Comparison

Contentful vs Strapi

On the evidence we track, Contentful leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Contentful81

Strapi75

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ContentfulLeader	Strapi
vioscaleAI score	81 / 100medium · 59%	75 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$35
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	197
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=strapi-utils&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	4,257
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	73,319
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	229,467
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Contentful81 / 100medium · 59%

Strapi75 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Model

Contentfulcommercial

Strapifreemium

Price level

Contentfulfree

Strapimid

Starting price

Contentful–

Strapi$35

Transparent

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Integrations

Count

Contentful–

Strapi197

Security

Certifications

Contentful–

StrapiSOC 2

Disclosure policy

Contentful✓

Strapi–

Gdpr

Contentful–

Strapi✓

Iso27001

Contentful✓

Strapi–

Pci

Contentful✓

Strapi–

Scorecard

Contentful–

Strapi7

Soc2

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Vulnerabilities

Contentful–

StrapiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=strapi-utils&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Contentful–

Strapi99.9

Status page

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Contentful–

Strapi4,257

Github stars

Contentful–

Strapi73,319

Package downloads weekly

Contentful–

Strapi229,467

Activity

Commits last 30d

Contentful–

Strapi100

Release

Cadence days

Contentful–

Strapi6

History

Contentful–

Strapi20 items

License

Spdx

Contentful–

StrapiSEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

Language

Primary

Contentful–

StrapiTypeScript

Market

Availability

Contentful–

StrapiAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Contentful5 items

Strapi8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cms software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for CMS Software
Capability	Contentful	Strapi
Core
CMS type	Headless / API-first	Headless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source	✗	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✗	✓
Managed / cloud hosting offered	✓	✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)	✓	✓
Content
Structured content modelling	✓	✓
Localisation / i18n	✓	✓
Content workflow / approvals	✓	✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder	✓	✓
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size	Marketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform	197 community-built integrations and plugins
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant	✓	-
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow	-	-
Pricing
Free / open tier	✓	✓

Core

CMS type

ContentfulHeadless / API-first

StrapiHeadless / API-first

Licensing

Open-source

Contentful✗

Strapi✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Contentful✗

Strapi✓

Managed / cloud hosting offered

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Delivery

Headless API (REST/GraphQL)

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Content

Structured content modelling

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Localisation / i18n

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Content workflow / approvals

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Editing

Visual / no-code page builder

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Extensibility

Plugin / app ecosystem size

ContentfulMarketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform

Strapi197 community-built integrations and plugins

Scale

Multi-site / multi-tenant

Contentful✓

Strapi-

Workflow

Git-based / code-first workflow

Contentful-

Strapi-

Pricing

Free / open tier

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Contentful

Leader

Contentful is a headless CMS and digital experience platform enabling teams to create and deliver personalized content at scale, with AI-powered automation, visual content assembly, and comprehensive workflow capabilities.

Independently observed

Strapi

An open-source headless CMS enabling developers to visually design content structures and automatically generate REST and GraphQL APIs, while providing content creators with an intuitive interface for managing content.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Contentful

Leader

from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Lite plan free base with $850/month per additional space. Enterprise with custom pricing.

FreeFree
- 2 Roles (Admin, Editor)
- 2 Custom Locales
- 100K/month API calls (no overages)
- 50 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN (no overages)
- 50 MB max asset upload size
- +14 more
LiteFree base; additional spaces $850/month
- 3 Roles (Admin, Editor, Author)
- 3 Custom Locales
- 1M/month API calls with paid overages allowed
- 100 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN with paid overages allowed
- 1000 MB max asset upload size
- +25 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Lite features
- Custom roles and locales
- Custom API calls with paid overages
- Custom asset bandwidth with paid overages
- AI Actions with included quotas
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

Strapi

from $35/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $35/month for Strapi Cloud. Free open-source self-hosted option available.

Starter$35/month
- 100k API requests per month
- 50 GB asset storage
- 50 GB asset bandwidth
- Unlimited database entries
- Built-in email provider
- +1 more
Pro$90/month
- 1M API requests per month
- 250 GB asset storage
- 500 GB asset bandwidth
- Unlimited database entries
- Multi-environment
- +3 more
Business$450/month
- 10M API requests per month
- 1000 GB asset storage
- 1000 GB asset bandwidth
- 1 extra environment included
- Daily backups
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Contentful	Strapi
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

CLI

Contentful✗

Strapi✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Contentful✓

Strapi✓

Self-hosted

Contentful✗

Strapi✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Contentful

Leader

Not documented yet.

Strapi

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Independently observed

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