b10cks vs. Storyblok

Storyblok Invented the Visual CMS. Then Priced It Out of Reach.

Storyblok's visual editor changed what teams expect from a headless CMS. But at €99/month for 5 seats – with locales, API requests, and traffic metered separately – the bill adds up fast. b10cks ships the same visual editing experience with everything included, starting at €25/month.

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The Short Version

Great product. Complicated pricing.

Storyblok is genuinely good. The visual editor is polished, the component model is solid, and it has a strong ecosystem. The problem isn't quality – it's the math.

On Storyblok, you're paying for the platform plus seats plus locales plus additional API requests plus additional traffic. A mid-sized multilingual site can easily hit €500–700/month once you account for what you actually need.

b10cks is usage-based in the honest sense: pay for storage and traffic. Every feature – visual editor, localization, version history, CDN, real-time collaboration – is included in every plan. You know what you're paying before you sign up.

Feature Comparison

Same headline features. Very different price tags.

Feature b10cks Storyblok Starter Storyblok Growth Storyblok Growth+
Visual Editor ✅ All plans ✅ ✅ ✅
Localization ✅ All plans 2 locales 2 locales (+€20/locale) 10 locales (+€20/locale)
Version History ✅ All plans ✅ ✅ ✅
Open Source ✅ AGPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌
Self-hosting ✅ Always ❌ ❌ ❌
Custom Roles ✅ All plans ❌ ❌ ❌ (Premium only)
SSO ✅ All plans ❌ ❌ ❌ (Premium only)
Webhooks ✅ Unlimited 3 5 5
Max Stories Unlimited 20,000 25,000 100,000
Components Unlimited 200 600 600
Infinite Canvas Modeling ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
Multiplayer Collaboration ✅ All plans Limited Limited Limited
Built-in Image Processing ✅ All plans ✅ ✅ ✅
Built-in CDN ✅ All plans ✅ ✅ ✅
AI Credits ✅ All plans 25k 100k 200k
Uptime SLA ✅ ❌ 97% 97%
Per-seat fees ❌ Never +€15/seat +€15/seat +€15/seat

The Key Differences

Localization: Where Storyblok Gets Expensive

Storyblok's Growth plan includes exactly 2 locales. Every additional locale costs €20/month. For a project serving English, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese – which is common for European SaaS products – that's €60/month in locale add-ons on top of your base plan.

Growth Plus includes 10 locales, but costs €349/month to start. Still with +€20 per locale above 10.

b10cks localization is unlimited across every plan. Field-level translation control, locale inheritance, per-locale publish workflows – no add-ons, no locale counting.

The Seat Tax

Storyblok charges €15/month per editor above the included seats (5 on Growth, 15 on Growth+). A content team of 10 editors on the Growth plan is €75/month in seat overages alone, on top of €99/month base.

b10cks has no per-seat fees. Add every editor on your team – developers, content managers, stakeholders – without the meter running.

Stories and Components Are Capped

Storyblok Growth caps you at 25,000 stories (content entries) and 600 components (content types). Growth Plus raises the story cap to 100,000 with additional capacity purchasable at €5/month per 1,000 stories.

b10cks has no limits on content entries or content types on any plan.

Open Source and Self-Hosting

Storyblok is a closed-source, cloud-only product. You cannot self-host it, cannot audit the codebase, and cannot run it without a Storyblok subscription.

b10cks is fully open source (AGPLv3) and always self-hostable. Your data lives where you choose, on infrastructure you control.

Infinite Canvas vs. Component Library

Both platforms use a component/block model for content types. Storyblok's component editor is form-based and presented as a flat list.

b10cks models content types on an infinite canvas – you drag, connect, and visually compose your content architecture as a diagram. For complex content models with nested references and shared blocks, the canvas makes relationships immediately visible in a way a list never can.

Pricing Comparison

What the real bill looks like.

Storyblok

Plan Base Price Seats Included Locale Limit Traffic
Starter €0 1 2 100 GB
Growth €99/mo 5 (+€15/seat) 2 (+€20/locale) 400 GB (+€75 per 250 GB)
Growth Plus €349/mo 15 (+€15/seat) 10 (+€20/locale) 1 TB
Premium/Elite Custom Custom Custom Custom

A realistic Growth scenario: 8 editors, 5 locales, 120 GB traffic

  • Base: €99
  • Extra seats (3): €45
  • Extra locales (3): €60
  • Total: €204/month

b10cks

Plan Price Storage Traffic AI Credits
Free €0 1 GB 10 GB $1
Essential €25/mo 10 GB 150 GB $5
Growth €75/mo 50 GB 500 GB $15
Pro €175/mo 120 GB 1.024 GB $30
Scale €350/mo 250 GB 2.048 TB $60

Every plan: unlimited editors, unlimited locales, unlimited content entries, unlimited content types. Visual editor, version history, real-time collaboration, CDN, image processing, GraphQL, custom roles, SSO – always included.

The same scenario on b10cks: 8 editors, 5 locales, 120 GB traffic

  • b10cks Essential: €25/month.

Who Should Use Storyblok

Storyblok is a polished, production-ready platform with a strong track record. It's a good fit if:

  • You're on a Growth or Growth Plus budget and your team and locale count fit neatly within the included limits
  • You need a well-supported, enterprise-backed product and vendor lock-in isn't a concern
  • You rely on Storyblok's established partner and app ecosystem
  • Your content team is non-technical and you value Storyblok's polished UX above all else

Where b10cks Is the Better Choice

  • You have a multilingual product and don't want to pay per locale
  • Your team is larger than the included seat count
  • You need GraphQL, custom roles, or SSO without going to enterprise pricing
  • You want the option to self-host and own your infrastructure
  • You want predictable, usage-based pricing without the add-on math
  • You want an open-source CMS you can read, audit, and fork

All features. No seat fees. No locale limits. No surprises.

Start with the free plan – visual editor, localization, CDN, and real-time collaboration included. Scale when your traffic does.