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Pagecord vs Ortha CMS

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Pagecord compared with Ortha CMS
DetailPagecord logo PagecordOrtha CMS logo Ortha CMS
What it doesA personal site and blog. Focus on writing, not wrangling. A headless CMS you run yourself with an AI assistant that asks before it acts
StageNot given MVP
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inGB Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Open source
PricingClassic: Free forever. Premium: $39/year or $4/month (14-day free trial, no credit card required). Supporter: $75/year. Free in MIT core. After 1.0, Team plan includes 10 members at $3 each additional member; Enterprise is unlimited.
Key features
  • Publish from Obsidian and iA Writer
  • Content types defined in TypeScript that generate PostgreSQL tables
  • Built-in AI assistant with permission controls and approval requests
  • Multi-language support with shared fields and per-language translations
  • REST and GraphQL APIs with same permissions and token
  • Publication approval workflows requiring N approvals before publishing
  • Content alarms that flag issues without blocking saves
  • Media library with folders, alt text, and five storage backends
  • Webhooks with signed deliveries and automatic retries
  • Version history with full entry snapshots and restore capability
  • Separate workspaces for different brands or clients in one installation
What makes it different
  • Open source and bootstrapped independent software
  • Privacy-first design with no AI training of user content
  • Integrations with popular writing tools like Obsidian and iA Writer
  • Everything in the free plan stays even if you don't pay
  • Every feature included in MIT core with no paid-only features
  • Data and files stay on your own infrastructure, nothing calls home
  • AI assistant respects permissions and asks for approval before changes
  • Plugins architecture means every capability uses your own public contract
  • No infrastructure requirements beyond PostgreSQL and Node.js
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)46 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)130
Citation Flow (Majestic)276
Referring domains (Majestic)4092

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