Leading Contentful Image Alt Text Generator

5 min

Setup time

95%

Time saved

130+

Languages

WCAG

2.1 AA Compliant

Native Contentful Integration

Install from the Contentful Marketplace and generate alt text without leaving your content workflow. Our app integrates directly into the Contentful editor, adding a single button to generate descriptions for any image asset.

One-Click Generation

Select any image in your media library and click generate. AI-powered descriptions appear in seconds, ready to save to your asset's metadata.

Multi-Locale Support

Working in multiple languages? Generate alt text in your default locale and automatically translate to 130+ languages for your international content.

How Contentful Alt Text Automation Works

Get started in under 5 minutes:

Install from Marketplace

Add AltText.ai from the Contentful Marketplace. No code required—just authorize the app for your space.

Connect Your API Key

Create a free account, copy your API key, and paste it into the app settings in Contentful.

Generate Alt Text

Click the generate button on any image. Alt text appears instantly in your asset's metadata, ready to publish.

Why Contentful Users Choose AltText.ai

Built specifically for headless CMS workflows:

Headless-Native Design

We understand that Contentful powers multiple frontends. Alt text is stored in your asset metadata, available to every delivery channel—web, mobile, and beyond.

Scale With Your Content

Whether you're managing hundreds or hundreds of thousands of assets, our infrastructure handles the volume. Process existing libraries in bulk or generate on-demand.

International Content Ready

Multi-locale support means your German, French, Spanish, and Japanese content all get properly localized alt text—not just English translations.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Your credentials are encrypted, your content stays in Contentful, and we only access assets you explicitly process. SOC 2 compliant infrastructure.

Developer-Friendly API

Prefer to build your own integration? Our REST API works perfectly with Contentful's Management API. Full documentation and SDKs available.

SEO and Accessibility

Alt text improves Google Image rankings and ensures WCAG 2.1 compliance. Every image becomes a potential organic traffic source.

AltText.ai vs. Manual Alt Text Writing

Manual Process

Write alt text for every image individually
Inconsistent quality across team members
Time-consuming for large content libraries
Easy to forget or skip images

AltText.ai Integration

One-click generation for any image
Consistent, high-quality descriptions
Process entire libraries in minutes
Never miss an image again

Common Contentful + AltText.ai Workflows

Multi-Site Publishing

Power multiple websites from a single Contentful space. Alt text generated once is available across all your frontends—React, Next.js, Gatsby, or any platform.

Used by: Media companies, enterprise marketing teams, digital agencies

E-commerce Product Content

Managing product images in Contentful for headless commerce? Our AI understands product context and generates descriptions that work for both SEO and accessibility.

Used by: Headless commerce platforms, product catalog managers

Documentation and Knowledge Bases

Screenshots and diagrams need accurate descriptions for accessibility. Our AI handles technical content, describing UI elements, workflows, and complex visuals.

Used by: SaaS companies, developer documentation teams

International Content Operations

Publishing in multiple locales? Generate alt text in your primary language and automatically translate to match your Contentful locale configuration.

Used by: Global brands, international publishers, localization teams

What Contentful Users Say

"We manage content for 12 different brands in Contentful. AltText.ai processes images across all spaces with one account. The time savings compound when you're operating at scale."

Marcus Chen

Head of Content Operations

"Our editors used to skip alt text because it was tedious. Now it's one click. Accessibility compliance went from 60% to 99% in the first month."

Sarah Lindstrom

Digital Accessibility Lead

"The multi-locale support is perfect. We publish in 8 languages and each one gets properly translated alt text, not just machine-translated English."

Pierre Dubois

International Content Manager

Pricing Built for Scale

From personal projects to enterprise content operations:

Bronze

$49/yr

1,200 credits

Silver

$189/yr

6,000 credits

Contentful Alt Text FAQs

FAQ

Yes. You control which images get processed. The app only generates alt text for images you explicitly select. You can also configure it to skip images that already have alt text, preserving any manual descriptions you've written.

Contentful uses tags and content types rather than folders, but yes—you can bulk process images based on tags, content types, or simply process all assets in your space. The bulk processing tool lets you filter by any criteria Contentful supports.

AltText.ai supports 130+ languages and integrates with Contentful's locale system. Generate alt text in your default locale and automatically translate to all other locales configured in your space. Each locale gets a native-quality description, not just a machine translation.

Yes. The generated description is saved directly to the asset's description field in Contentful, which is the standard location for alt text. Your frontends can then access this value through the Contentful Delivery API.

We support all major web formats: JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and more. Any image format that Contentful can store and display, we can analyze and generate alt text for.

Yes. In your AltText.ai account settings, you can provide custom prompts to guide the AI. Want more technical descriptions? Product-focused language? A specific tone? The AI follows your instructions while maintaining accessibility best practices.

Absolutely. If you prefer to build your own integration using Contentful's Management API, our REST API is fully documented with SDKs for JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and PHP. Many teams use this for automated pipelines and custom workflows.

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