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out of 5"Highly customizable, beautiful and intuitive interface and the large amount of databases avaliable to use with."
"The admin system looks fantastic and the ease with which you can expose endpoints for the API is great."
"Strapi allow us to create a Backend environment with ease by reducing development times through a very good API."
"Provide user access to the management panel with a limited authorization that can manage only CRUD operations on the system."
"It is on an Alpha state, so it is dangerous to rely on it for production."
"Not many plugins/extensions yet. Internationalization features are missing."
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Derrick
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Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Computer Games
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
API Framework / Headless CMS Made easy (and free)
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.
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.
Jakub
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Design
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
March 2022
API builder for any size of project
We used Strapi as a beta and did not like it but came back after 2 years and figured out it actually became a viable option for projects and we we implemented it started to love it. Now three years later we became very confident on the functionality it offers. Still keeping an eye out for options though.
Pros
The flexibility of Strapi is great and it save us a ton of time. In the past we created our own backend APIs and it was a tedious task. Now with Strapi we can skip to the important parts where we can start building the business login of websites and apps rather then spending time on the backend. Content builder like Dynamic Zone which lets you structure content any way you need is something which every CMS should have present!
Cons
It is not easy to setup and the switch from traditional CMS to headless CMS can be difficult to make for some people. Also even though it is V4 it still is not fully matured and has bugs so you never know what will be broken or not be working 100%.
Reasons for choosing Strapi
It was totally new technology stack and I wanted to try it out.
Reasons for switching to Strapi
We wanted to try something more programer agnostic and modern.
Anonymous
Company size: 1 employee
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
strapi get the job done
So far so good. I am still new to it but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.
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
Akash
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
October 2021
A perfect CMS for all our frontend code.
This is one of best CMS out there in the market.
Pros
One of the most important feature was graph-ql end points, which was much needed adapter our frontend stack.
Cons
Doesn't have plugin ecosystem as that of wordpress
Reasons for choosing Strapi
We needed more freedom in our CMS.
Reasons for switching to Strapi
We needed an headless solution which we could modify for our need.
Haythem
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
wonderful headless cms
i was looking for a headless cms and i found strapi fit perfectly with what i need.
Pros
easy to use simple to setup and to configure support graphql
Cons
still in alpha no many plugins available
Reasons for choosing Strapi
making wordpress working like a headless cms is quit complicated but with strapi it was like 2 minutes and my api was ready to be connected with my react frontend.
Vijayant
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
Save time and money of building a REST API backend for your app
We built businesses with this tool by just using it as a simple CMS system. It's content type builder has a great intuitive user interface that helps design schemas really fast.
Pros
1. You can get a production ready REST API backend for you super duper hit mobile or web app in mere 20 minutes. 2. Ease with which you can select different database types.
Cons
User management module can have customer role user facing dashboard too.
Josh
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Automotive
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
October 2021
Well-rounded, flexible and fast
Pros
The flexibility available in Strapi is fantastic, it's a pleasure to develop and build with. From the lifecycle hooks through to built in auth and a large variety of default field types. There's a really excellent community attached to Strapi too.
Cons
No real complaints, but I am excited for v4 as the CMS does look a little dated (but still far from bad, and very functional).
Bruno
Verified reviewer
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Entertainment
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
The future of Headless CMS for Node
I have been experimenting with Strapi for the past 6 months and have loved every minute of it. It truly solves the data coupling problem associated with traditional CMS's, and does so in a very intuitive way. Strapi is an amazing product, and I can see it being heavily adopted by Node developers in the future. The fact that it is open-source makes it even better.
Pros
- Setting up a new project is extremely simple - Layout is great - Supports many database types - API creation is flexible and very customizable (as advertised)
Cons
- Minor annoying bugs (alpha version) - Not many plugins/extensions yet - Internationalization features are missing

Luiz
Verified reviewer
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Internet
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
One of the best Headless CMS i've used.
