Strapi Cloud vs Self Hosted

Questions and Answers
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Hello!

Our team is considering investing in Strapi Cloud, but we have some questions:

  • Does data transfer only works with Strapi Cloud, or it would work on self hosted plans, such as AWS?
  • What are the main benefits of Strapi Cloud over AWS self hosted services?
  • Is it possible to transfer everything from a local environment to a production environment with a few clicks? by “everything” I mean code and database.
  • What are “seats” ?
  • I see that Sengrid is included in Strapi Cloud. What Sengrid plan is included? : Cuatro maneras de hacer crecer tu negocio

Thanks very much!

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Hi there @brsastre :wave:
So to try answer some of your questions :slight_smile:

  • Does data transfer only works with Strapi Cloud, or it would work on self hosted plans, such as AWS?

No DEITS works with self hosted and cloud covered in our Data Transfer Documentation :books:

  • What are the main benefits of Strapi Cloud over AWS self hosted services?

Strapi Cloud has all you need for production ready to go, you push to github and from there hit deploy. It includes a database (Postgres for now) CDN, Email Provider more to come
In simple terms “All “batteries” included but swappable. No lock in”
Check out Strapi Cloud :cloud:

  • Is it possible to transfer everything from a local environment to a production environment with a few clicks? by “everything” I mean code and database.

So with DEITS you can transfer data and media, while deployment you can deploy your code.
You develop locally setup your schemas and endpoints push to github and deploy it.

What are “Seats” ?

Please check out the Docs here on Usage & Billing :raising_hand_woman: As it’s explained there

“Seats represent the maximum number of users that can access the Strapi Admin Panel. Each plan comes with a default number of seats.”

When it comes to sendgrid the best way to look would be to look at the cloud pricing as it shows the Emails. Cloud Pricing :moneybag:

Hope this answers your questions :slight_smile: :open_hands:

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Hi @Eventyret , thanks so much for the detailed and quick answers.
I just have a few more questions:

  • Does the free self hosted version also has a limit of seats? If so, how many?
  • I still don´t understand what the “Built-in Email provider” is for. Does this means I can setup Strapi with any email provider we like, or only with Sengrid? Is this feature for sending mails to clients? It says it has “1000 emails/mo”. Does this means I can only send 1000 mails per month? It seems not much for us, cand this volume be updated?
  • Lastly, what are “CMS entries”? Does this refers to rows on the database, or fields? Does the self hosted version has 100,000 CMS entries limit as well?

Sorry to bother you with more questions. We have decided to use Strapi as out CMS, but we are not yet sure if we are using Strapi Cloud or not. We want to make the most convenient choice.