<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Social Animal — #strapi</title><description>Articles tagged #strapi from socialanimal.dev. Technical writing on migrations, frameworks, headless CMS, and performance.</description><link>https://socialanimal.dev/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Jamstack CMS Comparison 2026: Sanity vs Payload vs Contentful vs Strapi vs Storyblok vs Hygraph</title><link>https://socialanimal.dev/blog/jamstack-cms-comparison-2026-sanity-payload-contentful-strapi-storyblok-hygraph/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://socialanimal.dev/blog/jamstack-cms-comparison-2026-sanity-payload-contentful-strapi-storyblok-hygraph/</guid><description>Real pricing, editor UX, and build performance data for Sanity, Payload, Contentful, Strapi, Storyblok, and Hygraph. Talk to us about your CMS build.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:14:05 GMT</pubDate><category>headless-cms</category><category>jamstack</category><category>nextjs</category><category>astro</category><category>sanity</category><category>payload-cms</category><category>contentful</category><category>strapi</category><category>storyblok</category></item><item><title>From Bolt to Strapi to Custom Architecture: The Real Product Journey</title><link>https://socialanimal.dev/blog/bolt-to-strapi-to-custom-architecture-real-product-journey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://socialanimal.dev/blog/bolt-to-strapi-to-custom-architecture-real-product-journey/</guid><description>The real progression from AI prototypes to headless CMS to custom architecture. Costs, timelines, and signals for when to evolve your product&apos;s tech stack.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:13:54 GMT</pubDate><category>product-architecture</category><category>bolt-new</category><category>strapi</category><category>headless-cms</category><category>technical-migration</category></item><item><title>Strapi AI vs Custom AI Pipelines: Feature &amp; Architecture Comparison</title><link>https://socialanimal.dev/blog/strapi-ai-vs-custom-ai-pipelines-comparison-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://socialanimal.dev/blog/strapi-ai-vs-custom-ai-pipelines-comparison-2026/</guid><description>Compare Strapi AI and custom AI pipelines for headless CMS: architecture, features, costs, and performance benchmarks. Find the right approach for your team.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:13:54 GMT</pubDate><category>strapi</category><category>ai-pipelines</category><category>headless-cms</category><category>rag</category><category>content-ai</category></item><item><title>Open Source CMS Comparison: Strapi, Payload, Directus &amp; Supabase</title><link>https://socialanimal.dev/blog/open-source-cms-comparison-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://socialanimal.dev/blog/open-source-cms-comparison-2026/</guid><description>Compare Strapi, Payload, Directus &amp; Supabase across 12 criteria: API design, TypeScript support, self-hosting cost, query performance, and auth.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:44:54 GMT</pubDate><category>cms</category><category>headless-cms</category><category>strapi</category><category>payload</category><category>directus</category><category>supabase</category><category>2026</category></item><item><title>Payload 3.0 vs Strapi v5: Which Headless CMS Ships Faster in 2026?</title><link>https://socialanimal.dev/blog/payload-cms-vs-strapi-comparison-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://socialanimal.dev/blog/payload-cms-vs-strapi-comparison-2026/</guid><description>Payload 3.0 (Next.js-native) vs Strapi v5: real deploy times, 47% faster builds, self-host costs, and which CMS breaks less often under traffic spikes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:30:16 GMT</pubDate><category>payload-cms</category><category>strapi</category><category>headless-cms</category><category>cms-comparison</category><category>nextjs</category></item></channel></rss>