I use it to provide a API for my Nuxt.js Applications. As it is simple to use, create apis for my applications its not hard to me anymore, since i've been start to use Strapi API.
Pros
The simplicity of use. It's very easy to use and have so much options to make simple to create a api that my web applications needed.
Cons
Its not simple to deploy it on production servers, especially on AWS and Heroku. I have so much issues before have success to deploy it on theses servers.
William
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Internet
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
The Best Open Source Headless CMS
It is amazing. The amount of flexibility and the fact that it is free is great. I have used a few other Headless CMS and this one is by far the best. Highly recommend!
Pros
The flexibility that allows the developer to really customize the data schema when building the entities and relationships.
Cons
The CLI was not working the best when creating a startup project. The easy install has you type in which db to use, but mine was defaulting to others. I just explicitly called all the parameters in the install command and it worked that way. Not a big deal, but could be a major road block for a new developer.
Milton Carlos
Verified reviewer
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Education Management
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
April 2021
A great headless cms for your MVP
I became a regular user. There are few projects in which I do not use strapi, as it proves to be a rapid development helping in the evaluation of the features.
Pros
It is open-source. It is Restifull but has support for GraphQL It provides the Playground to build and test your queries and mutations. Docker support. All data is yours, that is, you have full control over your database. The project receives frequent investments from large companies. Extremely easy and quick to start a project.
Cons
Relationships in the database are still a critical and sometimes problematic point. It has no migrations of data. There is no 2FA. It does not delete unnecessary tables and columns from the database. Typescript is not supported.
Reasons for choosing Strapi
With the strapi the data is mine.
Arik
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
March 2019
The search is over
I'm very impressed overall with the simplicity and lack of fluff, bloat features. The ui is clean intuitive and doesn't require extensive understanding of the guys to get going super quickly. The core product gives you more than enough to launch your APIs and there is good documentation that explain how to extend it when needed.
Pros
I'm building a running related platform that features unique running events around the world. I'm doing this as a part time "gig" because I have full time job. For the front end I settled on react which seems to do the trick. For the backend there were lots of options but my requirements were: easy UI for editors, configurable data model, graphql and an easy way to customize the functionality. In other words, I wanted something that would get me up and running in no time but that I could also fine tune down the road for custom features. After spending a significant amount of time researching hosted, self-hosted, open source and commercial offerings I found strapi. It ticked every one of my requirement boxes and then some. It's even able to run on postgres which is my favorite db. Now I'm working full speed to launch my website and figure out my content instead of spending months trying to build a backend and UI for it from scratch.
Cons
Would be nice to have an easy launcher or AMI for AWS. Seems like deployment options could be better documented.
Jean-Philippe
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
March 2019
The CMD Front-end Developpers love.
Pros
It is true. Strapi is very convenient to use and also customize. It works using plugins and makes it really easy to stay organised. No more will you have to re-write boring redundent API codes.
Cons
Can't really say anything bad about it right now other than the fact there the learning curve can be slightly big and the lack of videos online when learning.
Peter Aleksander
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
December 2020
Amazing experience with Strapi in production
When you need to tinker around with the source, the official documentation has all the information written in a legible and concise way. At our company, we have created everything from custom views, modified the branding, colors, etc. To put it in perspective: we had a detailed plan on how our API should look like, and we knew what the CMS system needs to have. From start until we were able to deploy to testing phase, it took less than an hour. We created all the custom views and branding modifications, deployed to production in a single day.
Pros
How easy it is to get started. You literally have a single CLI command, go through the process of setting up the connection to the database, and you're ready to work. From there, the UI/UX is great. During the development, it's important that prototying is FAST, which it is. The customization of views and data types is just the cherry on top. Support for GraphQL comes in form of a plugin that you install with a single click. That's it. Now you have GraphQL. In a single click. The documentation is automatically generates for your API is concise and to the point.
