Strapi setup & modelling
Content types, relations, components, dynamic zones, localisation and roles — designed around your content, so the admin feels obvious to use.
Web · Headless CMS
Headless CMS with Strapi & Next.js — fast editor, fast site
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.
Strapi
open source, self-hosted
Next.js
instant static front end
Modelled
around how you think
A CMS your editors hate is a CMS they route around.
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.
What we build
The parts that decide whether it works.
Next.js front end
A statically-rendered or edge front end that pulls from Strapi at build or request time — the site loads instantly, the editor stays fast.
Content migration
Scripted migration from WordPress or another CMS — fields mapped, URLs and redirects preserved so your SEO survives, tested in staging first.
Hosting & CI
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.
How we work
Scoped, shipped weekly, handed over clean.
01
Model the content
We map how your team thinks about content and design the model around it — with a fixed estimate before any build.
02
Build both ends
Strapi admin and the Next.js front end shipped weekly in a live environment, so editors and stakeholders test the real thing.
03
Migrate & hand over
Content migrated, redirects preserved, hosting and CI set up, and readable code your team can own — with support after launch.
Where it fits
What teams hire us to build.
- Marketing site with a fast editor and fast pages
- Content model for a product with complex relations
- Migrating off WordPress to a headless stack
- Multi-language site with localisation
- One CMS feeding a website and an app
- Editorial or docs site that needs real speed
Questions
What clients ask before we start.
What is a headless CMS and why Strapi?
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.
Why pair Strapi with Next.js?
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.
Can you model complex content, not just blog posts?
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.
Can we migrate off WordPress or another CMS?
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.
Who hosts it and what does that cost?
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.
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