Head to head
Directus vs Storyblok
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
47/100 | 57/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #5 | #3 |
| Confidence | Medium confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 70 | 79 |
| AI Authority | 31 | 59 |
| Web Authority | 18 | 21 |
| Expert Assessment | 63 | 60 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | $499/mo on annual commitment ($5,988/year); $599/mo rolling monthly · free tier: Core — $0/mo: 3 user seats (hard limit), 25 collections, 5 flows, AI Assistant, advanced RBAC, community support, 30-day activity log and revision history; no SSO and SSO cannot be purchased as an add-on. Separately, the Open Innovation Grant gives the full uncapped software free (self-hosted) to orgs under $5M revenue and under 50 employees, plus individuals, hobbyists and non-profits. | USD $99.00/month (Growth, monthly) or $90.75/month billed annually · free tier: Starter: free forever with 1 space, 1 seat included (max 2), 100GB traffic/month, 100k API requests/month with no top-up, 2 locales, 25k AI credits, 1-day retention, no uptime SLA; plus a 45-day free trial of Growth Plus |
| Pricing model | Freemium subscription with seat and collection overages; free uncapped grant for qualifying small orgs | Subscription (per space, with metered overages and AI credits) |
| Best for | Developer-led teams with an existing SQL database who want an admin UI and auto-generated APIs over data they keep — especially orgs under $5M revenue and 50 employees, who get the entire uncapped product including SSO free when self-hosting. | Single-brand, single-site product or marketing teams of roughly 5-20 people who want marketers editing visually without developer tickets, and teams migrating off Contentful on cost and usability grounds. |
| Avoid if | You are building a competing commercial product on top of it (forbidden by the MSCL Competing Use clause), you have a strict OSI-approved-licence procurement gate, you are a small team just over the grant thresholds facing a $499/mo minimum, you need SSO on a budget, or you are a non-technical editorial team wanting turnkey publishing. | You are an agency or multi-brand operator on a budget (per-space pricing), you have more than 20 users, you need an asset-heavy media library, or you require a contractual 99.9%+ uptime guarantee without enterprise spend. |
| Markets | SMB, Startups, Agencies, Enterprise, Non-profits, Developers | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Marketing teams, Developers |
| Founded | — | 2017 |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.