audit with axe and Lighthouse on every PR.

Yes. Custom Gutenberg blocks (WordPress), custom Paragraphs (Drupal), Sanity Studio plugins, Contentful UI extensions, and Strapi components. Editors compose pages with brand-aligned blocks. Developers do not have to ship code for routine content changes. Block libraries are documented and version-controlled.

Hardened platform configurations (WordPress with Wordfence + 2FA + restricted XML-RPC, Drupal with security policies + Shield, headless with platform-managed auth). GDPR-ready data residency on EU regions. HIPAA: encrypted at rest, field-level access, audit logs, BAAs signed. SOC 2 platforms preferred for regulated verticals.

Retainer plans from 40 hours per month (security patches, plugin updates, content support, small block additions) up to dedicated squads (new modules, integrations, performance work). 24/7 Sev-1 SLA available for enterprise contracts. Quarterly business reviews aligned to content velocity, page speed, and search ranking KPIs.

Yes. Standard connectors for Cloudinary, Imgix, Bynder (DAM), Algolia, Typesense, ElasticSearch (search), Smartling, Lokalise, Phrase, Crowdin (translation), GA4, Mixpanel, Optimizely, VWO (analytics + CRO), Auth0, Okta, Clerk (identity). Custom integrations are event-driven (webhooks + queues). Two-way sync where needed.

You do. Source code lives in your Git repo from day one. Platform instances (WordPress hosting, Drupal infra, Contentful/Sanity/Strapi accounts) are in your name on your billing. We hand over content model docs, block library docs, migration scripts, and admin training videos. No vendor lock-in to us.