Headless and Hybrid. Finally, Both.
Stop letting your CMS dictate your tech stack. Build freely with Next.js, React, or Vue while giving your marketing team the visual editing tools they demand.
Build Your Front-End, Your Way
You shouldn't have to compromise your architecture for your content team. Acquia Source CMS is built for the modern, decoupled web, allowing developers to define structured content models that map directly to clean, predictable APIs. Acquia Source CMS is our headless-ready CMS layer, built on Drupal, that gives developers clean JSON:API and GraphQL endpoints out of the box.
End the Content Wars
Pure headless CMS platforms leave marketers flying blind without visual previews. Acquia solves this by offering a "hybrid-headless" approach: developers get component-based modeling for React, while marketers get intuitive, drag-and-drop live previews of the actual Next.js site. Hybrid-headless means your Drupal backend serves both a decoupled front-end via APIs and a visual editing interface simultaneously.
50% Faster Headless Builds
Content delivery flexibility starts with Acquia's Starter Kit for Headless Drupal. Architected with built-in Next.js integration, you bypass manual configuration and accelerate your headless application build time by up to 50%.
50%
faster headless Drupal application builds using our Starter Kits
59%
average reduction in the cost to build a new site using reusable components
3X
more video plays per visit across omnichannel applications
Capabilities
Headless Starter Kits
Optimized for decoupled environments and incredibly user-friendly for front-end developers.
Automatic Next.js Previews
Allow content authors to see exactly how unpublished content will look on their decoupled front-end before going live.
On-Demand Revalidation
Automatically clear the Next.js site's data cache to ensure the most recent content is fetched immediately after updates.
Flexible Components
Build reusable components with Tailwind CSS and JavaScript, allowing for extensive customization.
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Not with Acquia. Unlike "pure" headless systems, our hybrid-headless architecture connects your decoupled Next.js or React front-end directly to our visual, drag-and-drop interface, giving marketers full visual previews.
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Yes. Our API-first approach ensures content is structured and reusable, allowing you to publish the exact same content to your website, mobile app, digital signage, and IoT devices simultaneously.
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Ready to build the modern, decoupled web?
