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Strapi vs Directus

Facts about Strapi and Directus, side by side. Each line comes from the tool's own pages, repository or npm, with its source and the day it was checked.

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Written by the Nextly team. Nextly is not in this comparison; it has a section of its own at the end.

01 · Side by side

Strapi and Directus, fact by fact

Each line comes from Strapi's or Directus's own pages, repository or npm. Where we have not checked something, we say so and link to their docs.

Strapi and Directus, fact by fact
TopicStrapiDirectus
LicenceStrapi“MIT Expat” outside the ee/ directories, if you have no Strapi Cloud account. Code in ee/ is licensed separately.Source [1]DirectusMonospace Sustainable Core License 1.0 (MSCL-1.0-GPL)Source [8]
Written inStrapiTypeScriptSource [1]DirectusTypeScriptSource [8]
DatabasesStrapiSQLite, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQLSource [2]DirectusThe LTS versions of PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MS SQL Server, MariaDB, CockroachDB and OracleDBSource [10]
APIsStrapiREST, and GraphQL through a plugin (@strapi/plugin-graphql), are documentedSource [3] Source [4]DirectusREST, GraphQL and a JavaScript SDK are documentedSource [11]
Managed hostingStrapiStrapi Cloud lists Starter, Pro and Business plans, each priced per project per monthSource [5]DirectusDirectus Cloud, or self-hosting with DockerSource [12]
Self-hosted plansStrapiA free Community plan, and paid Growth and Enterprise plansSource [6]DirectusNot stated here. directus.com/docs⁠ (opens in a new tab)
Open Innovation GrantStrapiNot stated here. docs.strapi.io⁠ (opens in a new tab)Directus“Organizations under $5M in annual revenue and 50 employees can use Directus for free under the Open Innovation Grant.” (opens in a new tab)Source [9]
Existing databasesStrapiNot stated here. docs.strapi.io⁠ (opens in a new tab)DirectusREST endpoints and a GraphQL schema are generated from the connected database (“database mirroring”)Source [11]
Current releaseStrapi5.59.0 on npm latestSource [7]Directus12.5.1 on npm latestSource [13]

02 · Sources

Where each line comes from

Strapi

  1. [1]github.com/strapi/strapi (licence, language) (opens in a new tab)
  2. [2]docs.strapi.io/cms/configurations/database (opens in a new tab)
  3. [3]docs.strapi.io/cms/api/rest (opens in a new tab)
  4. [4]docs.strapi.io/cms/plugins/graphql (opens in a new tab)
  5. [5]strapi.io/pricing-cloud (opens in a new tab)
  6. [6]strapi.io/pricing-cms (opens in a new tab)
  7. [7]npmjs.com/package/@strapi/strapi (dist-tags) (opens in a new tab)

Directus

  1. [8]github.com/directus/directus (licence, language) (opens in a new tab)
  2. [9]github.com/directus/directus (README) (opens in a new tab)
  3. [10]directus.com/docs/self-hosting/requirements (opens in a new tab)
  4. [11]directus.com/docs/api (opens in a new tab)
  5. [12]directus.com/docs/getting-started/overview (opens in a new tab)
  6. [13]npmjs.com/package/directus (dist-tags) (opens in a new tab)

03 · Method

How this page is written

Facts
Facts from their own pages or repository, each with its source and the day we checked.
No scores
No ticks, crosses or verdicts about other products.
Gaps
Where we have not checked something, we say so and link to their docs.

04 · A third option

Nextly

We make Nextly. It is not part of the comparison above.

Separate from the comparison

What it is
Nextly is an open-source content platform for Next.js.
Stack
TypeScript · Self-hosted · MIT · PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite · 0.0.2-alpha.71
Hosting
Self-hosted. MIT today, and no decision yet about paid offerings.
Status
Nextly is in alpha. APIs may change before 1.0. Pin exact versions in production.