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Strapi

Open-Source Content Framework for AI-Powered Websites

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What is Strapi?

Strapi is an open-source, MIT-licensed headless CMS built on Node.js/TypeScript that enables developers to design content models and instantly generate REST/GraphQL APIs, while allowing editors to manage content flexibly and distribute it anywhere.

Independently observed

Strapi pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $15/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

Free Community tier, Growth from $45/month (3 seats included, $15/seat additional), Enterprise via contact sales

Community

Free
Free

Free forever, open-source under MIT license

roles
Unlimited
usage
Unlimited (entries, API calls, etc.)
locales
Unlimited
components
Unlimited
  • Open-Source under MIT License
  • Role Based Access Control
  • REST & GraphQL API
  • Powerful Content Management
  • Infinite Customization Capabilities
  • Unlimited Usage (Entries, API calls, etc.)
  • Community Support
  • Content-Type Builder
  • Components and Dynamic Zones
  • Custom Fields
  • Internationalization
  • Media Library
  • Webhooks
  • API Tokens
  • Custom fields
  • Blocks Editor
  • Users & Permissions
  • TypeScript support
  • Data Import/Export/Transfer
  • CRON jobs
  • Marketplace
  • Multiple databases (Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB)

Growth

$45/month includes 3 seats, $15/seat for additional seats
monthly · min 3 seats

For growing projects with team collaboration

roles
Unlimited
seats
3 included
locales
Unlimited
content_history
30 days retention
  • Everything in Community, plus...
  • Strapi AI (1,000 credits/month)
  • Live Preview
  • Releases
  • Content History (30 days)
  • Basic Support
  • Single Sign-On (add-on available)
  • Additional CMS Seats ($15/seat)

Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales

For large teams with advanced security and compliance

audit_logs
True
content_history
365 days retention
review_workflows
True
  • Everything in Growth, plus...
  • SSO
  • Review Workflows
  • Audit Logs
  • Strapi AI (1,000 credits/month)
  • SOC 2 report
  • Standard Support
  • Premium Support & Concierge
  • Advisory
  • Offline licensing (add-on)

Add-ons

  • Single Sign-On (SSO)$150/mo + $50/seat/mo
  • Strapi AI Credits$1.50 per 100 credits
  • Offline Licensing

What Strapi does

The capabilities that matter for cms software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
CMS type
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
Community Hub with reviewed and tested plugins
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
✗
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
✓
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (9)

Independently observed
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TanStack
  • Vue.js
  • Nuxt.js
  • Astro
  • Flutter
  • Svelte
  • React Native

Strapi alternatives

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Strapi, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 71 / 100
medium · 59%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities10032.003200.0✓
Package Downloads6826.001779.2✓
Pricing Transparency10016.001600.0✓
Github Activity6318.001135.8✓
Release Cadence9710.00966.7✓
Reliability5012.00600.0✓
Security Posture4512.00540.0✓
Integrations2918.00517.6✓
Price Level5010.00500.0✓
Github Stars925.00458.6✓
Stackoverflow Activity012.000.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars72,759highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%
Package downloads weekly185,554highsource · 2026-08-01 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"cms_type":"headless","free_tier":true,"multisite":false,"open_source":true,"git_workflow":true,"headless_api":true,"localization":true,"self_hostable":true,"visual_builder":true,"managed_hosting":true,"content_workflow":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"Community Hub with reviewed and tested plugins","structured_content":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count9mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxSEE LICENSE IN LICENSEhighsource · 2026-08-01 · 85%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Starting gbp15mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days6mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%
Soc2Yeslowsource · 2026-08-01 · 48%