Strapi setup & modelling
Content types, relations, components, dynamic zones, localisation and roles — designed around your content, so the admin feels obvious to use.
We build headless CMS setups with Strapi and Next.js — a content model your editors actually enjoy, feeding a front end that loads instantly. Open source, self-hosted, and yours, with no per-entry SaaS tax.
The real work in a headless build is not plumbing the API — it is modelling content around how your team actually thinks, so editing feels obvious instead of like fighting a form. Get that right and Strapi gives editors a fast admin while Next.js gives visitors a fast site. You do not have to trade one for the other.
Content types, relations, components, dynamic zones, localisation and roles — designed around your content, so the admin feels obvious to use.
A statically-rendered or edge front end that pulls from Strapi at build or request time — the site loads instantly, the editor stays fast.
Scripted migration from WordPress or another CMS — fields mapped, URLs and redirects preserved so your SEO survives, tested in staging first.
Self-hosted Strapi plus a static or edge host for the front end, wired to CI — often cheaper than a comparable SaaS CMS, with the run cost laid out.
We map how your team thinks about content and design the model around it — with a fixed estimate before any build.
Strapi admin and the Next.js front end shipped weekly in a live environment, so editors and stakeholders test the real thing.
Content migrated, redirects preserved, hosting and CI set up, and readable code your team can own — with support after launch.
| Duskel / Strapi | Contentful | Sanity | WordPress (headless) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting & data ownership | Open source, self-hosted on your own server — the content and the database are yours, full stop | Their SaaS cloud only; your content lives on their infrastructure under their terms | Hosted content lake on their cloud, with an open-source editor you run | Self-hosted like always — you already own the box and the database |
| Cost model | A flat server bill — no per-entry, per-seat or per-API-call tax as you grow | Priced per seat and per API call; the bill climbs with your traffic and your team | Generous free tier, then priced per user and per API request above it | Free core, but you pay in plugins and the maintenance they drag along |
| Customisation | Full code access — custom fields, plugins, admin logic and lifecycle hooks in real Node | Configurable within their model; you work inside the box they give you | Very flexible schema-as-code, but on their query language and their studio | Endless plugins, but bending the data model past blog posts gets ugly fast |
| Developer experience | Node & REST/GraphQL out of the box, TypeScript types, pairs cleanly with any modern front end | Polished SDKs and docs, but you build around their opinions, not yours | Strong tooling and real-time editing; the learning curve is steeper than it looks | Familiar to WP teams, but the REST/GraphQL layer is bolted on, not native |
| Best for | Teams who want a real content model, own their data, and pay a flat bill | Enterprises happy to pay for a managed cloud and hands-off ops | Structured-content teams who want schema-as-code and live collaboration | Sites whose editors refuse to leave WordPress but want a fast front end |
A self-hosted Strapi instance with a modelled content type set, roles and a clean API — ready for your team to write into and your front end to read from. The honest way to start a headless stack.
Strapi modelled properly plus a Next.js, Astro or Nuxt front end, content migration off your old CMS with redirects preserved, hosting and CI wired up. The whole thing, both ends, shipped and handed over.
We host, update and watch Strapi and the front end, add content types as your product grows, and stay on a retainer. For teams who want the stack running without owning the upkeep — no lock-in, you keep the code.
Typical ranges, not a fixed menu — the content model and the migration are where the real work hides. You get a fixed quote before any code.
A headless CMS manages content and serves it over an API, leaving the front end entirely up to you. Strapi is open source and self-hostable, so your content and data stay yours with no per-entry SaaS tax, and its content modelling is flexible enough for real products rather than just blog posts.
Strapi gives editors a fast, friendly admin; Next.js gives visitors a fast, statically-rendered site that pulls from Strapi at build or request time. Editors get an interface they will actually use, users get a site that loads instantly — you do not have to trade one for the other.
Yes — that is the real work. Relations, components, repeatable and dynamic zones, localisation, and roles for who can edit what. We design the content model around how your team actually thinks about the content, so editing feels obvious instead of like fighting a form.
Yes. We script the migration of your existing content into Strapi's model, map the fields, preserve URLs and redirects so you keep your SEO, and run it in staging until it is right before anything goes live.
You do, on your own infrastructure — a modest server for Strapi plus a static or edge host for the Next.js front end, often cheaper than a comparable SaaS CMS. We set up the hosting and CI, and lay out the run cost before you commit.
If WordPress is already your editors' home and you mostly publish posts and pages, headless WordPress is the pragmatic call — keep the editor they know, put a fast front end on top. Strapi wins when the content is more than articles: relations, components, repeatable structures, several content types feeding a website and an app at once. Strapi was built API-first, so the data model is native rather than bolted on. We will tell you honestly which side of that line your project sits on.
Self-hosted, in most cases, and it is why we reach for Strapi in the first place — your content and database stay on your own infrastructure, and you pay a flat server bill instead of a usage-based one. Strapi Cloud is a fine, low-effort way to get running if you would rather not touch a server, but for anything you rely on we set up self-hosting with CI so it is not a thing you babysit. Either way the code is yours and you can move between the two later.
Next.js is our default — mature, great static and server rendering, and it pairs with Strapi cleanly. Astro is the pick when the site is content-heavy and mostly static, because it ships almost no JavaScript and loads fast. Nuxt when your team lives in Vue. Strapi serves plain REST and GraphQL, so it does not care which one sits in front — we choose for your team and your content, not for whichever is trending this month.
It is production-ready — it runs real products at real scale, with roles and permissions, a proper plugin system, and REST and GraphQL APIs that hold up. The catch is that self-hosting means you own the hosting, updates and backups, which is exactly the part we set up so it is not left to chance. Treated like the real service it is — not left on a default install — Strapi is something you can build a business on.
Tell us how your team works with content. We will model a Strapi and Next.js setup around it.
We build software worth keeping — for clients, and for ourselves.
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