# Storyblok vs Strapi

| Attribute | Storyblok | Strapi |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 72.7 (73% (medium)) | 71.1 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 4,257 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 73,016 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 184,945 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Storyblok is a cloud-hosted headless content management system designed for developer and marketer collaboration. It provides structured content modeling, visual editing, AI features, and enterprise-grade governance tools to manage and publish content across multiple channels. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"multisite":true,"open_source":false,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"self_hostable":false,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor","structured_content":true}` | `{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"self_hostable":true,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"197 community-built integrations and plugins","structured_content":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 197 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Netlify"},{"name":"Vercel"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AT","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["1 space","1 team member seat included, up to 2 total","100GB traffic/month","100k API requests/month","2 locales","25k AI credits/month","200 components","100 content folders","20k stories max","2k assets max"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free plan for testing and personal projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"2","traffic":"100GB/mo","seats_max":"2","ai_credits":"25k/mo","api_requests":"100k/mo","seats_included":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$99/month or $1,089/year","features":["1 space","5 team member seats included, up to 10 total","400GB traffic/month included, up to 1TB available","1M API requests/month included, up to 5M available","2 locales included, unlimited available","97% uptime SLA","100k AI credits/month, up to 500k available","600 components","1,000 content folders","25k stories max","2,500 assets max","Single story scheduling","SEO meta tags","Shopify integration"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":250,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":75,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":200,"unit":"k"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"2","traffic":"400GB/mo","seats_max":"10","ai_credits":"100k/mo","uptime_sla":"97%","api_requests":"1M/mo","seats_included":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Plus","summary":"$349/month or $3,838.92/year","features":["1 space","15 team member seats included, up to 20 total","1TB traffic/month included, up to 2TB available","4M API requests/month included, up to 15M available","10 locales included, unlimited available","97% uptime SLA","200k AI credits/month, up to 1M available","Unlimited components","2,000 content folders","100k stories max","Single story scheduling","SEO meta tags","Shopify integration"],"minSeats":15,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":250,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":75,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":200,"unit":"k"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced plan for powerful content management","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spaces":"1","locales":"10","traffic":"1TB/mo","seats_max":"20","ai_credits":"200k/mo","uptime_sla":"97%","api_requests":"4M/mo","seats_included":"15"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Fully customized spaces and users","All self-service plan features","AI SEO","Custom roles and workflows","GraphQL API","Release management","Single Sign On (SSO)","SCIM","99.9% uptime SLA","Advanced support services","Weekly S3 backups"],"commitment":"custom","description":"Custom plan for multi-team organizations","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Elite","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Fully customized configuration","All Premium features","99.99% uptime SLA","Unlimited custom workflows and roles","Unlimited custom metadata fields","Advanced support services","Daily S3 backups"],"commitment":"custom","description":"Premium custom plan for large-scale operations","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $99/month with annual discounts. Premium and Elite plans custom quoted.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.storyblok.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:38:23.229Z","freeTrialDays":45,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community","summary":"Free forever, open-source","features":["MIT-licensed open-source software","Role-based access control","REST and GraphQL APIs","Unlimited entries and API calls","Media library","Webhooks","Dynamic zones and components","Custom fields","TypeScript support","Data import/export/transfer","CRON jobs","Marketplace access","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Open-source tier with unlimited usage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"roles":"Unlimited","entries":"Unlimited","locales":"Unlimited","api_calls":"Unlimited","content_types":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$45/month includes 3 seats; additional seats $15/month each","features":["Everything in Community","Strapi AI (1,000 credits/month)","Live Preview","Releases","Content History (30-day retention)","Basic support","Additional seats at $15/month each"],"minSeats":3,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":45,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production features including AI, content versioning, and advanced collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats_included":"3","ai_credits_monthly":"1000","content_history_retention":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing—contact sales","features":["Everything in Growth","Review workflows","Audit logs","SOC 2 report","Standard and premium support with concierge advisory","Offline licensing available"],"description":"Governance, compliance, and dedicated support for large-scale deployments","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"content_history_retention":"365 days"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Single Sign-On (SSO)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":150,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"SSO Additional Seats","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Strapi AI Additional Credits","components":[{"per":{"qty":100,"unit":"credits"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Offline Licensing"}],"summary":"Free forever with Community tier. Growth at $45/month (3 seats included) + $15 per additional seat. Enterprise available by quote. AI and SSO add-ons available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://strapi.io/pricing-cms","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:30:33.274Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.26.2","date":"2026-06-09T11:12:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.26.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.47.1","date":"2026-06-03T12:22:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.47.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.47.0","date":"2026-05-28T11:28:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.47.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.46.1","date":"2026-05-20T09:15:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.46.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.46.0","date":"2026-05-13T13:46:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.46.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.45.1","date":"2026-05-11T10:49:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.45.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.45.0","date":"2026-05-06T10:14:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.44.0","date":"2026-04-29T13:17:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.44.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.5 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:07:48.386Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*