Squidex vs Competitors

An objective price and feature comparison.

Hosting

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Cloud Hosted
Self Hosted			(in Enterprise Plan with Custom Cluster)
Open Source
Uptime SLA
Uptime SLA Enterprise Plans			(99,9%)	(Numbers unknown)	(99,5%)		(99,6%)
Custom Asset Storage	(Self Hosted)	(Self Hosted)
Cluster Management
Regions	1	1	4	1	1	-	1
Tech Stack	C# / ASP.NET Core	C# / ASP.NET Core	Node.js	Unknown	Unknown	Node.js	Node.js

SaaS Pricing

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Free Plan						-	(But Self Hosting is free)
Smallest Plan	€ 19.00	€ 19.00	$ 39.00	€ 39.00	$ 7.00	-	€ 95.86
Pricing Model	Pay per API Calls	Pay per API Calls	Pay per Content Item	Pay per Content Item	Pay per User	-	Pay per Content Item
Pricing Unit	Project	Project	Project	Organization / Team	Project	-	Project
Smaller Plans	Same features	Same features	Very restricted features	Restricted features	Same features	-	Same features

API

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
REST Endpoint
GraphQL Endpoint	(Queries)	(Queries)		(Queries, Enterprise Plan)	(Queries)	(Plugin)	(Queries)
Content CDN
Assets CDN
Authentication	OIDC	OIDC	API Key	API Key	API Key	JWT Token with User Credentials	API Key, OIDC, LDAP, OAUTH2
Filters
Filter by References
Sorting
Pagination
Full Text Search
Public APIs

Content Modelling

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Single Content Items
Field Types
- Arrays
- Asset References
- Boolean
- DateTime
- Geolocation
- Numbers
- Json					(String Fields)
- References	(Multiple Editors)	(Multiple Editors)
- StockPhoto
- Strings
- Markdown
- RichText
Components					(Slices)
Conditional Fields
UI Layout Editor	(only Separators)	(only Separators)			(Tabs)	(Columns)	(Columns, Separators)
Validation
- Unique Validator
Enumerations (GraphQL)

Asset Management

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Assets
Asset Preview
Asset Folders
Chechksums
Tags
Integrated Asset Editor
Custom Focal Points				(with Plugin)
Custom Metadata
Protected Assets
Image Resizing in API
Convert Docs to Images
Convert images with Face Detection
Localization
Upload Manager
Saved Queries

Content Management

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Preview URLS					(Preview SDK)
Versioning
Compare Versions
Custom Workflows							(configured withing roles)
Scripting
Localization			(Team Plan, $ 199,00)	(Developer Plan, $ 39,00)
Localization Fallbacks
Translation Management
Contents Export	(with CLI)	(with CLI)					(CSV, JSON, XML, SQL)
Contents Import	(with CLI)	(with CLI)
Draft Content							(status workflows)
Scheduled Publishing							(date publish field)
Release Management
Comments and Notifications							(also for Assets)
Display users on same entry
Inline Editing							(WYSIWYG, Markdown...)
Saved Queries			(Team Plan, $ 199,00)

Integrations

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Webhooks			(Team Plan, $ 199,00)
Webhook Log
Event filtering					(Very Basic)	(Very Basic)	(Very Basic)
Events for assets
Third Party Systems
- Algolia
- Azure Queue
- Discourse
- ElasticSearch
- Fastly
- Medium
- Slack
- Twilio
- Twitter
Extensions
- Custom Field Editors
- Custom Content Editor
- Custom Plugins	(Self Hosted)	(Self Hosted)					(Self Hosted)
- Custom Sidebar Extensions							(Modules)

Administration and Settings

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Staging Environments					(Platinum Plan)
Project Backups
Project Restore
Clone Projects					(Platinum Plan)
System Backups	(Cloud Only)	(Cloud Only)					(Cloud only)
Manage regex patterns
Import contributors
Organizations							(Cloud only)
Team Management				(Enterprise Plan)			(Cloud only)

Security

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
SSO Support	(Self Hosted)	(Self Hosted)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)		(With Plugin)	(OIDC, OAuth2)
Implementation	OIDC (Identity Server)	OIDC (Identity Server)	Auth0	Custom	Custom	Custom	Custom
Login with Github
Login with Google
Login with Facebook
Login with Microsoft
Login with Twitter
Login with Email	(Self Hosted)	(Self Hosted)
Roles
Custom Roles			(Groth Plan, $ 399,00)	(Business Plan, $ 879,00)
Fine Grained Permissions	(Text Representation)	(Text Representation)
API Keys
API Clients (OIDC)

Support

	Squidex	Squidex	GraphCMS	Contentful	Prismic	Strapi	Directus
Community Support	(Forum)	(Forum)	(Slack)	(Forum)
Chat Support	(Support Plan)	(Support Plan)		Unknown		(Community Slack)	(Support Plan)
Ticket Support				(Forum)		(Github)	(Premium for Cloud, Github for Community)
Support SLA	(Support Plan)	(Support Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Support Plan)
Technical Support			(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Support Plan)
Solution Architects	(Support Plan)	(Support Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Enterprise Plan)	(Support Plan)	(Support Plan)

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