Strapi
🇫🇷 FR · from $35/mo
Open-source headless CMS with REST & GraphQL APIs, self-hosted or EU-hosted cloud.
Features
Content Management
- Intuitive, minimal editor for dynamic content blocks
- 100% open-source and fully extensible
- Supports multi-language content structures
API Creation
- GraphQL and RESTful API support for any client (React, Vue, Angular, mobile, IoT)
- Auto-generated API documentation with one-click integration
- Webhooks for custom functionality
- Role-based authentication and permissions for API endpoints
Customization
- Multi-database support (SQLite, MySQL, Postgres, MariaDB)
- 100% JavaScript-based, front to back
Hosting & Performance
- Built-in email provider
- Global CDN for fast content delivery
- Custom domains support
- DDoS protection and observability tools
Security & Compliance
- API tokens for secure end-user access management
- GDPR and SOC 2 compliant
- Rate-limiting under Fair Use Policy
Pricing
- 100,000 API requests
- 50 GB asset storage
- 50 GB asset bandwidth
- Unlimited database entries
- 1,000,000 API requests
- 250 GB asset storage
- 500 GB asset bandwidth
- Unlimited database entries
- 10,000,000 API requests
- 1,000 GB asset storage
- 1,000 GB asset bandwidth
- Unlimited database entries
Additional environments, API requests, storage, and bandwidth available at extra cost. Yearly billing offers a 20% discount.
EU Trust Profile
2 of 9 criteria verified with evidence, last checked 2026-08-05. Every ✓ links to its source.
- Data Processing Agreement (DPA)not verified
No publicly available Data Processing Agreement (DPA) or direct link to one was found in the vendor's documentation.
- Evidence →Trust center / security page
Strapi provides a dedicated trust center with security and compliance information.
- EU data residencyNew York (US)
Strapi Cloud currently hosts projects in the New York region. EU data residency is not yet available but is planned for the future.
- Public sub-processor listnot verified
No public sub-processor list was found in the vendor's documentation.
- ISO 27001not verified
No evidence of ISO 27001 certification was found in the vendor's documentation.
- Evidence →SOC 2
Strapi has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification.
- BSI C5not verified
No evidence of BSI C5 certification was found in the vendor's documentation.
- TISAXnot verified
No evidence of TISAX certification was found in the vendor's documentation.
- German-language supportnot verified
No information about German-language product support was found in the vendor's documentation.
Verified means: the claim was publicly documented at the linked source on the check date. The vendor's own information prevails.
Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Intuitive admin interface with a clean design, enabling both technical and non-technical users to manage content efficiently
- Flexible API-first approach supporting REST and GraphQL, with full customization of content types, permissions, and business logic
- Open-source and cost-effective, eliminating licensing fees for startups and enterprises
- Self-hosted option provides full control over data, infrastructure, and deployment
- Scalable and performant for large projects when properly optimized, avoiding bloat common in traditional CMS platforms
- Built-in media library for managing images, videos, documents, and audio with sorting, filtering, and search capabilities
- Granular CRUD permissions and custom role creation for precise access control
- Internationalization (i18n) support for multilingual content management
Where users see room to improve
- · Steep learning curve for advanced customizations, particularly when extending core functionality or modifying the admin panel
- · Major version upgrades may introduce breaking changes, requiring additional effort for plugins or custom code
- · Performance can degrade in very large projects without proper optimization
Integrations
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-08-05), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.