Complete guide to migrating your Agility CMS website to Gatsby. Leave Agility CMS's smaller community and ecosystem than major headless cms options behind and get rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (cms, apis, databases). Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Agility CMS to Gatsby for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Gatsby as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Medium. Estimated time: 20-40 minutes.
Official docs: Gatsby Documentation
Headless CMS with page management built in. Teams wanting headless CMS with traditional page/sitemap management, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Smaller community and ecosystem than major headless CMS options
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Agility CMS. Gatsby eliminates this issue entirely.
No free tier — requires paid subscription from day one
With Gatsby, rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (cms, apis, databases).
Limited documentation compared to Contentful or Sanity
Modern architectures like Gatsby are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Fewer framework integrations available
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Gatsby takes a fundamentally different approach.
React-based SSG with GraphQL data layer. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (React), it's content-rich sites pulling data from multiple sources via graphql.
Rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (CMS, APIs, databases)
Unified GraphQL data layer pulls from any source
Excellent image optimization with gatsby-plugin-image
Pre-renders pages for fast initial load and good SEO
Gatsby is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Agility CMS | Gatsby |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | API-based (any frontend) | JavaScript/TypeScript (React) |
| Pricing | $47+/month | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Agility CMS content maps to Gatsby
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Gatsby. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Agility CMS site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Gatsby as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Agility CMS to Gatsby makes the most sense if you're experiencing smaller community and ecosystem than major headless cms options or outgrowing Agility CMS's architecture. Gatsby is best for content-rich sites pulling data from multiple sources via graphql.
You should migrate if: your Agility CMS site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Agility CMS site benefits from page management and sitemap built into the headless cms and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Agility CMS is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Agility CMS URL, select Gatsby, and download your content. The more important question is whether Gatsby's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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