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Replace Webflow CMS / Contentful with Self-Hosted Directus

Instant REST & GraphQL headless CMS and visual data studio that wraps any SQL database cleanly Stop paying Business CMS ($49/mo + $19/editor seat) ($239/mo for a 10-person team) and run Directus on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$2,814 / yr
vs Webflow CMS / Contentful standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
512 MB RAM
1.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy
Recommended Cloud Box
$4.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Webflow CMS / Contentful (Business CMS ($49/mo + $19/editor seat)) vs Directus on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size Webflow CMS / Contentful Cost Directus VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $68.00/mo ($816/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$762 / year
5 Seats $144.00/mo ($1,728/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,674 / year
10 Seats $239.00/mo ($2,868/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$2,814 / year
25 Seats $524.00/mo ($6,288/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$6,234 / year
50 Seats $999.00/mo ($11,988/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$11,934 / year
100 Seats $1,949.00/mo ($23,388/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$23,334 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Directus (Replaces Webflow CMS / Contentful)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  directus:
    image: directus/directus:11
    container_name: stack-directus
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "KEY=${DIRECTUS_KEY:-replace_with_random_uuid_key}"
      - "SECRET=${DIRECTUS_SECRET:-replace_with_random_secret}"
      - "DB_CLIENT=pg"
      - "DB_HOST=postgres"
      - "DB_PORT=5432"
      - "DB_DATABASE=directus"
      - "DB_USER=postgres"
      - "DB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
      - "REDIS=redis://redis:6379"
    volumes:
      - directus_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  directus_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Directus
directus.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy directus:8055
}

Why Teams Switch to Directus

  • ✓Zero database schema lock-in (introspects raw Postgres)
  • ✓Built-in visual automation flows & dashboards
  • ✓Unlimited CMS items, locales & roles
GitHub Repository directus/directus
Official Website directus.io
Docker Image directus/directus:11
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.

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