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Contentful vs. Strapi

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Contentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.
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Strapi
Score 8.4 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
ContentfulStrapi
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulStrapi
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
ContentfulStrapi
Features
ContentfulStrapi
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.3
8 Ratings
12% below category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.38 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
API8.38 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.7
10 Ratings
1% below category average
Strapi
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section8.08 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page templates7.64 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Library of website themes7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Strapi
8.7
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Content taxonomy8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.07 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Bulk management7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.56 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Community / comment management9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(10 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
Jennifer Garcia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Garcia
Web Marketing Manager
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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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
Contentful
  • Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
  • High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
  • Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
Andrew Folts | TrustRadius Reviewer
Andrew Folts
Digital Strategist
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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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
Contentful
  • The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
  • The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
  • It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
EM
Eric Mason
Lead Developer
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Strapi
  • Tutorial videos.
  • Use typescript for it's backend.
  • Detailed explanation of commands available.
  • More clear docs for releasing.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Contentful
Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
Verified User
Anonymous
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Contentful
  • There was no negative impact as such.
  • Positive impact is increase in sales.
  • More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a time and less manual effort.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Strapi
  • Easy to setup.
  • Customize the ui.
  • Increased productivity.
  • Get prebuilt auth apis.
  • Customize the backend and add new apis.
Verified User
Anonymous
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ScreenShots

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Strapi Screenshots

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