Directus, Strapi, headless
I pick the CMS for the job and the team. The site pulls content over an API, so the front end and the admin evolve independently.
Headless CMS development and integrations
Headless CMS development services: content you edit in a clean admin, and leads, payments and emails that reach the tools you actually work in, on their own.
Let’s talk from $400
I work as a Strapi and Directus developer, and when an off-the-shelf CMS doesn’t fit, I build one: for example, a CMS on Quasar with a custom Editor.js editor, which took over all existing content from Django admin with no losses.
01/Scope
What’s included
Payments, CRM, email
CRM integration, online payments and email notifications. Data moves between systems without copy-pasting.
Custom editors
An editor shaped around your content: the blocks and fields you need, not one generic form for everything.
Clean handover and docs
It ends with documentation and a handover: your team understands how it all works and can carry on without me.
02/Pricing
What it costs
from$400
CMS and integration work starts at $400. The price depends on how many systems need connecting and how unusual the content is; it goes into a fixed quote after the brief.
Open the estimatorWhat moves the total
- Number and complexity of integrations
- Content model: types, fields, relations
- Migrating content from the old system
- Custom editor or the standard admin
03/How it works
Five steps
You always know what is happening with the project.
Brief
~1 dayWe talk about goals, deadlines and limits in chat, without extra calls. You get a short brief and a fixed quote.
Design
3-7 daysWireframes first, then a clickable prototype that looks like the finished product. Two rounds of changes are included in the price.
Build
1-4 weeksThe code lives in a repo with CI. The staging link updates as I work, so you see progress every week.
Testing
2-5 daysI go through every flow on staging and fix bugs, and you test too. We release when the bug list is empty.
Launch & support
after launchDeploy to production, handover of the code and docs. A month of support is included in the price.
04/Case studies
Related work
05/FAQ
Common questions
01How long does a CMS project take?
It depends on integrations and the amount of content; most projects take 2-5 weeks from brief to launch. The timeline comes with the quote.
02How much does headless CMS development cost?
CMS and integration projects start at $400. The total depends on the number of systems and how complex the data exchange is; I send a fixed quote after the brief.
03Can you migrate content from our old system?
Yes. On one project I wrote a Node HTML→JSON microservice and moved all content from Django admin into the new CMS with nothing lost.
04What do you need from me?
A list of the systems to connect (CRM, payments, email), access to them for the duration of the work, and examples of the content you publish.
05What happens after launch?
A month of fixes and tweaks after launch is included in the price. After that it’s hourly, or a small monthly retainer if you want ongoing work. You keep the full source code and the docs.
Need a new CMS or a CRM hookup?
List the systems you work with. I reply within a day with questions and a rough estimate.