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What is Strapi?

Strapi is a free, open-source, and headless/back-end-only CMS that runs on 100% Javascript. Made for developers, it’s fully customizable and provides a robust environment for creating self-hosted and high-performing content APIs. Content creators can easily define models to build rich layouts depending on the data structure they need for their business. Once a content architecture has been set, it’s seamless to write, edit, and manage any content type. Comprehensive frameworks and services from third-party vendors are available to reinforce the content environment and once ready, content can be easily deployed on all cloud platforms or traditional servers.

Company Strapi Solutions
Year founded 2016
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Paris, France
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API
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Segment
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Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Linux, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux, On-Premise Windows
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
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API-first Architecture
Analytics/Reporting
Backup & Restore
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Content Modeling
Content Previews
Content Scheduling
Content Search
Content Tagging & Categorization
Content Versioning
Content Workflows
Custom Content Types
Customizable Content Delivery
Developer-friendly SDKs
GraphQL Support
Headless Ecommerce Integration
Localization
Media Library
Multi-language Support
Multi-site Management
Performance Optimization
Personalization
RESTful API
Rich Text Editor
SEO Management
Scalability
Security & Authentication
Third-party Integrations
User Role Management
Webhooks
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Last updated: October 07, 2024
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171 Strapi Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 30, 2021
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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"Simple, Efficient, and Awesome"
What do you like best about Strapi?

As we plan to transition to the Jamstack, we were directed to use a headless CMS. Strapi looked like a good option, so we looked into getting it all set up. Within minutes, we had something better than we previously had. Our developers were amazed with how quickly we were able to plug our data, and how we could have non-technical employees use it as well for data-entry and manipulation.

What do you dislike about Strapi?

So far, not many dislikes. My main dislike is not being able to manipulate the "id" field. I'd like to use a slug for it rather than a incremental number, but in the documentation, it says it is being worked on for Strapi V4.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Besides the "id" problem, not much else. One of the major benefits is definitely allowing non-technical employees to be able to manipulate data and add information without the need of having a developer or engineer doing it for them. It definitely can speed up many bottlenecks in our workflow.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 30, 2021
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
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"Build a complex API in 5 minutes"
What do you like best about Strapi?

I really enjoy how easy Strapi is. You can build complex APIs including relation, automatic slug, field assertions and so on. You can also define multiple roles and give different read / write / update / delete conditions for each of these roles. You can also give more complex permissions with just a click like "a user can update a resource only if he created it".

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Roles management for community edition is quite restrictive. It may not be an issue with other editions but I couldn't try it at this time. Anyway, pricing are quite expensive for small companies.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

At the time I write these lines, I've only used Strapi for local development. But it really helped me to develop faster. I used to develop my APIs from scratch.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 28, 2022
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Strapi is a simple and intuitive CMS for beginners, which is my case."
What do you like best about Strapi?

In my case, I started a Open Source project with React and I need a database with CMS so I decided to use Strapi to learn since I had never used it before

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Sometimes, when entering pages and performing certain actions, it shows an error card that doesn't make sense, and it could you confuse making you think that you did wrong

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Strapi solved my backend databaseCMS system in my project because I'm simulating an online store to practice Remix Run, Next JS and Astro using React as frontend

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 17, 2022
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"A flexible and powerful kick-start for any project"
What do you like best about Strapi?

It's allowed us to get started very quickly in moving from concept to implementation.

What do you dislike about Strapi?

We have had to find some ways to work around free tier limitations as we are working as a non-profit.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're developing a free and open source infrastructure for the development and sharing of teaching material to help build capacity in developing countries.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2022
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Easy to use Headless CMS with good documentation."
What do you like best about Strapi?

Strapi framework is simple to use with very good documentation. It's scalable and has a lot of third-party plugins

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Lack of MongoDB support and limited plugin support

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is used as a backend for the blog site, with good query support users can only ask for particular data which keeps data size low.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 25, 2022
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Headless CMS that meets everyones needs"
What do you like best about Strapi?

Single post types and dynamic zone with custom components

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Very limited plugins and whatever is available is not well documented.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are building JAM stack based website for our orgnization as a pilot and once sucessful we plan to migrate many other exisiting sites.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 27, 2022
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Quick Start CMS with Loads of Customization Options"
What do you like best about Strapi?

East set up and out-of-the-box functionality.

What do you dislike about Strapi?

The default UX could be improved. There are more modern components Strapi could be using for lists, component organization, and editing screens.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provide an easy way to allow content editors and managers to organize our archival data.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 02, 2021
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Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
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"Good cms for javascript developer"
What do you like best about Strapi?

It is javascript based, graphql support, and the ability to run it locally.

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Too many bugs, the free tier is trash, there is only 3 roles in the free tier, you can't even delete one of them. No typescript version out of the box.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making API mockup real quick for demo showcase

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 10, 2021
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Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
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"Open Source, Customisable, Easy to setup"
What do you like best about Strapi?

It's quite fast to set up a new Strapi instance for a Jamstack project. The frontend can consume the editor's content with the GraphQL API. You can use an S3-based API to consume your assets. It supports multiple languages also! And the UI is quite nice for editors !

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Nothing really bad, but it could be nice to have more features like a deploy button to publish your content on demand. However, you can implement such features by customizing it!Also, the Strapi team is working hard to add a lot of new features!

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allow editors to provide structured content in a Jamstack project.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 18, 2022
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Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
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"Has potential to get a great CMS"
What do you like best about Strapi?

We adopted Strapi a couple of years ago back in the beta phase, The biggest like is the ability to create custom content fairly easily

What do you dislike about Strapi?

Upgrade and migrations are very manual and documentation is a little anemic.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a customizable CMS to integrate with an online learning experience

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 24, 2022
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Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
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"A Great Headless CMS But With Some Limtations"
What do you like best about Strapi?

Strapi is a great headless CMS with a lot of great features. I love the clean UI of Strapi. It's also free and open source.

What do you dislike about Strapi?

When I was using Strapi, I found some limitations when working with Typescript. Also, Strapi doesn't offer a free tier for their cloud plan. I have to self-host to use Strapi, otherwise, the pricing increases a lot.

What problems is Strapi solving and how is that benefiting you?

The headless CMSs offer a ton of customizability with models and more. I was able to create custom types depending on my use case, which is possible but tougher with WordPress.