# Storyblok vs Strapi

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Strapi

| Attribute | Storyblok | Strapi |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65 (74% (medium)) | 75.3 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 4,257 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 73,319 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 229,467 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based content management system that helps enterprises organize, manage, and deliver structured content across multiple channels with a visual editor for teams and APIs for developers. It is indexed under CMS Software.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"What is Storyblok?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Storyblok offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $90.75 per additional user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"Is Storyblok free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Storyblok supports the web, iOS and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Storyblok support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Storyblok, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"Can Storyblok be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Storyblok, including Shopify, Slack, AWS, Netlify, Vercel, GitHub, Bigcommerce and Cloudinary, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"What does Storyblok integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Storyblok. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Storyblok not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/trust-center/service-support","question":"What security certifications does Storyblok have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Storyblok is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Austria.","source":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","question":"Where is Storyblok available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A TypeScript-based headless CMS that enables you to design content structures and automatically create REST and GraphQL APIs. Deploy it yourself for full data control or use managed cloud hosting, with extensive options to customize the admin interface and backend logic. It is indexed under CMS Software.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"What is Strapi?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Strapi is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $15 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"Is Strapi free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Strapi. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"What platforms does Strapi support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Strapi can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"Can Strapi be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 22 integrations for Strapi, including React, Vue.js, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Flutter and TanStack, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"What does Strapi integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Strapi. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Strapi not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://strapi.io","question":"What security certifications does Strapi have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Strapi is published under the SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@strapi/strapi","question":"Is Strapi open source?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"Strapi is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","question":"Where is Strapi available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based content management system that helps enterprises organize, manage, and deliver structured content across multiple channels with a visual editor for teams and APIs for developers. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"iso_27001":true,"multisite":true,"open_source":false,"git_workflow":true,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"deployment_model":"cloud_managed_saas","plugin_ecosystem":"Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor","rest_api_delivery":true,"structured_content":true,"webhooks_event_triggers":true,"graphql_api_native_delivery":true,"real_time_visual_preview_editor":true,"multi_language_localization_i18n":true,"nextjs_gatsby_native_framework_support":true,"visual_content_modeling_schema_builder":true,"granular_role_based_access_control_rbac":true,"shopify_bigcommerce_ecommerce_integration":true}` | `{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"pricing_model":"open_source_free","self_hostable":true,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"deployment_model":"self_hosted_open_source","plugin_ecosystem":"197 community-built integrations and plugins","rest_api_delivery":true,"structured_content":true,"graphql_api_native_delivery":true,"multi_language_localization_i18n":true,"nextjs_gatsby_native_framework_support":true,"visual_content_modeling_schema_builder":true,"granular_role_based_access_control_rbac":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 197 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Netlify"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"version control"},{"name":"Bigcommerce","native":true,"category":"ecommerce"},{"name":"Cloudinary","native":true,"category":"media"},{"name":"Salesforce Commerce Cloud","native":true,"category":"ecommerce"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"Gemini","native":true,"category":"ai"}]` | `[{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue.js"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"Astro"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Nuxt.js"},{"name":"Flutter"},{"name":"React Native"},{"name":"TanStack"},{"name":"React Router 7"},{"name":"React-admin"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Railway"},{"name":"Cloudinary"},{"name":"ImageKit"},{"name":"Mux"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Algolia"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Postmark"},{"name":"Resend"},{"name":"Croct"},{"name":"SearchBlox"},{"name":"Expo"},{"name":"Medusa"},{"name":"TipTap","native":false,"category":"editor","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Vercel","native":true,"category":"hosting","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"freemium","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","features":["1 space","100GB traffic/month","100k API requests/month"],"description":"Limited plan for testing and personal projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traffic":"100GB/month","api_requests":"100k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","features":["400GB traffic/month","1M API requests/month","97% uptime SLA","Shopify integrations","Slack integration"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for businesses that need dynamic content management capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traffic":"400GB/month","api_requests":"1M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Plus","features":["1TB traffic/month","4M API requests/month","99.9% uptime SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced plan for businesses that need powerful content management capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traffic":"1TB/month","api_requests":"4M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium & Elite","features":["All features from self-service plans","Native A/B Testing","Multi-Space Content Distribution (Elite)","Custom Roles & Workflows","Language-specific Workflows","GraphQL","Release Management","Single Sign On (SSO)","99.9% uptime SLA","Advanced Support Services"],"description":"Custom plans for organizations with multiple editorial teams, multi-language content, or a development testing environment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Starter plan. From $99/month for Growth. Annual billing available with one month free.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-07T13:47:27.596Z","freeTrialDays":45,"startingPrice":{"amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$35/month","features":["100k API requests per month","50 GB asset storage","50 GB asset bandwidth","Unlimited database entries","Built-in email provider","Fast and global CDN"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"100k/month","asset_storage":"50 GB","asset_bandwidth":"50 GB/month","database_storage":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$90/month","features":["1M API requests per month","250 GB asset storage","500 GB asset bandwidth","Unlimited database entries","Multi-environment","Weekly backups","Manual backups","CRON jobs"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":90,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"1M/month","asset_storage":"250 GB","asset_bandwidth":"500 GB/month","database_storage":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$450/month","features":["10M API requests per month","1000 GB asset storage","1000 GB asset bandwidth","1 extra environment included","Daily backups","Uptime SLA (99.9%)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":450,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"10M/month","asset_storage":"1000 GB","asset_bandwidth":"1000 GB/month","database_storage":"unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional environment","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":60,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional API requests","components":[{"per":{"qty":25000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional asset storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.6,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional asset bandwidth","components":[{"per":{"qty":100,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":30,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $35/month for Strapi Cloud. Free open-source self-hosted option available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://strapi.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:27:07.062Z","startingPrice":{"amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":99,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":35,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.58.0","date":"2026-10-14T10:20:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.58.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.57.0","date":"2026-10-07T07:18:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.57.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.56.0","date":"2026-09-30T11:44:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.56.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.55.1","date":"2026-09-24T07:39:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.55.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.55.0","date":"2026-09-23T12:40:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.55.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.54.0","date":"2026-09-16T11:11:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.54.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.53.0","date":"2026-09-09T14:21:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.53.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.52.3","date":"2026-09-02T14:37:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.52.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.52.2","date":"2026-08-26T07:35:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.52.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.52.1","date":"2026-08-19T11:37:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.52.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.52.0","date":"2026-08-12T07:29:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.52.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.51.2","date":"2026-08-05T13:05:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.51.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.51.1","date":"2026-07-29T10:04:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.51.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.51.0","date":"2026-07-23T12:11:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.51.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.50.2","date":"2026-07-15T10:01:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.50.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.50.1","date":"2026-07-08T11:20:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.50.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.50.0","date":"2026-07-02T11:15:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.50.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.49.0","date":"2026-06-24T10:12:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.49.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.48.1","date":"2026-06-17T10:03:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.48.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.48.0","date":"2026-06-10T13:19:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.48.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.storyblok.com/trust-center | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=strapi-utils&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (CMS Software)

| Capability | Storyblok | 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 | Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor | 197 community-built integrations and plugins |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-site / multi-tenant | ✓ | - |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Git-based / code-first workflow | ✓ | - |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free / open tier | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:22:24.236Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*