Cons
I'm waiting for out-of-the-box TypeScript support. It's planned, so I'm not worried. Sometimes, the UI shows an error when updating the component, even though the operation was successful. You just refresh the page and it works.
Julio
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Games
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
August 2019
Strapi will replace yoru CMS
We've used Strapi in a few small projects and it's looking like a great alternative for our past choices
Pros
Strapi does a great job managing the basic structure of a CMS and including a lot of backend logic you'll probably use in your application.
Cons
It's still a infant compared to other CMS applications like Drupal and Wordpress (which supports API-only acess nowadays)
Anonymous
Company size: 2-10 employees
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
November 2019
Backend for all of us
Strapi allowed me to focus on front-end development because it leverages the backend aspect of the project through a robust software.
Pros
Strapi allow us to create a Backend environment with ease by reducing development times through a very good API
Cons
The software is on its early versions, it needs to improve the way to update the cms.
Anonymous
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
April 2019
Using Strapi to Unlock GIS data
We needed to expose GIS data stored in a proprietary database to users via the browser. Strapi allowed me to quickly write the backend code that had authorization and a REST API built in. I connected one end to the GIS and the other to a React-based front-end, using GeoJSON. This allowed the business to unlock GIS data without having to rely on proprietary GIS clients.
Pros
Strapi is easy to use and the included GUI allows setting up data, performing admin tasks and creating endpoints intuitive and simple. I also like the hooks that allow me to add standard functionality.
Cons
So far I haven't found anything not to like. I used to have to write custom code, now Strapi has eliminated much of this code.
THANSEEM
Verified reviewer
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
Awesome Product
I have built a media centre for my project
Pros
1.Flexibility 2.MultiLanguage support 3.Customization
Cons
1.I have used umbraco cms.As of now there is no cons.
Rubén
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Sports
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
Awesome for agile startups
Pros
Highly customizable, beautiful and intuitive interface and the large amount of databases avaliable to use with.
Cons
It is on an Alpha state, so it is dangerous to rely on it for production. The ecosystem of plugins is on its infancy, so you would writing some common tasks (and potentially critical, like verifying payments)
Javier
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Review Source: Capterra
April 2019
Great software
Pros
It is easy to use and implementvery intuitive
Cons
Currently I have not seen consI think it's an excellent option
Mattias
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Information Services
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
Simple but still very functional! With endless posibilities (and customisation).
I use Strapi as a node backend, this is usefull in combination with my node frontend webapp.
Pros
The way to setup a api quickly without much coding, but still understanding te basics.
Cons
The problems with windows, this slowed down my start. But vm's offered a solution and after a good development setup I was very well on my way.
Rafael
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
Really good open source project
I'm solving our back end API getting really fast the project.
Pros
Strapi is ease to use, totally functional and extensible with your needs. Already support graphQL and is using koa framework so is totally updated with news technology.
Cons
I missed some languages translations only.
Bernardo
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
April 2019
Very easy to user for beginners
I'm loving It
Pros
Very user friendly and easy to use , for a beginner who want's to start developing api's this is by far one of my favorites
Cons
So far nothing nothing made me dislike this software
Anonymous
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
Creating your own API is really easy
I wanted to develop a personal program and a friend of mine told me about strapi : you don't really care about the backend ? So go to use Strapi and indeed, Strapi helped me a lot and I earn so much time with it!
Pros
The easy and really quick way to create content type and data and access to it with Postman.
Cons
The little bug about default value for enumerated type.
Anonymous
Company size: 1 employee
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2021
Good Headless CMS although not the best
Pros
Strapi is written on React, which makes it very attractive for the community of JS developers, the application is easy to develop and with a simple and functional UI.
Cons
The UI provides a too simplistic UI view but separates the users of the app from the users to connect to the API, which is quite confusing, in addition, to have a three roles limit which makes the app extremely unattractive to force the user if the want to growth the will have to pay for a monthly subscription.
