Strapi vs WordPress.com
Thinking of swapping WordPress.com for the open-source Strapi? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs WordPress.com
- No built-in front-end rendering; requires a separate frontend framework
- Media asset transformation (image resizing, CDN) requires third-party providers
- Workflow and editorial approval features are less mature than Contentful
- Self-hosted upgrades between major versions can require manual migration steps
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Strapi on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (WordPress.com: plan limits and upsells for basic features).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (MIT).