# Strapi: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 8 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/strapi

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Content management systems for marketing sites](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/marketing-cms/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 25% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "Lean toward Headless platforms like Contentful, Sanity, or Strapi (provided you have the devs to support them)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "Headless CMS (e.g., Sanity, Contentful, Strapi) + Modern Frontend" (Kimi K2, Marketing CMS)
- "look at Sanity, Contentful, or Strapi" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Marketing CMS)
- "Need self-hosting/open source? Strapi." (GPT-5.4 mini, Marketing CMS)

## And against it

- "Pure implementations of Strapi, Sanity, or Contentful (when set up without visual page-building tools) ... Why to be cautious" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "custom CMS built from scratch (e.g., using Strapi as a base but heavily locked down), be very cautious" (Kimi K2, Marketing CMS)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Strapi, from 15 of the 27 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.hubspot.com: 12
- linkedin.com: 5
- agilitycms.com: 3
- attractgroup.com: 3
- buttercms.com: 3
- coremedia.com: 3
- forbes.com: 3
- kontent.ai: 3
- optimizely.com: 3
- brightspot.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://blog.hubspot.com/website/best-cms-systems: 8
- https://attractgroup.com/blog/best-cms-small-business: 3
- https://blog.hubspot.com/website/headless-cms-comparison: 3
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-content-management-software: 3
- https://coremedia.com/blog/the-7-best-cms-platforms-for-enterprises: 2
- https://enterprisecms.org/guides/top-5-enterprise-cms-platforms-for-2026: 2
- https://getcredo.com/best-cms-small-business-seo: 2
- https://ingeniux.com/blog/top-content-management-systems-for-websites-in-2026: 2

## 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: GDPR, SOC 2 Type II
- 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://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.