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Self-hosted. Free forever.
Developers self-hosting an open-source CMS
- Unlimited users, roles and locales
- Unlimited content types
- REST and GraphQL APIs
- Community support
Costs extra
You pay for your own hosting.
Strapi is the most popular open-source headless CMS. You get an admin panel and REST or GraphQL APIs on Node.js, hosted on your own servers or on Strapi Cloud.
Overview
Strapi gives you a customizable admin panel and auto-generated APIs on top of your own database. It is open source, so you can self-host for free or pay for Strapi Cloud and enterprise features.
Strengths
- Open source with full control of data and hosting.
- Content-Type Builder makes modeling quick.
- Large plugin ecosystem and community.
- REST and GraphQL out of the box.
Watch out for
- Self-hosting means you own upgrades, security and scaling.
- Some features (SSO, review workflows, audit logs) are paid.
- AI capabilities are limited compared to SaaS rivals.
Pricing
What each plan costs and what the bill is counted by: seats, sites, usage or a one-off license. The bottom of each card shows what you pay on top.
Cloud Starter
Per project$35 per project / month
Prices exclude local taxes.
Small hosted projects and side projects
- 100,000 API requests / month
- 50 GB asset storage
- 50 GB bandwidth / month
- 1 environment, sleeps when idle
Costs extra
Extra API requests $1.50 per 25k. Extra storage $0.60 per GB, bandwidth $30 per 100 GB.
Growth
Flat fee$45 / month
Self-hosted license. 30-day free trial.
Self-hosted teams needing preview and releases
- Live Preview
- Unlimited releases
- 14-day content history
- 1,000 Strapi AI credits / month
Costs extra
Extra CMS users $15 each. SSO add-on $150 / month plus $50 / month per user.
Cloud Pro
Per project$90 per project / month
Prices exclude local taxes.
Production sites that must stay online
- 1,000,000 API requests / month
- 250 GB asset storage
- 500 GB bandwidth / month
- Always on, weekly backups
Costs extra
Extra environments $60 / month. Usage overages at the same rates as Starter.
Cloud Business
Per project$450 per project / month
Prices exclude local taxes.
High-traffic apps needing an uptime SLA
- 10,000,000 API requests / month
- 1,000 GB storage and bandwidth
- 2 environments, daily backups
- 99.9% uptime SLA, priority support
Costs extra
Extra environments $300 / month. Usage overages at the same rates as Starter.
Enterprise
Custom quoteCustom
Large organizations needing governance and support
- Review workflows
- Audit logs
- Custom content history retention
- Premium support
Costs extra
SSO, extra users, offline licensing and Strapi AI are add-ons.
Prices checked See current prices on the vendor's site
Features
Free, included in the cheapest plan, on a higher plan, or enterprise only. Open a feature to compare it across every platform.
Content modeling
Free
Content-Type Builder and Content Manager
Editorial workflow
Tiered
Review workflows are a paid feature
GraphQL API
Free
Out of the box
Headless API
Free
Auto-generated REST API
Hosting
Included
Strapi Cloud
Localization
Free
Internationalization built in
Plugins and apps
Free
Plugin marketplace
Roles and permissions
Tiered
Role-based access control; SSO and audit logs are paid
Self-hosting
Free
You own upgrades, security and scaling
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