Hygraph developer who knows the GraphQL-first content federation patterns that other CMSs cannot do cleanly

Hygraph is the headless CMS built GraphQL-first, with content federation as its differentiator — you can stitch together content from Hygraph plus your PIM, ERP, Salesforce, or any other GraphQL or REST source into a single GraphQL endpoint. The content model is opinionated and powerful for enterprise content operations. Pricing is per-project with hard limits at the free tier; scaling is at the upper-mid-market price point.

• Enterprise content operations where the brand site needs to federate content from product PIM, ERP inventory, and CMS-authored marketing copy
• Multi-brand companies with shared content (legal, support, terms) plus brand-specific content (campaigns, products) across many sites
• Teams already committed to GraphQL across the stack — Hygraph is the most ergonomic CMS choice in that scenario
• Localisation-heavy sites where content variants by locale are first-class in the schema, not bolted on

Pricing scales fast — Hygraph is mid-market not indie

The free tier is enough to evaluate; the Pro tier ($300+/mo) is where serious projects live. For solo-founder budgets, look elsewhere.

Content federation is powerful but operationally complex

Federating content from 4+ sources means 4+ failure modes to monitor. Plan for observability and graceful-degradation patterns from day one.

The visual editor lags behind Sanity / Contentful on editorial UX

Hygraph's editor is competent but does not have the polish of the editorial-first competitors. For marketing-team-led projects, that gap matters.

One senior on every engagement

I am the senior on the call, the senior on the architecture review, and the senior who answers when something breaks at 11pm. The build is delivered with senior engineers from Seahawk Media under my direction; the kickoff and the handover are with me directly.

Real Hygraph experience, not "we read the docs once"

The Hygraph space is full of agencies that bolted the platform onto a generic offer. The questions a senior Hygraph developer answers — content modelling, schema migration, performance, observability, multi-environment workflows — are the questions you actually need answered, and that is where the engagement earns its fee.

Modern stack pairing

Most Hygraph engagements pair the platform with Next.js, Astro, or a modern frontend stack. I have shipped both sides of that pairing across 50+ projects. The integration patterns, the deployment topology, the SEO transport on migrations — all of it has been done before, and you get the lessons rather than paying for them in your project.

I take on a small number of Hygraph engagements at any given time. Two shapes that fit best:

Project — 4 to 12 weeks, fixed-price. Clear scope (a content migration, a Studio customisation, a performance audit, a build from scratch). Discovery week first, then a fixed-price quote. Most projects land in the 12,000-60,000 USD range.

Retainer — 8 hours per week, monthly. Ongoing Hygraph engineering support after launch. Schema evolution, new feature work, integration help with adjacent stacks. Typical retainer 6,400-12,800 USD/month depending on complexity.

Booking sequence: 30-minute call, you describe the brief, I tell you which shape fits and the price range. No sales deck, no qualification screen. If I am not the right person, I will tell you on the call.

• Hygraph in the headless CMS directory Hygraph vs Contentful vs Sanity — the GraphQL-first comparison.

Book a 30-minute call. By the end of it you will know whether Hygraph is the right pick for your brief, what the realistic scope is, and a price range that fits your budget. If Hygraph is not the right answer, I will tell you and recommend the alternative.