🆚 Apostrophe vs. Directus

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

ApostropheCMS is an open-source full-stack content management system built with Node.js and MongoDB that can be used both as a traditional and headless CMS.

It offers in-context editing, reusable "piece types" for structured content, REST APIs, custom schema field types, localization support, and modular extensions to extend functionality.

Directus is an open-source headless CMS and data platform that lets developers build APIs from custom SQL data models while providing non-technical users with a friendly admin interface to manage structured content.

It automatically generates REST and GraphQL endpoints from the database schema, supports multiple SQL databases, and offers role-based access control, field-level permissions, versioning, workflows, asset management, real-time previews, and custom dashboards.

Headquarters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
New York, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Community Edition, open source
Pro$199/month
Assembly$499/month
Self-Hosted
Free version ✔️For organizations with < $5M in total annual income, open source
Production LicenseCustom
Cloud
Starter
(1 user, 5K DB entries)
$180/year
Professional
(5 users, 75K DB entries)
$1,188/year
Business
(10 users, 250K DB entries)
$1,188/year
EnterpriseCustom

Categories

CMS › Rank #115
CMS › Rank #119

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apostrophe CMS is as popular as Directus.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apostrophe is more popular in the United States, Canada, and Lithuania, while Directus is more popular in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
United States
Canada
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Russia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Australia
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apostrophe is more popular among sites focused on restaurants, finance and banking, and travel, while Directus is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, Internet services, and sports sites.
Marketing/Merchandising
Restaurants
Internet Services
Finance/Banking
Sports
Business
Travel
Software/Hardware
Real Estate
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#74,709
#105,956
#197,167
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Name
Rank
#8,547
#28,828
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See also

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