{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "datocms", "name": "DatoCMS", "vendor": "Dato Srl", "vendorUrl": "https://www.datocms.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "DatoCMS is a hosted headless CMS from Dato Srl in Milan. Agents write records, assets, locales and schema through the REST Content Management API, the `datocms` CLI or a hosted MCP server, and read through a GraphQL Content Delivery API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/datocms.json", "repo": "https://github.com/datocms/js-rest-api-clients", "license": "Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@datocms/cma-client-node" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@datocms/cma-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "datocms" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The Content Management API takes an API token as a Bearer header. A person creates the token in the project's settings and binds it to a role, which limits it by model, action and environment. Every project starts with a read-only token, and tokens can be rotated by API. The hosted MCP server uses browser OAuth through oauth.datocms.com with PKCE and dynamic client registration, where the person picks projects and one of three access levels. Accounts on single sign-on can't use the MCP server. No app review or sales approval is needed.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Free plan needs no card and includes 25,000 Content Management API calls a month, 300 records and three sandbox environments, with no overage. Professional is €199 a month, or €149 a month billed yearly, with 100,000 management API calls and €9 per extra 100,000. Enterprise is sold through sales. Prices are in euros only (https://www.datocms.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Content Management API docs, the MCP server docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 152666, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api", "llmsTxt": "https://www.datocms.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.localisation", "cms.schema" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "closed-source", "no-card", "free-tier", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "typescript", "cli", "graphql", "status-page", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 74.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 62, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 80, "schema": 85, "security": 77, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.", "bestFor": "Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.", "strengths": [ "Machine-readable JSON Hyper-Schema at `https://site-api.datocms.com/docs/site-api-hyperschema.json` covering 53 resources and 202 operations, with 656 examples", "Error bodies carry one of 100 documented codes, a `doc_url` and a `transient` flag, and 429 responses carry `x-ratelimit-reset`", "API tokens bind to custom roles by model, action and environment, and every project starts with a read-only token", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth (PKCE, dynamic client registration, revocation), per-project selection and a read-only level enforced at the network layer", "Free plan with no card, 25,000 Content Management API calls a month and three sandbox environments for testing changes away from the primary" ], "weaknesses": [ "No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry", "The only official client library is JavaScript and TypeScript. No Python, Go, PHP or Ruby client appears in the documentation index", "Audit logs are an Enterprise feature with a default retention of two months", "A database upgrade on 19 September 2026 put every project in read-only mode for about four hours, over an hour past its announced window", "The terms let Dato Srl modify or discontinue API access with or without notice, and free projects are suspended for the rest of the month at a quota limit" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `X-Api-Version: 3` and `Accept: application/json` on every request, with `Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json` on writes", "Records are `items`, models are `item_types` and assets are `uploads` in every path and payload", "Save a record, then call the publish endpoint as a separate PUT. Send `meta.current_version` on updates and re-fetch on `STALE_ITEM_VERSION`", "Stay under 60 requests every 3 seconds. On 429 wait the seconds in `x-ratelimit-reset`, and retry any error whose body has `transient` set to true", "Fork a sandbox environment for schema changes and promote it when checked. Use `POST /items/validate` to test a payload without saving it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 74.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 80, "schema": 85, "security": 77, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @datocms/cma-client-node", "http": "curl \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003cYOUR-API-TOKEN\u003e' \\\n -H 'Accept: application/json' \\\n -H 'X-Api-Version: 3' \\\n https://site-api.datocms.com/site", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http DatoCMS https://mcp.datocms.com", "config": { "mcpServers": { "DatoCMS": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.datocms.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/datocms" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Dato Srl", "domain": "datocms.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-03-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.datocms.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.datocms.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.datocms.com", "changelog": "https://www.datocms.com/product-updates", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service and the privacy policy name DATO SRL, Via U. Visconti di Modrone 2, 20122 Milano, Italy. The terms cover every plan except Enterprise, which has a separate agreement we did not find published.", "The Content Management API answers at site-api.datocms.com, the MCP server at mcp.datocms.com and the OAuth server at oauth.datocms.com.", "www.datocms.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@datocms.com, a PGP key and the security policy page, and has no Expires field.", "The privacy policy carries no revision date in the Markdown copy we read. The GDPR page was last updated on 3 June 2026 and the security page on 2 September 2025.", "RDAP for datocms.com gives a registration date of 2016-03-18.", "The status page is the vendor's own, with a static mirror at status2.datocms.com and RSS, Atom and JSON history feeds. No data processing agreement was found on the legal pages." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.json", "live": { "slug": "datocms", "probe": { "target": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:08.526426623Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 53, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 113, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.datocms.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:25.080597068Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:08.526426623Z" } }, "answer": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Strapi's 65.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Strapi leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "strapi", "name": "Strapi", "vendor": "Strapi, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://strapi.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Strapi is an open-source headless CMS for Node.js that its owner hosts, with a paid cloud. Agents create, localise and publish entries through generated REST and GraphQL APIs or a built-in MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/strapi.json", "repo": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi", "license": "MIT for the Community Edition. Code under ee/ directories is under Strapi's Enterprise Edition licence, and Strapi Cloud is a paid service under its own terms", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@strapi/strapi" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@strapi/client" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve tokens created in the admin panel of your own instance, with no app review or partner approval. API tokens authenticate the Content API under /api and are read-only, full access or custom per content type and action. Admin tokens authenticate admin routes and the MCP server at /mcp and hold a chosen subset of their owner's permissions, down to field and locale. Each kind is rejected on the other's routes. Both expire after 7, 30 or 90 days or never, can be regenerated, and travel as `Authorization: Bearer`. An Admin token is shown once.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Community Edition is free to self-host with unlimited seats, so an agent can start without a contract or a card. Growth is $45 a month for 3 seats ($15 per extra seat) with a 30-day trial and no card, and Enterprise is priced by sales. Strapi Cloud is $35, $90 or $450 a project a month, needs a card at project creation, and charges $1.50 per 25,000 API requests over the plan (checked 2026-10-07).", "priceSummary": "$45 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the documentation index, the pricing pages or the repository's MCP code (checked 2026-10-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 73289, "npmWeekly": 258813, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.strapi.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.strapi.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.localisation", "cms.assets", "cms.schema" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "graphql", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 252, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 82, "schema": 80, "security": 66, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-07" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "13 May 2026. Strapi published two critical advisories. GHSA-rjg2-95x7-8qmx (CVE-2026-27886) leaked sensitive data through relation filters in versions 4.0.0 to 5.36.1, and GHSA-3xcq-8mjw-h6mx (CVE-2026-22599) was SQL injection in the Content-Type Builder up to 5.33.1 and 4.26.0. Both were fixed in earlier releases (5.37.0, 5.33.2 and 4.26.1) and published by the vendor, and we found no report of exploitation, so we deduct 6 of a possible 15. https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-rjg2-95x7-8qmx ; https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-3xcq-8mjw-h6mx" ], "verdict": "The built-in MCP server shows an agent only the tools, fields and locales its Admin token permits, and content tools create drafts by default. Rollback is the limit. Content History is a paid feature and records admin panel edits only, so API and MCP writes leave no version to restore, and the MCP server can't upload files.", "bestFor": "Teams that want to own their CMS and let an agent draft, localise and publish entries under a narrow token.", "strengths": [ "Admin tokens carry a chosen subset of the owner's permissions, down to content type, action, field and locale, with 7, 30 or 90 day expiry", "The MCP server lists only the tools a token may use and narrows each input and output schema to permitted fields", "Media delete tools preview by default through `dryRun` and name what would be removed before anything is deleted", "Weekly releases, 13 tagged versions between 15 July and 7 October 2026, with release notes per version", "MIT Community Edition, free to self-host with unlimited seats, plus llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page" ], "weaknesses": [ "Content History keeps no version for REST, GraphQL or MCP writes, and exists only on Growth and Enterprise plans", "Audit Logs and Review Workflows are Enterprise only, so the free edition has no record of what an agent changed", "A REST POST or PUT publishes immediately unless the request passes `status=draft`", "The MCP server can't upload files, describes dynamic zones as untyped arrays and sets no read-only or destructive annotations", "Two critical advisories were published on 13 May 2026, a data leak through relation filters and SQL injection in the Content-Type Builder, both fixed earlier" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `status=draft` on every REST POST and PUT. Without it the Content API publishes the entry at once", "Use an Admin token for `/mcp` and admin routes and an API token for `/api`. Each kind is rejected on the other's routes", "Upload files with multipart POST to `/api/upload` first, then reference the returned file id in the entry. MCP tools can't upload", "Call `media_delete_assets` and `media_delete_folder` without `dryRun` first to preview, and take asset ids only from `media_list_assets`", "Keep your own copy of an entry before updating it. API and MCP writes create no Content History version" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 82, "schema": 80, "security": 66, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "npx create-strapi@latest", "http": "curl 'http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants?status=draft' \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $STRAPI_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add strapi-mcp --transport http http://localhost:1337/mcp -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ADMIN_TOKEN\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "strapi-mcp": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ADMIN_TOKEN" }, "type": "streamable-http", "url": "http://localhost:1337/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/strapi" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Community Edition, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "MIT, unlimited seats, you pay for your own hosting" }, { "item": "Growth, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 45, "note": "3 seats included, $15 per extra seat" }, { "item": "Strapi Cloud Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "per project, 100,000 API requests" }, { "item": "Strapi Cloud Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 90, "note": "per project, 1 million API requests" }, { "item": "Strapi Cloud Business", "unit": "month", "usd": 450, "note": "per project, 10 million API requests" }, { "item": "Strapi Cloud API requests over the plan", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.06, "note": "$1.50 per 25,000" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Strapi, Inc.", "domain": "strapi.io", "domainRegistered": "2015-09-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://strapi.io/cloud-legal", "privacy": "https://strapi.io/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.strapi.io", "changelog": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-07", "notes": [ "The Strapi Cloud terms (effective 7 October 2026) name Strapi, Inc., 548 Market St, PMB 60577, San Francisco, California 94104. The repository's copyright line names Strapi Solutions SAS, and the privacy policy gives Strapi Solutions, 128 rue de la Boétie, 75008 Paris.", "A self-hosted install answers on its owner's domain. Strapi Cloud projects answer at https://\u003cproject\u003e.strapiapp.com.", "https://strapi.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 to our reader on 7 October 2026. The repository holds a .well-known/security.txt with an Expires of 20 May 2027 and a Canonical line pointing at that URL.", "RDAP for strapi.io gives a registration date of 2015-09-21.", "The status page runs on Better Stack and covers Strapi Cloud, the website and the docs, not self-hosted installs." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.json", "live": { "slug": "strapi", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.strapi.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:14.197616628Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "strapi/strapi", "version": "v5.57.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:30:39.413193839Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@strapi/client", "version": "1.6.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:30:37.897146773Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@strapi/strapi", "version": "5.57.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:30:37.072939352Z" } ], "githubStars": 73292, "npmWeekly": 258813, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://strapi.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:07.890617672Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://strapi.io/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:54.221268289Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9a83a678305b" }, { "url": "https://strapi.io/cloud-legal", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:51.925906428Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e789fbc0c6c8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:14.197616628Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Dato Srl", "b": "Strapi, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT", "b": "MIT for the Community Edition. Code under ee/ directories is under Strapi's Enterprise Edition licence, and Strapi Cloud is a paid service under its own terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "9", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2023-03-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "153k npm/wk", "b": "73k stars, 259k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Strapi's 65.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Strapi leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DatoCMS or Strapi?" }, { "answer": "DatoCMS takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Strapi needs an API key.", "question": "Do DatoCMS and Strapi need an API key?" }, { "answer": "DatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Strapi.", "question": "Can an agent call DatoCMS and Strapi without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for DatoCMS. Strapi is open source (MIT for the Community Edition. Code under ee/ directories is under Strapi's Enterprise Edition licence, and Strapi Cloud is a paid service under its own terms).", "question": "Are DatoCMS and Strapi open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 80", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 66", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 72" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Strapi loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.", "slug": "datocms", "watchFor": "No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 81" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want to own their CMS and let an agent draft, localise and publish entries under a narrow token.", "slug": "strapi", "watchFor": "Content History keeps no version for REST, GraphQL or MCP writes, and exists only on Growth and Enterprise plans" } ], "job": { "capability": "cms.content", "name": "Cms content" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-datocms.json", "title": "Contentstack vs DatoCMS", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-datocms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Contentstack vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Directus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-ghost.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Ghost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-ghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-payload.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-sanity.