Zenblog
by Zenblog · Headless blogging CMS with a Notion-style editor and typed API client
BenchRank score
Screenshots of Zenblog
Homepage
Overview
Zenblog is a hosted headless CMS for blogs. Posts are written in a Notion-style editor and pulled into a site over a REST API or a type-safe TypeScript client installed with `npm i zenblog`. Images and video are hosted by Zenblog, and tags, categories, authors and multiple blogs are managed from the dashboard without configuration.
- Best for
- Developers who want a hosted blog CMS with a Notion-style editor and a typed API client
- Pricing
- Free plan, then Pro at $16.67 per month billed $200 yearly, with a 14-day free trial.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Type-safe SDK plus REST API, described as framework-friendly
- Hosts images and video, so no separate S3 or CDN setup
- Notion-style editor; tags, categories, authors, multiple blogs
- Free plan: 1 blog, unlimited posts, 40k API requests a month
Trade-offs
- Free plan capped at 1 blog, 1 author and 40k API requests a month
- Unlimited images and videos on Pro are subject to a fair use policy
- Only the yearly Pro rate is shown; the monthly-billed price is not stated
- Positioned for blogs; no configurable content models are described
How Zenblog markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Zenblog’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Focused writing and the best developer experience in one tool”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Zenblog’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Zenblog pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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