Complete guide to migrating your Storyblok website to Qwik. Leave Storyblok's paid plans are expensive behind and get resumability eliminates hydration. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Storyblok to Qwik for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Qwik 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.
Headless CMS with visual editor for component-based sites. Teams wanting headless CMS power with a true visual editing experience, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Paid plans are expensive — jumps from free to $106/month
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Storyblok. Qwik eliminates this issue entirely.
Visual editor setup requires specific SDK integration work
With Qwik, resumability eliminates hydration — near-instant interactivity.
API rate limits on lower tiers can be restrictive
Modern architectures like Qwik are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Migrating away from Storyblok requires significant effort
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Qwik takes a fundamentally different approach.
Resumable framework with instant page loads. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript, it's performance-obsessed teams building sites where time to interactive is critical.
Resumability eliminates hydration — near-instant interactivity
Constant O(1) startup time regardless of app complexity
Lazy-loads only the JavaScript that's needed per interaction
JSX syntax familiar to React developers
Qwik 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 | Storyblok | Qwik |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐ 1/5 |
| Language | API-based (any frontend) | JavaScript/TypeScript |
| Pricing | Free / $106+/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 Storyblok content maps to Qwik
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Qwik. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Storyblok site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Qwik as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Storyblok to Qwik makes the most sense if you're experiencing paid plans are expensive — jumps from free to $106/month or outgrowing Storyblok's architecture. Qwik is best for performance-obsessed teams building sites where time to interactive is critical.
You should migrate if: your Storyblok 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 Storyblok site benefits from visual editor shows live preview of your actual frontend and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Storyblok is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Storyblok URL, select Qwik, and download your content. The more important question is whether Qwik's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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