Strapi Headless CMS Development Case Studies

Strapi is an open-source headless CMS that gives editors a web interface to manage content while developers consume it via REST or GraphQL API from any frontend. It's the right choice when the project needs flexible content modeling, multi-role editorial access, and the ability to self-host.

Strapi is self-hosted (or deployed to your own cloud), which means lower long-term cost and full control over data. Contentful and Sanity are hosted SaaS products with managed infrastructure. Brocoders recommends Strapi when data sovereignty or budget is a constraint; Contentful or Sanity when the team wants zero infrastructure management.

Yes. Strapi's Content-Type Builder handles most cases, and custom plugins cover the rest — custom field types, lifecycle hooks, custom controllers, and middleware. Brocoders has built Strapi plugins for approval workflows, multi-language publishing, and custom preview modes.

Strapi exposes a REST or GraphQL API that both frameworks consume at build time (static generation) or runtime (SSR/ISR). Brocoders typically pairs Strapi with Next.js for content sites that need dynamic personalization alongside editorial content.