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GawendaCMS is a headless CMS that runs on your server — no SaaS dependency, no monthly fee, full control over content, roles, and spaces. Built for agencies and businesses that take ownership seriously.
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Features
Process
No weeks of setup. We deploy GawendaCMS on your server and you're productive within 24 hours.
We discuss your content structure — what collections you need, which fields, how they relate. GawendaCMS is deployed on your Hetzner server and you get access to your instance the same day.
Your content model is configured to match your requirements — field types, locales, relations, permissions. We set up spaces if you're managing multiple clients and configure roles for your team.
Frontend connected via API, first content imported, webhooks configured for automated deployments. You take control — with full documentation and direct support during the transition.
You're paying monthly for a CMS that doesn't belong to you — and you can't even export your content cleanly.
Your client calls because a plugin update broke the site — and you spend the afternoon debugging someone else's code.
You need a custom field type but the CMS only offers what's built in — so you hack a workaround that breaks with the next update.
Your agency manages five clients but each one needs a separate CMS installation — five servers, five update cycles, five potential security holes.
Deep Dive
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Overview
GawendaCMS was built to make daily content work faster, clearer, and more independent — without the complexity of enterprise platforms.
Run multiple projects or clients from one instance — with complete data isolation.
All assets centrally managed with public links, metadata, and drag-and-drop upload.
Full REST API with filtering, sorting, population of relations, and field projection.
Every field can be localized — switch between languages in the editor, query by locale via API.
Trigger external systems on publish, update, or delete — automated deployments, cache clearing, notifications.
Draft, review, schedule, publish — content goes live when it's ready, not when someone clicks too fast.
Full version history per entry — compare, review, and restore any previous state.
See who's editing what — live presence indicators and entry locking prevent conflicts.
Comparison
You're either paying monthly for a system you don't own, or fighting a monolith that breaks with every update. Here's option three.
| Feature | GawendaCMSBest fit | GawendaCMS | WordPress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | One-time — no subscription | Free core, but plugins cost monthly | From 300 €/month |
| Data control | Your server, your country, your rules | Self-hosted possible, but messy | SaaS only — no self-hosting |
| Custom fields | Unlimited — define any structure | Via ACF plugin — extra dependency | Yes, but limited in free plan |
| Multi-tenancy | Built-in — Spaces with full isolation | Multisite — fragile, shared DB | Separate environments — extra cost |
| API quality | REST with filter, sort, populate, projection | REST exists, inconsistent | GraphQL — powerful but complex |
| Vendor lock-in | None — you own the code | Low but plugin-dependent | High — proprietary platform |
Monthly cost
Data control
Custom fields
Multi-tenancy
API quality
Vendor lock-in
Stats
Content value in 10 minutes
20 SEO pages by prompt — schema-perfect import
Full product inventory
Categories + individual products by prompt
Own platform — vs. €50,000+ custom dev
Job board, listings, marketplace — one-time, you own it
Integrations
Website
Your frontend pulls content in real time straight from GawendaCMS.
Eigener Server
Runs entirely on your infrastructure — Hetzner, AWS, wherever you want.
Testimonials
Experiences from clients who have built digital systems with us – honest, direct and from practice.
Casestudies
Real Projects. Clear Results. Systems that visibly enable growth and solve real business problems.
Tom Domanh is an SFX artist for productions like HandOfBlood, RocketBeansTV and Olivia Jones — yet none of that work could be found online.
Arda Media is a social media agency based in Cologne that helps businesses develop and execute social media strategies. Despite strong operational work for their clients, the agency itself lacked any professional digital infrastructure: no website, no unified brand identity, no system for managing inquiries, and no way to be found through search engines. Gawenda Studio built Arda Media a complete digital platform from scratch — including a custom-coded website, a bespoke CMS, an inquiry flow, and an SEO strategy built on owned content rather than hope.
FAQ
GawendaCMS is deployed on your server. No subscription, no vendor lock-in, full data control — from day one.
No risk — first consultation is free.