Self-hosting Strapi cost
Headless CMS
Strapi is a leading open-source headless CMS built on Node.js. It exposes content over REST and GraphQL and is typically backed by PostgreSQL, making it cheap to start and straightforward to scale horizontally behind a load balancer.
The tables below show the recommended minimum specification for Strapi at each user scale, and the cheapest matching plan on each of our tracked providers. Prices are approximate monthly list prices in USD.
Up to 100 users
Recommended minimum: 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM
Node process + SQLite/Postgres is fine for small content teams.
Up to 500 users
Recommended minimum: 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
Move to managed Postgres; cache the GraphQL/REST layer.
Up to 1,000 users
Recommended minimum: 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM
Run multiple Node instances behind a load balancer.
Up to 5,000 users (Enterprise)
Recommended minimum: 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM
Enterprise architecture: run a horizontal cluster of stateless Node instances behind a load balancer, a managed PostgreSQL primary with read replicas, a shared Redis for sessions and rate limiting, and offload all media uploads to object storage fronted by a CDN. Build the admin panel ahead of deploy so app nodes stay immutable.
Prices are approximate list prices and may change at any time; verify on the provider's official site before purchasing. Specs are conservative single-node starting points. Deploy links may contain referral codes. Try the interactive calculator.