Strapi Cloud Introduces New Developer Plan with Additional Features

Strapi has always been a tenacious force in the headless CMS field. The platform delivers a healthy dose of customizability to its users and can play on the REST and GraphQL sides of the API court – maximizing its extensibility for querying content. Overall, it's super flexible for developers, earning it a whopping 60,000 stars on GitHub. Not too shabby.

Last year, Strapi reached over 4 million downloads, putting it at the top of the open source headless CMS rankings. At the same time, Strapi Cloud – the company's fully managed offering – exploded to over 500 customers. These include major global brands like Publicis Sapient.

According to Strapi's community forum, Strapi Cloud was a direct response to users who loved the Strapi platform, but weren't interested in managing servers, dealing with scalability, or coping with other laborious tasks (for those of you who still deal in Chef scripts, you know what we're talking about). The company really endeavored to reduce the friction around the overall developer experience, making it easier for users to get value from Strapi without the complexities of server management.

Now, to make things even easier, Strapi Cloud has introduced a new Developer Plan for individuals and small businesses. Designed with simplicity and accessibility in mind, the Strapi Developer Plan is specifically tailored to meet the evolving needs of developers in the early stages of their project lifecycle, offering out-of-the-box features and an exceptional developer experience. The new plan will join Strapi's bench of offerings, which also includes Community, Pro, Team, and Enterprise tiers. 

"We're excited to introduce the Developer Plan as part of our commitment to supporting the vibrant developer community," said Pierre Burgy, CEO of Strapi. "We recognize the importance of providing developers with tools that are not only powerful but also accessible and easy to use. With the Developer Plan, we aim to empower developers to turn their ideas into reality without the complexity and cost often associated with managing infrastructure."

New pricing and greater transparency  

Strapi's Developer Plan offers some key advantages, starting with the price tag. The new model offers a competitive monthly subscription fee of only $29, giving developers access to critical features while eliminating hidden costs. This reflects a commitment to make the pricing experience more predictable for users.

The Developer Plan has also been designed with scalability in mind, enabling Strapi Cloud to literally grow with your project. For example, you can add up to two additional seats at $15 per month per seat, supporting greater collaboration while standing firm around affordability.

When it comes to essential resources, Strapi Cloud is also doubling down on value. The Developer Plan starts with 15 GB of storage and 50 GB of bandwidth, allowing developers to expand as needed at cost-effective rates. 

The entire Developer Plan is also focused on transparency, providing clear – and fair – overage charges. This ensures developers only pay for what they need with no “gotchas.” In fact, the asset storage costs are fairly generous, with overage fees decreasing to just $0.5 per extra GB of storage for the Developer plan (and $0.6 per extra GB for Pro and Team plans).

Who is the plan ideally suited for? According to Strapi, it's a great fit for Individual developers, freelancers, and small teams working on projects such as personal blogs, portfolio sites, small e-commerce platforms, or experimenting with new web technologies. 

Elevated features to enhance the developer experience

In addition to the Developer Plan, Strapi Cloud has introduced several new features. This includes new regions, automated backups, and custom domains. 

With upcoming SOC2 certification, a new developer-friendly Command Line Interface (CLI), and advanced multi-environment support, Strapi Cloud is now capable of scaling from small projects – such as personal blogs and portfolio sites – to larger corporate sites and composable applications. 

Additionally, Strapi Cloud's outstanding uptime performance over the past year demonstrates a significant leap forward in its ability to deliver a robust, secure, and highly customizable platform. 

Strapi has also launched a new initiative that offers significant Strapi Cloud discounts to qualifying open source and non-profit projects. Visit the company's website to learn more about the steps to qualify for this program. 

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