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Strapi hosting

Name: Strapi
Brand: Virtual Computing
SKU: strapi
Price: 39.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Strapi is the most popular headless CMS — schema-first, fully customisable and with a strong developer experience.

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From

€39.00per month

Excl. VAT. Monthly cancellable.

Own Docker container + persistent volume
Daily backup with 14-day retention
24/7 monitoring + Dutch support

Available immediately. No long-term contracts.

Strapi is the market leader among open-source headless CMSs. You define content types via the admin UI (or code), Strapi generates the database tables and REST/GraphQL endpoints automatically. Most flexibility for developers; clean admin UI for content teams.

At Virtual Computing, Strapi runs on Node.js with a dedicated Postgres database. We manage updates (Strapi releases weekly) and connect your own domain. SSL and backups standard.

Strapi is a strong choice when you start a new project: you first build the schema in Strapi, and your front-end (Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, React Native) consumes via the auto-generated API. Time-to-MVP is a fraction of traditional CMS work.

Who it's for

Strapi is ideal for

Greenfield headless projects

New website or app where you build the CMS and front-end from scratch. Strapi is often the first choice.

Multi-language sites

Strapi's internationalisation plugin: one entry, translations per field. API serves per locale.

API-first product development

Build a product that delivers content or data via API to customers. Strapi's role-based access and API tokens help.

Marketing sites with content-rich pages

Components (reusable blocks) and Dynamic Zones let content teams build rich pages without developer input.

What's included

Included in every deployment

Schema-first with visual builder

Define content types in the UI — Strapi creates DB tables and API endpoints automatically.

REST + GraphQL

Both standard. Choose per type which endpoints are public.

Plugin system

Official and community plugins: SEO, email, upload providers, i18n, RBAC. Or build your own.

Custom controllers and services

For business logic that can't be done via config: write your own Node.js code in the Strapi convention.

Media library + uploads

Drag-and-drop, image cropping, video thumbs, doc previews. S3/CloudFront supported.

Webhooks + events

Trigger external systems on content changes. Or listen to events in your own code for automations.

How it works

Live within one business day

1. Order

Click order, pick your subdomain and plan. Pay monthly, cancel any time.

2. We deploy

Container runs within minutes in our NL data centres. Auto-SSL, daily backups and monitoring are set up automatically.

3. Manage in the portal

Update, restart or scale from the customer portal. We watch updates and security.

Frequently asked questions about Strapi hosting

Strapi is schema-first: define types in Strapi, Strapi creates the DB. Directus is database-first: connect existing DB. For new projects Strapi is often more natural; for legacy DBs, Directus.

Postgres (recommended), MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB. We host Postgres by default in the same container stack.

Strapi Cloud is their managed offering (from $29/team/month with seat licences). Self-hosting with us: flat price, no per-user costs, and your data stays in NL.

Yes, all Strapi marketplace plugins and npm packages work. We help with installation if you're not familiar with Strapi conventions.

In our own Dutch data centres in Eindhoven and Den Bosch. Data never leaves the Netherlands — GDPR-compliant and outside US cloud jurisdiction (no CLOUD Act risk).

Every deployment gets daily off-site backups with 30-day retention. Restore yourself from the customer portal or open a ticket with our service desk.

By default you get a virtualcomputing.app subdomain with automatic Let's Encrypt SSL. Want to use your own domain (app.yourcompany.com)? Set it up in the portal — we'll show you the CNAME settings.

Cancel monthly, no penalties. Upon cancellation you get an export of your data or the Docker volume to import elsewhere. No vendor lock-in.

Updates, security patches and uptime monitoring are always included. Our Dutch service desk responds via email or phone (+31 85 013 4500) on business days 8-18.

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Strapi can be live this afternoon at Virtual Computing

One click to order. We handle the container, SSL and backups in our Dutch data centres. Cancel monthly, no commitment.

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