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At a Glance
Directus
Directus
Star Rating
(50)4.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS
Star Rating
(11)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (54.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Directus vs KeystoneJS

  • Reviewers felt that KeystoneJS meets the needs of their business better than Directus.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Directus is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of KeystoneJS over Directus.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Directus
Self-Hosted
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plans
KeystoneJS
No pricing available
Free Trial
Directus
Free Trial is available
KeystoneJS
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
40
9.5
10
Ease of Use
9.2
42
9.7
10
Ease of Setup
9.1
41
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
9.3
35
Not enough data
Quality of Support
9.4
39
9.0
8
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
33
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
39
10.0
10
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 23 FeaturesShow 23 Features
7.8
10
8.4
9
Content
8.8
10
7.7
8
8.2
10
8.3
8
7.1
7
8.1
9
7.3
8
8.5
9
7.1
7
7.4
7
6.4
7
8.5
8
7.8
9
7.6
9
7.6
7
8.1
9
8.1
7
9.3
9
Design
5.7
7
8.1
8
6.4
7
8.5
8
7.9
8
9.6
8
8.1
8
8.3
8
Platform
7.5
8
8.8
8
7.6
7
6.7
7
9.2
8
8.5
8
9.1
9
8.3
8
9.0
7
8.8
8
8.1
6
9.0
8
7.4
7
8.8
8
9.0
8
9.4
8
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Information Management (PIM)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.8
28
Not enough data
Publishing
7.9
21
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
4.4
14
Not enough data
Development
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
7.9
22
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
Analytics
7.6
22
Not enough data
8.4
22
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Directus
Directus
KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS
Directus and KeystoneJS are categorized as Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Directus
Directus is categorized as Headless CMS and Product Information Management (PIM)
KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Directus
Directus
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
50.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
32.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.0%
KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
54.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Directus
Directus
Computer Software
16.0%
Program Development
10.0%
Real Estate
6.0%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
6.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.0%
Other
58.0%
KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS
Information Technology and Services
36.4%
Marketing and Advertising
18.2%
Computer Software
18.2%
Retail
9.1%
Human Resources
9.1%
Other
9.1%
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Discussions
Directus
Directus Discussions
What is Directus used for?
1 Comment
Jonathan W.
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Directus provides an Open Data Platform with dynamic database mirroring APIs and no code Admin App to manage data model, content/data items, etc with a...Read more
Is Directus open-source?
1 Comment
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Directus has no more discussions with answers
KeystoneJS
KeystoneJS Discussions
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