For years, Strapi was the answer. Need a headless CMS? Open source, self-hosted, developer-first....
For years, Strapi was the answer.
Need a headless CMS? Open source, self-hosted, developer-first. Done.
That's not true anymore. In 2026, developers are switching away from Strapi at a pace that's hard to ignore — not because it got worse, but because the alternatives got dramatically better.
If you're:
migrating a content-heavy Next.js app,
Strapi vs Contentful 2026 — self-hosted open-source vs managed SaaS. Pricing, admin UX, API, Next.js fit, and lock-in compared…
Comparing the best free headless CMS options for Next.js in 2026 — Sanity, Payload, Strapi, Contentful, and Storyblok free tier…
Comparing Sanity, Strapi, and Payload CMS on pricing, DX, lock-in, schema modelling, and image pipelines. No vendor bias, just…
Comparing the best headless CMS options for Next.js in 2026 across schema DX, App Router support, pricing, and editor experience.
A decision memo for anyone staring at their package.json and wondering. Most arguments for leaving...
Like most developers, I have a set of tools I use every day. Most of them work great, and I don't...
