7 Cheaper Directus Team Alternatives
Each tool below has a lower entry price than Directus Team on a plan we compared side by side. Prices are taken from each company’s official pricing page (checked October 12, 2026). Cheapest listed first.
| Alternative | Price | Best for | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prismic Starter | Starter: $10 per repository/month · billed annually | Teams building a custom-branded website with a slice-based CMS. | Prismic vs Directus |
| TinaCloud Team | Team: $24 per project/month · $290/year · billed annually | Growing teams editing Git-backed sites with up to 10 users. | TinaCloud vs Directus |
| Strapi Cloud Starter | Starter: $29 per project/month · $348/year · billed yearly | Developers hosting a Strapi CMS project with 100k API requests. | Strapi Cloud vs Directus |
| CloudCannon Standard | Standard: $49 per month · billed annuallyAbout 90% less than Directus Team on the compared plan | Small teams giving editors a visual CMS on static and Git-based sites. | CloudCannon vs Directus |
| ButterCMS Basic | Basic: $71 per month · billed yearlyAbout 85% less than Directus Team on the compared plan | Early-stage teams quickly building full marketing sites. | ButterCMS vs Directus |
| Storyblok Growth | Growth: $90.75 per month · billed annuallyAbout 81% less than Directus Team on the compared plan | Businesses needing a visual headless CMS with 5 seats included. | Storyblok vs Directus |
| Hygraph Growth | Growth: $199 per month · billed yearlyAbout 60% less than Directus Team on the compared plan | Teams running a GraphQL-native headless CMS for production projects. | Hygraph vs Directus |
Directus Team for reference: Team: $499/month, billed annually ($5,988/year). Source. Units differ between some tools (per user vs per account), so check the unit line under each price. Higher plans are available for every tool.