The original headline is "Strapi pricing 2026: Community edition, Cloud tiers and real infra costs"

Short summary

Strapi's 2026 pricing splits between a free MIT-licensed Community edition and managed Strapi Cloud with tiers from $29 to $299+/mo. Self-hosting realistically costs $10–25/mo in infrastructure but requires ongoing maintenance time for updates and migrations. Teams typically move to Cloud when DevOps bandwidth runs out, client handoff needs supported infrastructure, or a second environment is needed, while organizations hitting the Team tier often move back to self-hosting when traffic doesn't justify the cost.

• •Self-hosted Community edition costs $10–25/mo in infra but requires maintenance time
• •Strapi Cloud ranges from $29 to $299+/mo with hidden overage and environment costs
• •Teams switch to Cloud for DevOps relief or client handoff; switch back when costs exceed value

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