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Strapi Cloud pricing (2026)
Strapi Cloud starts at $18/mo (Essential) as checked on 2026-09-27, read from Strapi Cloud's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Developer teams wanting full open-source control with optional managed hosting. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $18/mo (Essential) · 20% off with annual billing
- Free tier: —
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Developer teams wanting full open-source control with optional managed hosting; Agencies and digital product studios; B2B SaaS and e-commerce backends requiring API flexibility
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-06-14
Strapi Cloud plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| Essential STALE · 2026-06-14 | $18 | −20% | Flat monthly | $18/month billed monthly; $15/month with yearly billing (20% discount, per Strapi blog). ~50,000 API requests/month, 50 GB storage, unlimited database entries. Best for small teams and projects. | strapi.io |
| Pro | $90 | −20% | Flat monthly | $90/month billed monthly; ~20% discount with yearly billing. ~1M API requests/month, 250 GB storage, unlimited database entries. Best for growing teams. | strapi.io |
| Scale STALE · 2026-06-14 | $450 | −20% | Flat monthly | $450/month billed monthly; ~20% discount with yearly billing. ~10M API requests/month, 1,000 GB storage, unlimited database entries. Best for high-scale applications. | strapi.io |
| Enterprise | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | Enterprise (self-hosted edition). Custom pricing, contact sales. SSO/SAML, RBAC, audit logs, content history, review workflows, and priority support. | strapi.io |
Last verified 2026-09-27. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 2 of 4 plans above are marked. Strapi Cloud self-serve pricing verified 2026-06-14. The official pricing page (https://strapi.io/pricing) is JavaScript-rendered and returns no figures to an automated read, but the current self-serve tiers and prices are confirmed by Strapi's own blog (https://strapi.io/blog/introducing-yearly-plans-and-new-limits-for-strapi-cloud, which states a 20% yearly-billing discount and Essential at $18/mo monthly / $15/mo annual) and corroborated by costbench.com: Essential $18/mo, Pro $90/mo, Scale $450/mo. Annual billing gives a 20% discount. Enterprise (self-hosted edition) is custom/contact-sales. NOTE: a prior version of this entry listed an invented 'Team' plan with no prices recorded; corrected to the actual published tiers. Cross-checked against costbench.com. This note predates a correction to the plans above, from 2026-09-27; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Plans no longer listed
Plans we recorded earlier that the page they were read from no longer lists. None of these is a current price, and a plan missing from a pricing page may still be sold to existing customers or through sales.
| Plan | Last recorded | Named successor | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeNot listed on strapi.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14. The page lists: "STARTER PRO BUSINESS Cloud Database storage (GB)" | was $0/mo — Not listed on strapi.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14 | — | strapi.io |
Price changes
Price on record
$18/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Strapi Cloud, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Strapi Cloud. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Free (not listed on strapi.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14). Not listed on strapi.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14. The page lists: "STARTER PRO BUSINESS Cloud Database storage (GB)"
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Source replaced, price unchanged. https://strapi.io/pricing answers 301 and lands on https://strapi.io/pricing-cloud — the same page at the address the site now uses. The figure is unchanged and still stands on the day it was read; only the link the reader follows is corrected, so it no longer bounces through a redirect. Same host, same scheme, and the destination keeps every distinguishing word of the page's own name.
Capabilities
Integrations: AWS, Cloudinary, SendGrid, Stripe, Auth0, Sentry, GitHub, GitLab.
Key features: Open-source MIT-licensed CMS (self-hosted) plus managed Strapi Cloud offering; REST and GraphQL Content Delivery APIs with TypeScript support; Internationalization (i18n) with Blocks drag-and-drop editor and Dynamic Zones; RBAC, SSO/SAML, audit logs, and content history on Enterprise plan; SOC 2 certified and GDPR compliant.
Plan limits: Essential: ~50,000 API requests/month, 50 GB storage, unlimited entries; Pro: ~1M API requests/month, 250 GB storage, unlimited entries; Scale: ~10M API requests/month, 1,000 GB storage, unlimited entries; Enterprise (self-hosted): custom limits; SSO/SAML, RBAC, audit logs.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Strapi Cloud cost?
Strapi Cloud starts at $18/mo (Essential); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-09-27.
Is Strapi Cloud cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Strapi Cloud publishes a 20% discount for paying annually (on the Essential plan). Verified 2026-09-27.
What are cheaper alternatives to Strapi Cloud?
Cheaper headless cms than Strapi Cloud (entry $18/mo) include Prismic at $10/mo. Verified 2026-09-27.
Does Strapi Cloud support HIPAA?
Strapi Cloud's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Strapi Cloud have a free plan?
Strapi Cloud's pricing page (strapi.io) did not list a free plan as of 2026-09-27; one was last seen 2026-06-14.
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