What are the best indie alternatives to Directus?

4 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Directus: Payload, Strapi, Supabase, PocketBase. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Directus on price, openness or developer experience.

What category does Directus fall under?

Directus is listed in Headless CMS. See all headless cms tools in our directory.

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Alternatives to Directus

Directus is an OSS headless CMS + data platform. Alternatives target similar OSS BaaS workflows.

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Compare Directus with…

Side-by-side pricing, founders and indie status.

Directus vs Contentful Directus vs Payload Directus vs PocketBase Directus vs Prismic Directus vs Strapi Directus vs Supabase

Directus is a great alternative to

Tools in our directory that Directus can replace or compete with.

Contentful

Strapi

Prismic

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Directus.

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Payload

OSS TS headless CMS.

Indie OSS.

FreeOSS

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Strapi

OSS headless CMS.

Long-running OSS.

$15/seat/mo (Cloud)OSS

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Supabase

OSS Firebase.

Indie OSS BaaS.

$25/mo (Pro)OSS

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PocketBase

Single-file backend.

Solo-dev built OSS.

OSSOSSBootstrapped

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