Plone vs Strapi

Plone is a free, open-source content management system for websites, intranets, and custom applications. Plone 6 provides a block-based editing interface for text, images, video, maps, forms, and search; its layouts can create flexible multi-column pages that adapt to different devices. Editors can define content types through the web without code and build forms by drag and drop, with submissions sent by email or stored as CSV. A faceted search block filters results by facets. Plone also supports editorial workflows, custom roles, multilingual content, SEO tools, and a media library. A React-based frontend and REST API are supported, and the ecosystem includes more than 100 add-on products. It can run on UNIX-based systems, Windows, and macOS, on premises or in cloud deployments. The site says users retain control of their data. Each major version receives five years of security support; Plone 6 support is listed through 2027-12-31. Service providers offer development, training, customization, and deployment help.

Strapi is an open-source, MIT-licensed headless CMS that generates REST and GraphQL APIs from content models. It supports custom content types, multilingual content, a media library, editorial workflows, previews, webhooks, and custom user roles. Developers can customize the admin panel, APIs, data layer, controllers, services, and middleware. Strapi can be self-hosted or deployed to Strapi Cloud, which includes Postgres, a CDN, and email. The Community CMS plan includes unlimited entries and API calls; the Community plan is free forever and includes unlimited usage. Cloud Starter costs $35 a month and includes 100,000 API requests, 50 GB of asset storage, 50 GB of asset bandwidth, unlimited database entries, and one environment. Cloud Business costs $450 a month and includes 10,000,000 API requests. Cloud prices exclude applicable local taxes. A 30-day Growth trial is available for a self-hosted project without a credit card. Growth includes three seats, with additional seats costing $15 per month each. Strapi was founded in 2015 and offers support options ranging from community and basic support to priority, premium, concierge, and dedicated support.