Strapi vs TinaCMS

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.

TinaCMS is an open-source, Git-backed headless CMS for adding no-code editing to websites. It stores Markdown, MDX, and JSON content in Git instead of a proprietary database. On React sites, editors can make visual changes with real-time feedback. Its backend offers a queryable GraphQL content API with filtering, searching, and pagination. Teams can use TinaCloud or host the backend on their own stack. Documented integrations include Astro, Next.js, Hugo, and Jekyll. Editorial Workflow provides branch creation, protected branches, automatic pull requests, and shareable previews on Business and Enterprise plans. The Free plan costs nothing, billed Forever, and includes two users and two roles. Team is $24 a month, billed $290 billed annually (save $58). Team Plus is $41 a month, Business is $249 a month, and Enterprise has no listed price. Every plan has a 100 MB asset size cap.