Directus Reviews: 5.0/5 — Highly Rated

Directus is an SQL wrapper. One can start with an existing DB schema or use the app to build the schema. When one's done, the resultant is a database that could be moved to another solution with little effort. This ensures that I'm using a product but not locked into it. That said, I can't see any reason we would leave it in the near term. It now works with most databases, the admin tool is easy to use (even for the non-technical), it provides an API, security is solid, documentation is clean, open-source support is solid, and the enterprise offerings fit all our possible needs.

I'm generally not the biggest fan of CMS's. As a developer, one should be solid in DB's, and in the era of microservices, one should be able to work up the other infrastructure quickly. This one-off approach creates a faster system. However, many instances don't need those percentage points in performance, and instead, value is gained from the ability to drop in a solution quickly. This fits the bill. I'd also add that going back to v7, the major releases were too buggy, and the first couple of months after the release saw a lot of churn. After v8.3, this product has been solid with excellent updates. The first rc's for v9 were enticing, and I am happy to note they don't appear to be releasing the v9 major release until the churn-period is over.

We use Directus for various cataloging of content that feeds out to other systems or over the internet where extreme optimization isn't necessary. Directus has good performance. This provides an interface where non-technical people can enter content, technical people can keep it clean, and Directus Cloud maintains it. Simple, dependable, low effort.