# Strapi: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/strapi/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content management systems for marketing sites | 0% | 16 | 27% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "Strapi / Directus | Cost-effective if you have in-house dev team capacity" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "Scalable content operations | Contentful, Sanity, Strapi (headless)" (Kimi K2, Marketing CMS)
- "Full headless flexibility (Contentful, Sanity, Strapi)" (Kimi K2, Marketing CMS)

## And against it

- "Be Cautious About: Purely Developer-Centric Headless CMSs *Examples: Contentful, Strapi, Sanity*" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "good for developers, but it can be a poor fit for marketers without technical support" (Perplexity Sonar, Marketing CMS)
- "Overly Technical "Headless" CMSes (e.g., Sanity, Contentful, Strapi)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Marketing CMS)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Content management systems for marketing sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 16 of 55.

## In its own words

What Strapi's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The flexible, open-source headless CMS that gives developers the freedom to use their favorite tools and frameworks while letting editors manage and distribute content from anywhere. (https://strapi.io/)
- For: developers (https://strapi.io/)
- Price stated: Starter $35 per project / month; Pro $90 per project / month; Business $450 per project / month (https://strapi.io/pricing)
- Starting price: 35 (https://strapi.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try live demo (https://strapi.io/partners)
- Certifications: SOC 2 certified, GDPR compliant, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, Open source (MIT)
- Customers named: Tesco Technology, Airbus

## What it publishes

Every page strapi.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3046 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1215 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-13
- webinar or virtual event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-26
- conference or event: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-22
- report or ebook: 35 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-07-05
- comparison: 76 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- template or tool: 81 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- glossary or explainer: 39 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- podcast or video: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-07-19
- news or press: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-24 template or tool: Cms exit checklist auditing platform lock in risk https://strapi.io/blog/cms-exit-checklist-auditing-platform-lock-in-risk
- Recent: 2026-09-24 glossary or explainer: What is vendor lock in cms https://strapi.io/blog/what-is-vendor-lock-in-cms
- Recent: 2026-09-24 comparison: Graphql vs sql proprietary query languages vs standard sql https://strapi.io/blog/graphql-vs-sql-proprietary-query-languages-vs-standard-sql
- Recent: 2026-09-24 glossary or explainer: What is a content agent agentic ai for cms workflows https://strapi.io/blog/what-is-a-content-agent-agentic-ai-for-cms-workflows
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Strapi september community call recap https://strapi.io/blog/strapi-september-community-call-recap
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: How to migrate from wordpress to strapi using a claude code skill https://strapi.io/blog/how-to-migrate-from-wordpress-to-strapi-using-a-claude-code-skill

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.