Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Directus
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Directus is an Open Data Platform for managing the content of any SQL database. It provides an API layer (REST & GraphQL) for developers and a no-code App for non-technical users. Written entirely in JavaScript, Directus is open-source, modular, and extensible, allowing it to be fully tailored to a project's needs. Directus dynamically generates custom API endpoints based on an SQL database's schema in real-time — something the vendor states they call "
$0
per Project
Drupal
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.N/A
Strapi
Score 8.0 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
DirectusDrupalStrapi
Editions & Modules
Directus Open-Source
$0
per Project
Directus On-Demand Cloud
$49
per Project
Directus Enterprise Cloud
$499
per Project
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DirectusDrupalStrapi
Free Trial
YesNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DirectusDrupalStrapi
Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Directus
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Ratings
Drupal
8.1
74 Ratings
1% below category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.174 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Directus
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Ratings
Drupal
7.6
69 Ratings
2% below category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
API00 Ratings7.264 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.160 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Directus
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Ratings
Drupal
6.5
78 Ratings
18% below category average
Strapi
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.171 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.175 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings6.878 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings5.577 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings5.468 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings6.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings6.876 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings6.372 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Directus
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Ratings
Drupal
6.5
77 Ratings
13% below category average
Strapi
8.7
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings6.971 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings6.272 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings6.367 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings6.570 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings6.569 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
DirectusDrupalStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
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6.0
(84 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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1.0
(19 ratings)
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Usability
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6.6
(18 ratings)
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Availability
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9.7
(3 ratings)
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Performance
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8.9
(2 ratings)
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Support Rating
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1.0
(5 ratings)
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In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
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Online Training
-
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6.0
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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5.1
(4 ratings)
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Ease of integration
-
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9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DirectusDrupalStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
If you want to set up a basic Not For Profit (NFP) Membership system and content base, Word Press is easier than Drupal. However, if you have specific needs that require a fair bit of customisation then Drupal is the best CRM available. If the webmaster is confident with PHP and SQL, Drupal allows a lot of creativity.
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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.
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Pros
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
  • Drag and drop functionality is easy to use
  • Easy to switch between straight text and HTML content
  • Ability to easily have multiple environments so that pages can be built in b/c-stage before they are approved and published
  • Solid user experience where it's clear how to navigate the platform
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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.
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Cons
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
  • This is not an easy CMS to work with if you don't have a good understanding of website development. It isn't "plug-and-play" like Wordpress or Shopify.
  • Over time, doing major updates to the system can be taxing, especially if you aren't well-versed enough in doing system updates in line with your "child" theme and code.
  • The CMS can become somewhat cumbersome with server resources if not carefully optimized while you build and customize it to your liking.
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Strapi
  • Tutorial videos.
  • Use typescript for it's backend.
  • Detailed explanation of commands available.
  • More clear docs for releasing.
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Likelihood to Renew
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
The time and money invested into this platform were too great to discontinue it at this point. I'm sure it will be in use for a while. We have also spent time training many employees how to use it. All of these things add up to quite an investment in the product. Lastly, it basically fulfills what we need our intranet site to do.
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Strapi
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Usability
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
As a team, we found Drupal to be highly customizable and flexible, allowing our development team to go to great lengths to develop desired functionalities. It can be used as a solution for all types of web projects. It comes with a robust admin interface that provides greater flexibility once the user gets acquainted with the system.
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Strapi
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Reliability and Availability
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
Drupal itself does not tend to have bugs that cause sporadic outages. When deployed on a well-configured LAMP stack, deployment and maintenance problems are minimal, and in general no exotic tuning or configuration is required. For highest uptime, putting a caching proxy like Varnish in front of Drupal (or a CDN that supports dynamic applications).
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Strapi
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Performance
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
Drupal page loads can be slow, as a great many database calls may be required to generate a page. It is highly recommended to use caching systems, both built-in and external to lessen such database loads and improve performance. I haven't had any problems with behind-the-scenes integrations with external systems.
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Strapi
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Support Rating
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
As noted earlier, the support of the community can be rather variable, with some modules attracting more attraction and action in their issue queues, but overall, the development community for Drupal is second to none. It probably the single greatest aspect of being involved in this open-source project.
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Strapi
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In-Person Training
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
I was part of the team that conducted the training. Our training was fine, but we could have been better informed on Drupal before we started providing it. If we did not have answers to tough questions, we had more technical staff we could consult with. We did provide hands-on practice time for the learners, which I would always recommend. That is where the best learning occurred.
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Strapi
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Online Training
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
The on-line training was not as ideal as the face-to-face training. It was done remotely and only allowed for the trainers to present information to the learners and demonstrate the platform online. There was not a good way to allow for the learners to practice, ask questions and have them answered all in the same session.
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Strapi
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Implementation Rating
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
Plan ahead as much you can. You really need to know how to build what you want with the modules available to you, or that you might need to code yourself, in order to make the best use of Drupal. I recommend you analyze the most technically difficult workflows and other aspects of your implementation, and try building some test versions of those first. Get feedback from stakeholders early and often, because you can easily find yourself in a situation where your implementation does 90% of what you want, but, due to something you didn't plan for, foresee, or know about, there's no feasible way to get past the last 10%
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Strapi
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Alternatives Considered
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
Drupal can be more complex to learn, but it offers a much wider range of applications. Drupal’s front and backend can be customized from design to functionality to allow for a wide range of uses. If someone wants to create something more complex than a simple site or blog, Drupal can be an amazing asset to have at hand.
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Strapi
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Scalability
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
Drupal is well known to be scalable, although it requires solid knowledge of MySQL best practices, caching mechanisms, and other server-level best practices. I have never personally dealt with an especially large site, so I can speak well to the issues associated with Drupal scaling.
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Strapi
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Return on Investment
Monospace Inc
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Open Source
  • Given the endless possibilities that Drupal can have, we tend to have great support going on when we get a website launched
  • It has become much much faster and easier for us to launch a new project due to reusability
  • Configuration management in Drupal helps greatly with CI/CD, saves us costs
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Strapi
  • Easy to setup.
  • Customize the ui.
  • Increased productivity.
  • Get prebuilt auth apis.
  • Customize the backend and add new apis.
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ScreenShots

Directus Screenshots

Screenshot of Collection Page — This is the main gateway to your content items, providing a highly configurable Layout for browsing and visualizing the items within a collection. The header of this page includes key action buttons for creating, deleting, and batch editing items.Screenshot of Item Detail Page — Most Collection Detail Layouts support navigating to individual item detail pages where you a presented with a customizable form for viewing/editing the item's content.Screenshot of File Library — This module aggregates all files within the project into one consolidated library. This page has the same features and configuration as Collection Detail.Screenshot of Settings > Role Permissions — Directus includes an extremely granular, filter-based permissions system for controlling access.Screenshot of In-App Docs — This module is an internal set of guides, concepts, and reference docs for your project's specific version of Directus. It also includes a dynamic API Reference that is dynamically tailored to your custom schema.

Strapi Screenshots

Screenshot of Content Type BuilderScreenshot of Content Manager edit layoutScreenshot of Content Type builder contents with groupsScreenshot of Content Manager Layout ViewScreenshot of Content Manager List view