Sattva

Why We Chose Strapi 5 Over Other CMS Platforms

A comparison of Strapi 5 vs Contentful, Sanity, and WordPress for modern headless CMS projects.

Headless CMS Landscape in 2026

When we set out to build Sattva, we evaluated every major CMS platform. Here is why Strapi 5 won.

Self-Hosted Control

Contentful and Sanity lock you into their cloud. With Strapi 5, we own our data, our infrastructure, and our deployment timeline.

TypeScript First

Strapi 5 is built with TypeScript from the ground up. This means better IDE support, fewer runtime errors, and a more maintainable codebase.

Dynamic Zones

The dynamic zone system gives us 11 block types that editors can mix and match freely on any page — something Contentful charges extra for.