ButterCMS vs. Strapi

ButterCMS

Strapi

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ButterCMS	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	ButterCMS is a headless content management system and blog engine from the company of the same name in San Francisco. The vendor boasts users can integrate it easily into any new or existing web project in minutes.	N/A
Strapi	Score 9.2 out of 10	N/A	Strapi is an open-source software platform that helps developers to easily build, deploy, and manage APIs.	N/A

Pricing

ButterCMS

Strapi

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
ButterCMS	Strapi
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	ButterCMS	Strapi
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Free and open Pro Open source Pro Customization options
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Detailed explanation Minus Tutorial videos

Features

ButterCMS

Strapi

Hybrid CMS

Comparison of Hybrid CMS features of Product A and Product B
	ButterCMS 6.3 1 Ratings 12% below category average	Strapi - Ratings
Collaborative editing	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content templates	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content versioning	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Approval and authoring workflows	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content personalization	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	ButterCMS - Ratings	Strapi 10.0 1 Ratings 22% above category average
Role-based user permissions	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	ButterCMS - Ratings	Strapi 10.0 1 Ratings 26% above category average
API	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	ButterCMS - Ratings	Strapi 9.0 1 Ratings 17% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Admin section	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Page templates	00 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	ButterCMS - Ratings	Strapi 8.7 1 Ratings 17% above category average
SEO support	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	00 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Community / comment management	00 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	ButterCMS	Strapi
Small Businesses	Contentful Score 8.2 out of 10	Divi Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Tridion Score 9.0 out of 10	Image Relay Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises	Tridion Score 9.0 out of 10	Tridion Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	ButterCMS	Strapi
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	ButterCMS	Strapi
Likelihood to Recommend	ButterCMS ButterCMS is suited if you are looking to have total headless cms and not cms that are like AEM or WordPress. Marketing multi engines and blogs are a few features to discover here. Do not enter this CMS in case you have no idea of headless cms. Having a little understanding would help. Incentivized Nikhil Wadhwani Content Development Analyst Read full review	Strapi 1. If a headless CMS is needed. 2. Need the cms UI to be clean. 3. There is a need for customization options in the UI and API as well. 4. Expertise in javascript and need cms with node js backend. 5. Want auth APIs pre-made. 6. Easy to customize the backend as well. 7. The user interface can be fully customizable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	ButterCMS Ease of marketing Engineering excellence Much more access and development can be done Incentivized Nikhil Wadhwani Content Development Analyst Read full review	Strapi Free and open source. CMS UI is nice and clean. Customization options. Regular updates and bug fixes. Easy to find and understand docs. Blogs available to learn more. Plugin eco system. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	ButterCMS Pricing could be checked Maybe add an option to create sites using builders Easily migrate existing sites Incentivized Nikhil Wadhwani Content Development Analyst Read full review	Strapi Tutorial videos. Use typescript for it's backend. Detailed explanation of commands available. More clear docs for releasing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	ButterCMS ButterCMS has been here for a while and we at our company know and understand how important brand value can be hence our decision to go ahead with this product. Has been brilliant so far. Save time and handle maintenance measures also help hence this product. Others in this category were not much that we were aware of. Incentivized Nikhil Wadhwani Content Development Analyst Read full review	Strapi No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	ButterCMS ROI has improved Website load time is better Seo scores have improved Incentivized Nikhil Wadhwani Content Development Analyst Read full review	Strapi Easy to setup. Customize the ui. Increased productivity. Get prebuilt auth apis. Customize the backend and add new apis. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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