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d9 vs Strapi: catalog facts
d9	Strapi
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Strapi Cloud hosting and sales plans cost extra.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL	Automatic REST and GraphQL APIs from content models Visual content type builder
Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus Smaller maintainer team than the original project	Headless only, so you build the frontend yourself Aimed at developers rather than non-technical site owners
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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