--- description: Review of Strapi Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Strapi | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Content Management Systems](/directory/4543/cms/software) > [Strapi](/software/81621/strapi) # Strapi Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/81621/strapi Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/81621/strapi?page=2) > Strapi is an open-source content management system that helps businesses create and manage content for websites and mobile applications. It allows tech teams to spin up projects faster, thanks to the REST or GraphQL API generated out of the box. 100% JavaScript, Strapi works smoothly with modern tools. You can easily customize either the API endpoints or the admin panel, as well as add plugins or integrations for other tools. No need to compromise if you can customize\! With Strapi, editorial or marketing teams can independently create and manage new content, without asking the dev team for help. They can also use custom components to quickly create new pages. It's the golden middle between custom-developed pages and website builders. Strapi supports text, images, videos, audios and PDF files. It lets you have multiple site or app versions in different languages. You can also restrict the access to the admin panel by setting different roles and permissions. Strapi can be used for multiple websites or apps and deliver content from one source of truth to as many channels as you want. 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. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 65 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 65 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Strapi - **Founded**: 2016 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 99.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: 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. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: France ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Asset Lifecycle Management - Audio File Management - Configurable Workflow - Content Library - Content Management - Content Publishing Options - Customisable Branding - Customisable Forms - Customizable Templates - De-Coupled Front & Back Ends - Document Classification - Filtering - For Developers - For Marketers - Full Text Search - Image Editing - Interactive Content - Metadata Management ## Integrations (17 total) - Algolia - CKEditor - Cloudinary - Gatsby - Google Translate - Heroku - Instagram - Localazy - Mailgun - Moesif - Mux Video - Platform.sh - SendGrid - Sentry - Shopify ... and 2 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Content Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4543/cms/software) ## Related Categories - [Content Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4543/cms/software) - [Records Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/1859/records-management/software) - [Headless CMS Platforms](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4122/headlesscms/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I really loved it. And now as a freelancer I can create almost any type of web-apps - be it CRM, HRM, Hotel Management system or anything with ease. > > **Cons**: I wish there were in built aggregator functions in Strapi. That will help developers write custom services and controllers very easily. Additionally, there should be some extra options to change Strapi Branding. Right now we can only change the logo. We should be able to update the color scheme, Brand name and login page template. These additions will be really great\! ----- ### "A good core product with numerous small downsides." — 4.0/5 > **Rikki** | *24 January 2023* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's really easy to create a data model and have a usable API and admin panel for it. This feature is so good that it's almost worth putting up with all the snags. > > **Cons**: The migration of code from v3 to v4 codebases was painful. It took several months for basic tooling (like database migration) to be available, and over a year later it is still not as good as it should have been.Migration between versions is not easy (upgrade versions of several dependencies, then find blog posts about migrations, which often ask you to run scripts on your code/ database). This could be automated, surely. Documentation for features often covers only one usecase, and is written in blogpost style. Even on their own documentation (not the guides)Plugins are not simple to write and the documentation on it is not clear. You can allegedly use TypeScript to write plugins but the plugin interface types are not well defined, so you're kind of on your own.You can't use Yarn v3+ with it.Deployment is not straightforward, I guess this is an incentive to use their paid service. > > I used it self-hosted for a couple of personal projects on v3. I had a really good time during setup and for a short time after. The migration to v4 was painful. v4 itself doesn't feel like a big enough upgrade or a robust enough product for it to have been worth it, and each update brings some sort of breaking change. ----- ### "strapi get the job done" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *19 February 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I loved the nice admin dashboard, the simple setup and the addition of authentication > > **Cons**: I don't have any serious concern yet. I will give more information later > > So far so good. I am still new to it but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. ----- ### "Simplest headless CMS to setup, install and deploy" — 5.0/5 > **Jb** | *22 July 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It goes without saying but Strapi atm is simplest to setup, install and deploy. Part of the reason is that Strapi has an admin UI that covers a lot of aspects of content and API management but still has room for customizations. Strapi is easy to extend on admin-level and plays nicely with other services due to it exposing the API, webhooks and easy extension on code-level. > > **Cons**: Limited roles on free/open-source version are only 3. With the newer Strapi versions, they've limit the number of roles and you need to pay even if it's self-hosted. > > We've used Strapi for a number of projects from CMS to website manager and ML pipeline. Strapi's API is easier to expose to third-party integrators. ----- ### "API Framework / Headless CMS Made easy (and free)" — 5.0/5 > **Derrick** | *19 February 2019* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Strapi is extremely easy to setup Simple database configuration with many choices (Mongo, Postgres, and MySQL) Simple to modify the backend code Getting up and running from zero to a complete API with data in as little as 10 to 20 minutes > > **Cons**: I do think that more time needs to be spent on building a solid foundation (which the Strapi team are working on) More time needs to be spent testing bugs for all usecases (or some automation for the frontend testing needs to be implemented and I believe that is being done right now) While not an issue with the software itself, I do think that services like Heroku need to be put on the backburner and not pushed as heavily as Strapi is a service, Heroku and other "serverless" environments are not built to handle complex applications. At the same time more user involvment with Pull Requests are something that would greatly help development and bug fixing. > > Honestly this is by far the easiest solution for jumping into the headless CMS world and even better as an API framework to power whatever your needs are; Web, Mobile, Desktop, IOT, and even a smart toaster\! The Strapi team is great and works hard to release feature and fix bugs as fast as they can. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/81621/strapi?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/81621/strapi) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data