Product & platform backends
Strapi as a core backend for SaaS products, internal tools, and platforms where content and data power real functionality.
CMS Platforms
Strapi CMS Development
We are Strapi Partners who design, build, and fix Strapi-powered platforms, APIs, and content systems, helping teams maintain backend control, data ownership, and long-term scalability as products evolve.
Trusted By The Best
Otterdev were an invaluable partner in developing the Fat Earth site. Design attentive, meticulous project management and diligent technical implementation - the Otterdev team are a pleasure to work with.
Andrea Palacios
Managing Director, Red Antler
I have nothing but positive things to say about Otterdev. They made our website migration from WordPress to Sanity an absolute breeze. Their design vision is next-level, their speed is unreal, and their process is refreshingly innovative. Thanks to the headless Jamstack setup, CI now has a whole new outlook—and a serious edge over the competition.
Mike Shaw
Managing Partner, Ciberspring
Having spent two decades in the digital advertising industry, I’ve seen a wide range of web development projects, but the work done by Otterdev on our e-commerce website stands out distinctly. What impressed me the most was not just their speed but their thoroughness and thoughtfulness throughout the development process.
Pat Law
Founder, GOODSTUPH
They have an excellent team that can take a brief and give you website design strategy that truly reflects your brand. They’re able to produce code that performs extremely well, even with complicated designs.
Nicolas Chan
Chief Strategist & Head of Digital, APAC Hoffman Agency
We have been working with the Otterdev team for over a year now and the collaboration, ownership, and quality of work produced has never wavered. The team understands the needs of businesses today, and goes above and beyond to deliver the most ideal customer experience using design thinking frameworks.
Czaraim Carreon
Director of Operations, Verra Asia
I have no regrets in engaging the Otterdev team. Not only did they provide a stellar rebranding for us which spoke to both our users and us—they were also experts at engaging our users, speaking to them, and getting the information needed for the rebuild of the site. This rebuild led to an increase in conversion rates for us, which is what matters to us the most.
Earnest Lim
Head of Growth at Centre For Cybersecurity
Otterdev has been incredibly helpful and insightful throughout our eCommerce strategy revamp. [they were] not only able to provide us with the solutions but elegantly execute them, as well!
Mili Kale
Co-Founder, Moom Health
Awesome to work with. Couldn’t have asked for a better team to work on our project.
Leighroy Sherman
Founder, Hillspeed
The team at Otterdev has been absolutely incredible - Overall, the delivery of the final product was managed smoothly and efficiently
Rachael Kam
Founder, The First Refresh
Otterdev have been an exceptional partner who embody trifecta of customer-centricity, technical excellence and business acumen - a rarity in development services. The team have gone above and beyond to advise on and co-design market-leading solutions, and have delivered them at a very high-quality in a cost-effective and timely manner. We couldn't recommend Otterdev highly enough!
Bona
COO, Capsho
Otterdev did an awesome job in revamping our old website! We were able to show clearly what our services are and help clients understand what we could offer to accelerate their growth.
Yashwin
Founder, KPI Media
Our Services
What we do with Strapi
Our approach to Strapi is model-driven, governance-aware, and designed to scale without slowing teams down.
For Open-Sourced Teams
Why teams choose Strapi
Total Backend Control
Fully customized backend for your team.
API-First
API-first product architecture to build scalable products.
Infrastructure and Hosting Control
Complete control over your entire infrastructure.
Tailored Authentication Options
Auth with custom roles and granular permissions.
A CMS Product Feature
Experience a CMS that integrates as a core product feature.
Notable case studies
MediaTek Website Revamp with Strapi CMS
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We’re Now a Strapi Business Level Partner: What Does This Mean
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Strapi CMS in China? Here’s How We Did It
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Strapi V4 Reaches End of Life in 2026 and What You Should Do
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Already on Strapi but experiencing issues?
We’re often brought in when Strapi becomes deeply embedded in a product or platform, but the backend starts to feel risky, slow to change, or hard to reason about. In most cases, these problems stem from how the data models, APIs, and permissions were designed early on.
Content types and relationships grew organically, making the system hard to maintain.
APIs slow down as data volume and relationships increase.
Roles, permissions, or authentication logic don’t map cleanly to real-world use cases.
Product behaviour and content management are tightly coupled, increasing risk.
Knowledge lives in code rather than documentation, making handover and iteration difficult.
If your issues are resolved but you need specialist hands on an ongoing basis — collection type changes, plugin development, API extensions, or general Strapi work — our Strapi developers for hire embed directly into your team on a monthly retainer.
Migrations & upgrades to Strapi
We commonly help teams migrate to Strapi, or upgrade existing Strapi installations, when off-the-shelf CMS platforms start limiting product flexibility, performance, or compliance needs.
Teams also come to us when they need to safely modernise an existing Strapi setup without disrupting production systems.
Get started on Strapi.
Whether you’re building a new backend, upgrading from Strapi v4 to v5, migrating from a restrictive CMS, or fixing a Strapi setup that’s becoming hard to manage, we’re here to help.
