Must have
Hard prerequisites
No universal server-size prerequisite is published. Check the exact release and configuration before you deploy.
Application hosting
Hosting Strapi 5
Strapi 5 is a self-hostable headless CMS and API. The official setup requires a supported Node.js LTS release; no universal VPS CPU, RAM or disk minimum is published in the cited setup guides.
- Min vCPU
- Depends on workload
- Min memory
- Depends on workload
- Min storage
- Depends on workload
Recommended
Documented guidance
No further general recommendations are published for this version.
Capacity depends on your workload
The cited setup pages do not publish one server size. Build size, database choice, media storage and API traffic affect the required resources.
We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.
Deploy with
Supported paths
The host must provide
Runtime
- Node.js
- Active or Maintenance LTS supported by Strapi 5; quick start lists v22, v24 and v26 when checked
- Database
- Configure a supported database for the selected Strapi 5 release
- Container image
- Strapi documents building your own image; it does not publish an official Strapi image
Storage
Persistent data
Budget persistent database and media storage separately. Preserve configuration, secrets and uploads when rebuilding or redeploying.
Step by step
Strapi deployment outline
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Match the supported runtime
Check the quick start for supported Node.js LTS versions and select a compatible database.
Official instructions -
Build for production
Use a production build and the official project-specific Docker guidance if deploying in containers.
Official instructions -
Persist data and secure access
Keep uploads and database state persistent, protect application keys, and use HTTPS for public access.
Official instructions
Security
Before you go public
- Protect administrator access and application signing keys.
- Use HTTPS and update the supported Node.js and Strapi release.
- Back up the database and uploads together.
Cost
Beyond the server price
- Account for build resources, application runtime, database, media storage and backups.
- No sourced fixed host size is available; benchmark your own workload.
Matching plans
Plans with published evidence
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
No published runtime facts let us confirm a match.
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