Best Content Management System (CMS) Companies in California, United States
The 53 best Content Management System (CMS) companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sitecore.
Ranked: Best Content Management System (CMS) companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sitecore Cloud-based platform for digital experience management | $1.2B | 66 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | TurbopackApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | 8 patents Personalized content assembly and optimization platform with multi-visit web traffic analytics. | — |
| 2 | BloomReach 🦄 SaaS-based product discovery and personalization solutions for e-commerce businesses | $422M | 45 mo ago | Series F | Raj Datta Co-Founder & CEO | 2009 | WordPressBloomreachSentry+50 | 68 patents Personalized e‑commerce search and recommendation via real‑time segment targeting | 1 launch · 2 partnerships · 2 awards |
| 3 | Webflow 🦄 Cloud based website development platform | $335M | 52 mo ago | Series C | Vlad Magdalin Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37 | — | — |
| 4 | Optimizely Cloud-based platform for digital experience management and content marketing | $200M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | Iraj Islam Co-founder and CTO | 2009 | Optimizely Content ManagementProton MailApple iCloud Mail+35 | 49 patents Online experimentation, personalization, and recommendation systems for digital experience optimization | 1 launch |
| 5 | Contentstack Digital experience platform offering headless CMS | $179M | 44 mo ago | Series C | Neha Sampat Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | ContentstackSentryAtlassian Statuspage+37 | 4 patents Headless content management platforms with API resource provisioning and web UI rendering | 3 launchs |
| 6 | Sanity Cloud-based platform for headless CMS | $86M | 15 mo ago | Series C | Simen Svale Skogsrud Co-Founder & CTO | 2015 | SanityTurbopackSentry+39 | — | — |
| 7 | Nacelle Developer of AI personalization engine for e-commerce behavioral targeting solutions | $73M | 59 mo ago | Series B | Brian Anderson Founder & CEO | 2019 | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web Servicescore-js+17 | — | — |
| 8 | Builder Provider of drag-and-drop visual editor for Shopify sellers | $37M | 26 mo ago | Series B | Steve Sewell Co-Founder & CEO | 2013 | Builder.ioApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | 15 patents Corner window light assemblies for building fenestration and glazing systems. | — |
| 9 | Brandcast Website creation and management for marketers | $35M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | Richard Yanowitch Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Uniform Cloud-based Jamstack enterprise digital experience platform | $33M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Adam Conn Co-Founder | 2020 | AlgoliaNode.jsTailwind CSS+25 | — | — |
| 11 | Prismic.io SaaS-based headless CMS platform | $20M | 61 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | PrismicTurbopackNode.js+22 | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | Astoria Software Content management system provider | $11M | 203 mo ago | Acquired | Michael Rosinski President & Chief Executive Officer | 1996 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Zesty Content management platform for businesses and freelancers | $6M | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | ZohoNode.jsVarnish+21 | 16 patents AI-powered meteorological forecasting and geospatial 3D feature extraction from remote sensing data | — |
| 14 | Tipe.io Platform for application development | $120K | 97 mo ago | Seed | Scott Moss Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | Node.jsNext.jsReact+6 | — | — |
Top 12 Content Management System (CMS) companies in California
#1
Series C · Palo Alto, California · founded 2015 · 29 employees$85.7Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform for headless CMS. The platform allows users to edit collaboratively, distribute over APIs, and decide how and where content will be used. It offers solutions like Content Studio enable users to build headless & offers collaborative editing environments; and Hosted Backend, a real-time data store for content integration and distribution. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
- Apr 2025Series C$87.2M
- Jun 2022Series B$35M
- Jun 2021Series B$39M
- Oct 2020Series A$9.3M
#2
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 38 employees$37.2Mraised▾
Builder is a provider of drag-and-drop visual editors for Shopify sellers. Its features include visual content creation, A/B testing, platform analysis, on-site editing, content scheduling, optimization, live chat support, and more. The company offers solutions on the subscription-based policy.
- Apr 2024Series B$20M
- Oct 2021Series A$14M
- Oct 2020Seed$3.2M
#3
Series F · Mountain View, California · founded 2009 · 1000 employees$422Mraised▾
SaaS-based product discovery and personalization solutions for e-commerce businesses. The product modules include e-mail marketing, search engine optimization, content personalization, API integration, omnichannel orchestration, product recommendation, and more. It provides a headless CMS that enables businesses to create, manage, and deliver personalized content. It uses AI to generate marketing copywriting content and campaigns, create chatbots and analyze real time data.
