- Visual editing is the core workflow, available on every plan including free.
- Nested, reusable component blocks map directly to front-end components.
- Fully managed, with SDKs for many front-end frameworks.
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Leiho vs Storyblok
SaaS headless CMS built around a component-based Visual Editor that previews your real front end. Leiho takes another route: your content stays in WordPress, and editors click the real page of your own front end to change it.
LeihoStoryblok
Hosting Your own WordPress, on any PHP host. Your front end stays wherever it is. SaaS only.
Open source Yes, GPL-2.0-or-later (plugin and bridge). Proprietary.
Pricing Free. No seats, no usage limits. Free plan: yes (Starter, 1 seat). Entry paid plan: Growth, $99/month billed monthly ($90.75 billed annually), 5 seats included, extra seats $15.
Visual editing Yes: editors click text and images on the real front end, inside wp-admin, and it updates as they type. Yes: the Visual Editor embeds the real website in an iframe; clicking an element opens the matching block, and editing a block scrolls to it.
Content model Leiho Collections (schema builder or leiho.schema.json), or your existing ACF fields. UI (component/block schemas built in the app; also manageable via CLI/Management API).
AI Writing with your brand context on every text field, through WordPress’s own AI connectors (WordPress 7.0+). AI content generation and AI translations on all plans; AI alt text from Growth (credit-based).
MCP server Yes, through the official WordPress MCP Adapter: agents read content and write drafts only. Yes, hosted (Management API only).
Localization Built in, field by field: one entry holds every language, fields are translatable or shared, and AI or agents (MCP) translate what is missing. Yes: field-level, folder-level or space-level translation.
SEO and AI search Built in: each collection maps its fields to schema.org, description and FAQ. Leiho serves JSON-LD, llms.txt and every page as Markdown, in every language. Official SEO app field (meta and Open Graph with a Google preview) and an AI SEO app. JSON-LD, llms.txt and Markdown are covered as Astro tutorials you build in the front end.
Checked on 5 November 2026 from each vendor’s site. Prices and plans change: follow the sources below.
Where Storyblok shines
Where Leiho differs
- Your content stays in a WordPress you host, not in a vendor’s cloud.
- Free and GPL for every site: no seats, plans or usage limits to watch.
- Editors keep WordPress: their login, roles, media library and plugins.
- Publishing follows your deployment, from a build hook to GitHub Actions or a self-hosted Coolify.
Choose Storyblok if…
Marketing-led teams that want a hosted, visual, component-based page building experience over a headless front end.
Choose Leiho if…
Your team or your clients already know WordPress, you want them to edit the real page of a Next.js, Astro, Nuxt or SvelteKit site, and you’d rather not pay per seat or move content to a vendor’s cloud.
Can I move from Storyblok to Leiho?
There is no automatic importer from Storyblok. Leiho entries are WordPress posts, so content can be brought in with WordPress import tools or a script using Leiho’s PHP API. Your front-end components usually stay the same: only the data source and the annotations change.
Do I need WordPress?
Yes. Leiho is a WordPress plugin: WordPress stores the content and runs the back office. Any PHP host works, and your front end stays separate.
Edit the real site.
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