We believe the cloud-first headless CMS is the future. It allows you to focus on your content and its presentation, while we take care of the CMS, its upgrades, performance, security, etc. Following our blog post series on headless CMS, we created an infographic for those who prefer images over long texts.

1. The Evolution of the
Cloud-first Headless CMS
The Evolution of
CMS in the Cloud
Cloud-first Headless CMS
The cloud-first headless CMS allows for content provided as a service.
It's the most efficient option that removes the pains connected with
running a traditional CMS while providing customers with full control
over their content and its presentation.
THE FUTURE STARTS HERE
The Evolution of
Headless CMS
Getting Rid of On-premise
Infrastructure
Many customers use the Infrastructure as a Service
cloud model. Unfortunately, they still have to take
care of the CMS installation and maintenance.
1
STAGE
Vendors Offer Managed
Hosting in the Cloud
Some CMS vendors offer managed hosting which
only moves the inefficiencies from the client
to the vendor.
2
STAGE
Coupled CMS
The traditional CMS products were built as monolithic
systems that combine both the CMS and custom code
in a single solution which makes it less flexible and
more complex to maintain.
1
STAGE
Decoupled CMS
Some vendors offer decoupled architecture that separates
the content management and content delivery. Still, the
custom code is often tightly connected with the CMS
delivery part and lacks the flexibility.
2
STAGE
PaaS Brings More Efficiency
Unlike managed hosting, the Platform as a Service
model provides an automated CMS maintenance,
but it often comes with limitations.
3
STAGE
Headless CMS
The headless CMS leaves the responsibility for the
presentation layer completely up to the developers. It only
provides the content as a service through its API and the
developer decides how and where to display the content.
3
STAGE
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SYNC
CMS
API
BACK-END UI
WEBSERVER DATABASE
INFRASTRUCTURE
WEBSERVER
YOUR CODE
PERFORMANCE
SECURITY
BACKUP
UPGRADES
HOTFIXES
INSTALLATION
PERFORMANCE
SECURITY
BACKUP
UPGRADES
HOTFIXES
INSTALLATION
WEBSERVER
CMS
WEBSERVER DATABASE
INFRASTRUCTURE
FRONT-END
TEMPLATES
+
YOUR CODE
CMS
WEBSERVER DATABASE
INFRASTRUCTURE
BACK-END UI
INSTALLATION
HOTFIXES
UPGRADES
BACKUP
SECURITY
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
SECURITY
BACKUP
UPGRADES
HOTFIXES
INSTALLATION
CMS
CMS
CMS
CMS
CMS
WEBSERVER DATABASE
INFRASTRUCTURE
FRONT-END
TEMPLATES
+
YOUR CODE
BACK-END UI
PERFORMANCE UPTIME SECURITY UPGRADES
BACK-END UI
API
CDN
WEBSERVER
YOUR CODE
CMS
YOU TAKE
CARE OF YOUR
APPLICATION
THE VENDOR
TAKES CARE OF
THE CMS