Plone vs. Strapi

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Plone
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Plone is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops, and internal websites.N/A
Strapi
Score 8.2 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
PloneStrapi
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PloneStrapi
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PloneStrapi
Features
PloneStrapi
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Plone
10.0
5 Ratings
19% above category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Plone
10.0
5 Ratings
26% above category average
Strapi
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
API10.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Plone
9.4
6 Ratings
19% above category average
Strapi
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
WYSIWYG editor10.06 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section10.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page templates10.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Library of website themes5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Plone
9.4
5 Ratings
24% above category average
Strapi
8.7
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Content taxonomy10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support10.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Bulk management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Community / comment management9.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
PloneStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(13 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PloneStrapi
Likelihood to Recommend
Plone
The larger your organization, the more appropriate Plone will be. This is not to say that Plone is a worse choice for small websites, only that the minimum investment for a Plone site is certainly higher than for other platforms. If you already use Plone for your site and are looking for a redesign or an overhaul, I would only advise switching to a different platform such as WordPress or Drupal if your organization is downsizing. For any other situation, Plone is the natural choice for your growth.
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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
Plone
  • Plone is a folder-based system, organising content in a similar way desktop-users are doing for the last two decades. No need to teach non-tech customers some relational-database like paradigm for content management.
  • Plone is secure. It is the most secure CMS you can get your hands on.
  • Plone is flexible, and makes fast development easy.
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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
Plone
  • Not everything is configurable or editable by Plone, and when you need to adjust or add custom pieces in, you need to deal with Zope. Zope has an ugly, confusing and difficult UI and structure as a backend.
  • Using 3rd party products is difficult to do - there are a few different ways to get them installed, all of which take a bit of luck to get right.
  • Building custom products for Plone is not fun. You've got to deal with an archaic framework to tie in that is not well documented (there is documentation about many things, but not great documentation and there are a lot of holes in the documentation).
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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
Plone
We have critical systems running on Plone so will need it in the future.
Free to use since its Open source, so we don't have to worry about licence costs.
We know how to use and develop Plone and it has no limits.
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Usability
Plone
Compared to the amount of Plone sites, users and customizations we have in our organization, the amount of support requests and training needed is really small.
The new user interface in Plone 6 is even better, it is super fast, has lots of different blocks for enhancing the page, has flexible layout system and is easy to extend with more features.
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Plone
Our Plone sites are very robust. We have critical systems on Plone and we have been running sites on Plone for over 20 years with very little unexpected downtime.
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Performance
Plone
Plone is very intensive in its operations, and if not configured well it can be slow. However it is designed and built with speed in mind and with proper use of coding, templates and caching can perform extremely well under high loads. It is capable of scaling to very high load availability environments with no specific coding requirements.
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Plone
There are not too many Plone companies in the world. But the ones who are, are high level professionals
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Plone
I have been participating Plone training and the trainers have always been professional. Materials were good and the instructions clear
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Plone
Well organized, professional training with good materials and instructions
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Plone
Drupal: Plone is cheaper, so with Drupal is more complex to reach the required ROI. However, Drupal has a lower learning curve WordPress: For our necessities it has a more expensive learning curve than plone. Joomla, is easier to use. However, it have some issues on security and web content where Plone is much better
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Plone
Plone has no limits. We have massive sites and can run them just fine
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Strapi
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Plone
  • The impact Plone has had at the University of Oshkosh is as follows: this software allows student workers to learn about IT departments and CMS's in a user-friendly way. It gives many students great jobs that look great on their resumes.
  • Since there are great training manuals for Plone, there is increased employee efficient in the workplace. Training doesn't take long, and if there's ever a question, the Plone manual is a great tool to refer to.
  • If an employee using Plone quits, its easy to find someone to replace them with quick training and great resources.
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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

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