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Directus vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Ghost vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Payload vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Sanity vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Storyblok vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Strapi vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Strapi vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-wordpress" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 2, "datocms": 80, "edge": "strapi", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "strapi": 82, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "datocms": 85, "edge": "datocms", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "strapi": 80, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "datocms": 78, "edge": "datocms", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "strapi": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "datocms": 77, "edge": "datocms", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "strapi": 66, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "datocms": 35, "edge": "strapi", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "strapi": 50, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "datocms": 81, "edge": "strapi", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "strapi": 87, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 8, "datocms": 80, "edge": "datocms", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "strapi": 72, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Strapi's 65.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Strapi leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do cms content.", "verdicts": { "datocms": "The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.", "strapi": "The built-in MCP server shows an agent only the tools, fields and locales its Admin token permits, and content tools create drafts by default. Rollback is the limit. Content History is a paid feature and records admin panel edits only, so API and MCP writes leave no version to restore, and the MCP server can't upload files." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.min.md" }, "markdown": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Strapi's 65.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Strapi leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do cms content.\n\n- DatoCMS: grade BB, 74.4/100, rank #62 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/datocms.json\n- Strapi: grade B, 65.7/100, rank #252 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/strapi.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DatoCMS (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 80\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 66\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Strapi loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry\n\n### Strapi (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want to own their CMS and let an agent draft, localise and publish entries under a narrow token.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 81\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Content History keeps no version for REST, GraphQL or MCP writes, and exists only on Growth and Enterprise plans\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DatoCMS | Strapi | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 82 | Strapi +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 80 | DatoCMS +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 65 | DatoCMS +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 66 | DatoCMS +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 50 | Strapi +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 87 | Strapi +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 72 | DatoCMS +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **74.4 · BB** | **65.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DatoCMS | Strapi |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Dato Srl | Strapi, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://site-api.datocms.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT | MIT for the Community Edition. Code under ee/ directories is under Strapi's Enterprise Edition licence, and Strapi Cloud is a paid service under its own terms |\n| Tools exposed | 9 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-07 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2023-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 153k npm/wk | 73k stars, 259k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DatoCMS.** The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.\n\n**Strapi.** The built-in MCP server shows an agent only the tools, fields and locales its Admin token permits, and content tools create drafts by default. Rollback is the limit. Content History is a paid feature and records admin panel edits only, so API and MCP writes leave no version to restore, and the MCP server can't upload files.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DatoCMS\n\n1. Send `X-Api-Version: 3` and `Accept: application/json` on every request, with `Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json` on writes\n2. Records are `items`, models are `item_types` and assets are `uploads` in every path and payload\n3. Save a record, then call the publish endpoint as a separate PUT. Send `meta.current_version` on updates and re-fetch on `STALE_ITEM_VERSION`\n4. Stay under 60 requests every 3 seconds. On 429 wait the seconds in `x-ratelimit-reset`, and retry any error whose body has `transient` set to true\n5. Fork a sandbox environment for schema changes and promote it when checked. Use `POST /items/validate` to test a payload without saving it\n\n### Strapi\n\n1. Pass `status=draft` on every REST POST and PUT. Without it the Content API publishes the entry at once\n2. Use an Admin token for `/mcp` and admin routes and an API token for `/api`. Each kind is rejected on the other's routes\n3. Upload files with multipart POST to `/api/upload` first, then reference the returned file id in the entry. MCP tools can't upload\n4. Call `media_delete_assets` and `media_delete_folder` without `dryRun` first to preview, and take asset ids only from `media_list_assets`\n5. Keep your own copy of an entry before updating it. API and MCP writes create no Content History version\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DatoCMS or Strapi?\n\nDatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Strapi's 65.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Strapi leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do DatoCMS and Strapi need an API key?\n\nDatoCMS takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Strapi needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DatoCMS and Strapi without installing anything?\n\nDatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Strapi.\n\n### Are DatoCMS and Strapi open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for DatoCMS. Strapi is open source (MIT for the Community Edition. Code under ee/ directories is under Strapi's Enterprise Edition licence, and Strapi Cloud is a paid service under its own terms).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"datocms\", \"b\": \"strapi\"}`. 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