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Strapi vs d9: catalog facts
Strapi	d9
Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Strapi Cloud hosting and sales plans cost extra.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Automatic REST and GraphQL APIs from content models Visual content type builder	Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL
Headless only, so you build the frontend yourself Aimed at developers rather than non-technical site owners	Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus Smaller maintainer team than the original project
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
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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