- Oct 2022Conventional Debt$30M
- Feb 2022Series F$175M
- Jan 2021Series E$150M
- Jan 2016Series D$56M
#4
Webflow 🦄Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 297 employees$335Mraised▾
Cloud based website development platform. It provides a visual editor that enables users to develop and customize websites. It allows users to develop websites using HTML, and CSS that translates the design to code and publish it on the web. It generates markup and stylesheets and adds code to function across different browsers. It caters its solution to designers, developers, and marketers.
- Mar 2022Series C$120M
- Jan 2021Series B$140M
- Aug 2019Series A$72M
- Mar 2014Seed$1.5M
#5
Acquired · Sausalito, California · founded 2001 · 547 employees$1.2Braised▾
Cloud-based platform for digital experience management. Its platform enables marketers to collect customer data from devices, campaigns, CRM, POS, ERP, and others. The clients can test and optimize their marketing campaigns on the web, mobile, social, email, and other channels through A/B testing and machine learning-generated insights. The features include integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce CRM, and others.
- Jan 2021Series C$1.2B
- Dec 2011Series B$30M
#6
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 496 employees$178.6Mraised▾
Digital experience platform offering headless CMS. It enables users to manage workflows, and approvals, edit content, version control and roll back, and schedule and publish content across the web, kiosks, smartwatches, and mobile. Other features include AB testing, SEO, and application development using mobile SDK and analytics. It offers an API that allows integrations with marketing and analytics tools. It also offers a marketplace for extensions, apps, and integrations. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
- Nov 2022Series C$80M
- Jun 2021Series B$57.5M
- Oct 2019Series A$41.1M
- Feb 2019Seed—
#7
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2009 · 62 employees$200.4Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform for digital experience management. It provides software for managing digital content, assets, workflows, and approvals. It offers tools to manage and experiment with new features, conduct A-B testing, run campaigns, and manage tasks, plugins & themes.
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$55M
- Jun 2019Series D$50M
- Sep 2015Series C$58.5M
- Apr 2014Series B$57M
#8
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2019 · 54 employees$72.8Mraised▾
Developer of AI personalization engine for e-commerce behavioral targeting solutions. The engine provides tools for creating personalized shopping experiences. It offers features such as product recommendations and behavioral targeting. The platform aims to increase conversion rates and customer lifetime value through dynamic, personalized experiences.
- Aug 2021Series B$50M
- Jan 2021Series A$18M
- Jun 2020Seed$4.8M
#9
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 127 employees$33Mraised▾
Cloud-based Jamstack enterprise digital experience platform. It allows developers and marketers to build edge-based personalization websites and provides Jamstack plugins and personalization tools that can connect with Sitecore, Akamai, Cloudflare, and Contentful platforms. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
- Dec 2021Series A$33M
#10
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 15 employees$35.2Mraised▾
BrandCast provides tools and solutions for marketers to build and manage websites and landing pages. It offers solutions like Brand Studio, Brand Command, and Brand Library. Brand Studio lets to build responsive websites with code free and template-free design tools that can be integrated with marketing applications. Brand Command offers centralized control and access to all the sites, teams, and analytics through a single dashboard. The brand library is a content management system that stores all the data in a centralized location and can be managed collaboratively from anywhere through role-based permissions.
- Dec 2018Series A$18M
- Jul 2016Series A$13.9M
- Apr 2014Series A$1.5M
- Apr 2013Angel$1.8M
#11
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 5 employees$20Mraised▾
Prismic is a SaaS-based headless CMS that comes with a visual editor, custom type builds, multi-language support, and full revision history. Also offers native integrations with e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Magento, Also comes with a scheduling and project management tool to enable collaboration and workflow management.
- May 2021Series A$20M
#12
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2010 · 34 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Zesty offers a content management platform to businesses and freelancers. Offering includes Content management system, Satellite websites, Multi-site ecosystem, Social Curator, Leads & Forms, Headless CMS, and EcoAnalytics. Allows businesses to build and manage content and websites, manage multiple users, integrate with third party systems, generate and edit SEO meta content to improve rankings, and publish content to various media. The revenue model is subscription based, starting from USD 50/month. Clients include Sony, PetDesk, and HashiCorp, among others.
- Nov 2021Conventional Debt$2.1M
- Sep 2019Conventional Debt$712.5K
- Dec 2017Seed$1.5M
- Dec 2017Seed$3M
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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