Strapi · Headless CMS
Strapi and headless CMS agency in Romania
In shortWeDevelop is a Romanian software company that designs and builds Strapi and headless CMS setups, usually paired with Next.js and hosted on EU infrastructure. It suits organisations feeding more than one site or app from the same content, and teams with multilingual sites or product catalogues that have outgrown a page-based CMS.
At a glance
- Provider
- WeDevelop, a software company from Romania
- Clients
- Romania, the EU, the UK and North America
- Languages
- English and Romanian
- Invoicing
- EUR, GBP or RON
- Pricing
- Quoted after scoping, from your brief
- Contact
- office@wedevelop.ro
01Is this for you
When going headless is justified
Headless adds a second system to run, so it needs a reason. These are the reasons we consider good ones.
- The same content has to reach a website, an app, a shop, a kiosk or a partner feed.
- Your content behaves like data: catalogues, directories, documentation or locations with relations between them.
- You publish in several languages and want one document per item, with its translations attached.
- Designers and developers want a modern frontend, and editors still need a friendly back office.
- Compliance or preference means the content and database have to stay on servers you control.
02What you get
What a Strapi project delivers
The installation takes little time. The value is in the structure and in how publishing behaves, which is where these pieces come in.
A content model
Types, components and relations drawn from how your organisation describes its content, agreed with the people who will edit it.
An editing routine
Roles, drafts and previews of unpublished pages, set up so a new colleague can publish without reading a manual.
APIs for each consumer
REST or GraphQL shaped for the frontends reading them, with webhooks that refresh only what has changed.
Migration and operations
Content moved from WordPress, Drupal or an older CMS, then Docker deployment, backups, monitoring and upgrades.
03Which option
Strapi, WordPress or a SaaS CMS: how to choose
Each of these is a sensible choice for someone. What separates them is who hosts it, how you pay for it and how much structure your content needs.
| CMS | Best when | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Strapi | You want your own database, a custom content model and no per-seat fees, and you have someone to run it. | You handle hosting and upgrades, schema changes need a developer, and some enterprise features sit in paid plans. |
| WordPress | One site, one small team, and a large choice of ready-made plugins matters most. | Content is shaped around pages and posts, and feeding several channels takes extra work. |
| Contentful or Sanity | A large editorial team wants a hosted product, polished collaboration and no servers to manage. | Pricing follows usage, seats or plans, and your content lives on a vendor’s platform. |
| Directus | You already have an SQL database and want an admin and API on top of it. | A smaller ecosystem, and its licence terms are worth checking against your company size. |
This site runs on Strapi and Next.js, with English and Romanian as locales of one document. When a single small site is run by one person, we still recommend WordPress as the practical choice.
04Cost
What decides the cost of a Strapi project
Strapi has no licence fee in its community edition, so the budget goes into design, build and operation. These items account for most of it.
| Factor | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Depth of the content model | A few flat types are quick. Many relations, reusable components and dynamic pages need careful design and testing. |
| Locales | Translated fields and slugs must be decided per type, since a bad choice here is expensive to change later. |
| Editorial workflow | Custom roles, approval steps and live preview in the real design add configuration and frontend work. |
| Consumers | Each additional frontend, app or feed brings its own API shape, caching and revalidation rules. |
| Migration | Content locked in HTML fields from an older CMS has to be parsed into structure, and redirects must follow. |
| Custom code and hosting | Plugins, lifecycle hooks, media pipelines, backups and monitoring differ a lot between a simple site and a product. |
The frontend is usually the larger part of the build, so we estimate both together. Hosting and upgrades continue after launch and belong in your total cost of ownership.
05How to start
How a headless CMS project starts
List your content
What types exist, who edits each one, and which channels read them now or will read them later.
Model before building
The schema, locales and relations are drawn and checked with real examples from your editors.
Connect the frontend
Strapi and the frontend are wired together with preview and on-demand revalidation, so a change appears without rebuilding everything.
Migrate and hand over
Content is imported and checked, redirects go live, and editors work in the admin before launch day.
06For an accurate quote
What to include in your request
A rough inventory is plenty for a first estimate. We refine the details together during modelling.
- Your current CMS, along with a rough count of pages and items per type.
- The channels that must read the content now, and those planned for later.
- Languages, and who translates and approves content.
- The people who publish, and which roles they need.
- Where the data must be stored for compliance reasons.
07Questions
Questions buyers ask about Strapi and headless CMS
How much does a Strapi website cost?
It is quoted after scoping, because cost follows the depth of the content model, the number of locales and the frontend rather than any Strapi licence. The community edition is free to self-host, so your budget goes to design, build, hosting and upkeep.
How long does a Strapi implementation take?
The length depends on how many content types and locales you have and how much content must be migrated. A model settled early saves the most time, because changing relations after editors have started entering content is what tends to slow these projects down.
Strapi or WordPress: which should we choose?
Choose Strapi when several channels read the same structured content, or when you want a custom frontend, and WordPress when one team runs one site. WordPress can also act as a headless backend if your editors already know it and do not want to change tools.
Can we migrate from WordPress to Strapi without losing SEO?
Yes, provided URLs, metadata and redirects are planned along with the content. Posts and pages are parsed into structured fields where possible, and the new frontend keeps existing addresses or redirects them, so that the change of system is not visible to search engines.
Do our editors need technical skills to use Strapi?
No, once the content model and roles are set up around how they work. Editors fill in clear fields and assemble pages from prepared components, while adding a new field or content type does need a developer, and that is worth knowing before you decide.
Can Strapi be hosted in the EU on our own servers?
Yes, Strapi is self-hosted and runs in Docker either on your infrastructure or on our Linux servers in the EU. You keep direct access to the database, and backups, monitoring and version upgrades are arranged as part of the operating agreement if you want us to handle them.
Request a quote
Describe what you need. The enquiry goes to our team, and we reply by email with the next step.