Strapi
About Strapi
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS: 100% JavaScript, extensible, and fully customizable.
Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tools. Content teams use Strapi to autonomously manage all types of content and distribute it from one CMS to any channel be it websites, mobile apps, or connected devices.
Loved by developers and supported by a global community of members and partners, Strapi brings together an ecosystem of 150 000+ enthusiasts, 700+ contributors, and innovative companies like IBM, NASA, Walmart, eBay, Rakuten, Toyota.
Key benefits of Strapi
Open-source: Strapi is built with an engaged community of users.
Customizable: the API endpoints and the admin panel can be adapted to your needs.
100% JavaScript-based: Strapi smoothly integrates with the modern Jamstack tools and frameworks
Saves time: Strapi provides REST or GraphQL API out of the box, to let you focus on the frontend.
Self-hosted or Cloud: you can self-host your data or choose a hosted Cloud version of Strapi.
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- Industry: Design
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Strapi - a great API builder and a bad site builder
Reviewed on 2024/02/20
Generally Strapi is a great tool with the aim to be a robust CMS for large projects. I have use it...
Generally Strapi is a great tool with the aim to be a robust CMS for large projects. I have use it to build/manage site which include live streaming, media portals and ecommerce. The "managing" part is fine, but most of the advanced functionality has to be coded additionally.
Pros
Strapi - as the name suggest - is an API builder tool which helps you to manage data that is being consumed by frontends and other apps. This functionality is done very well.
Strapi provides hooks and cycles to modify data coming in and out of it. But these need to be programmatically configured.
Good thing is the Strapi authentification layer and CDN for images.
Cons
As Strapi does not provide you with a Frontend it is hard to get the initial concept and add functionality. Every change in the Admin triggers a restart of Strapi and basically means downtime.
Sometimes the database gets vacuumed while you try to work with endpoints. This can very frustrating. Same as the responses from Strapi which include nested objects and those are hard to orientate in while consuming the data.
- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Strapi is a super flexible, low startup cost solution
Reviewed on 2024/07/26
Absolutely love it, once I found the answers to some key questions it all just worked, and I could...
Absolutely love it, once I found the answers to some key questions it all just worked, and I could build my first website very rapidly. Strapi was in fact the easiest thing to learn!
Pros
- The self-hosted option is simply incredible, especially for smaller companies or in our case, non-for-profit
- Easy to setup, does what you need without being complicated
- Third party integrations make Strapi an extremely flexible solution for many project types
- The API is really easy to use, from setup to a working site in mere minutes
Cons
- Documentation could be improved, especially around production deployment and a few more common use examples in the filtering/populate space ahead of the real complex examples already there e.g. relationships or depth
- A type reference to explain how to use or access for example TypeScript types for things like Rich text (blocks). Shouldn't need to find solutions outside Strapi to do this.
- This is the same for all CMSs. Cloud hosted plans for small businesses / non-for-profit / infrequently updated sites.
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Cost!, ease of use, flexibility, technology transformation, simplification, tech debtSwitched From
SitefinityReasons for Switching to Strapi
Cost!, ease of use, flexibility, Strapi values- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Promising but difficult to deploy and use
Reviewed on 2022/08/26
While I was very positive about trying Strapi the Docker image problem soured it and I found...
While I was very positive about trying Strapi the Docker image problem soured it and I found alternatives that worked better.
Pros
Open source, we can host it ourselves, active community, lots of features and extensions.
Cons
The Docker image is one major version behind but this is not made clear until you've spent hours trying to get it all working and then check the forums.
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HygraphReasons for Switching to Strapi
We didn't, we chose GraphCMS (now Hygraph.)
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Once of the best content management systems out there
Reviewed on 2024/12/27
I'm using Strapi for two projects of mine and the overall experience so far is very positive....
I'm using Strapi for two projects of mine and the overall experience so far is very positive. Although, I wish the process of creating custom plugins and admin pages was easier.
Pros
I really like the Content-type Builder and how Strapi generates all the needed API endpoints.
Cons
If you decide to host Strapi on your own server it's not very easy. Also, there's a learning curve when it comes to creating custom plugins.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great for Landing pages
Reviewed on 2023/11/16
I have been using Strapi for 3 years and it is a product that I am trying to push to others...
I have been using Strapi for 3 years and it is a product that I am trying to push to others everytime they need a solution. I mainly use Strapi for frontend site and I rarely use it as an API to an app. But for content management, Strapi beats products like Contentful and Sanity in my eyes because it is open source and you can host it anywhere you want.
Pros
To be able to create an API for landing pages in a matter of hours. I created many types of section for my landing and I could start integrating my frontend the next day. My site grew ever since and Strapi made it super easy to add more sections and evolve with time.
Cons
One of the main thing I don't like about Strapi is the fact that it doesn't have a good way to be updated easily. I am using a deployment system and I wish I could update it from the admin panel itself. I need to use the command line and to redeploy everytime there is an update. Updating something frequently should not be something negative, but it is with Strapi because I am always in need to keep it up to date.
The only other thing, is the lack of Responsive on the admin panel.
Strapi FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Strapi.Q. What type of pricing plans does Strapi offer?
Strapi offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$99.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
The Strapi Enterprise Edition pricing starts at $9 per user per month (Bronze plan) and unlocks unlimited custom roles, billing and license support. In case you need SSO authentication, technical onboarding and support in addition to the custom roles and basic support, please contact the Strapi team for a quote.
Q. Who are the typical users of Strapi?
Strapi has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Strapi support?
Strapi supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Strapi support mobile devices?
Strapi supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Strapi integrate with?
Strapi integrates with the following applications:
Algolia, CKEditor, Cloudinary, Gatsby, Google Translate, Heroku, Instagram, Localazy, Mailgun, Moesif, Mux Video, Platform.sh, SendGrid, Sentry, Shopify, TinyMCE, Vercel
Q. What level of support does Strapi offer?
Strapi offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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