Next.js blog without a CMS
Add a blog to your Next.js app without a CMS
Add a blog to your Next.js app without Sanity, Payload, or another headless CMS: keep the product in Next.js, put SEO posts on Blogizi (custom domain or /blog path), and let Claude or Cursor draft markdown you approve.
This is the Shipping Sam path — a live product that needs a blog on the same brand domain without standing up a second content system.
From $9/mo · 7-day free trial · drafts by default
Pricing
$9/mo· 10k pageviews · 7-day free trial
Headless CMS vs Blogizi for a product blog
| Topic | Typical path | With Blogizi |
|---|---|---|
| What you run | CMS project + schemas + preview + webhooks | Blogizi project + API key |
| Who writes | Editors in a CMS UI | Agents / markdown in git |
| SEO hosting | You build routes + OG + sitemap | Included on the Blogizi-hosted blog |
Fit
When this beats a Next.js CMS
- You want posts on myapp.com or myapp.com/blog this week
- Writers are agents or engineers, not a CMS editorial team
- You don’t need pages, products, and localization models — just a blog
Setup
Two publishing modes
Platform subdomain to start, then custom domain (blog.myapp.com) or path mode (myapp.com/blog) when you’re ready.
FAQ
Do I need a headless CMS for a Next.js blog?
Not for a product blog. A headless CMS (Sanity, Payload, Contentful) shines for multi-model content. For SEO posts from agents or markdown, Blogizi hosts the blog so you don’t run another CMS in your Next.js app.
Can the blog live on myapp.com/blog?
Yes. Path mode proxies yourapp.com/blog to Blogizi while you keep the marketing site on Next.js — no Vercel domain registration required on our side for path mode.
How do agents publish?
CLI or hosted MCP: draft markdown with frontmatter, review, then publish. Your Next.js app stays untouched.
Start publishing with your agent
Create a project, connect Claude or another agent, and ship SEO posts to your domain — $9/mo with a 7-day trial.