Produced a decision-oriented rundown of Directus, the database-first...

Two-pass web search: first a general capability/version search, then a targeted licensing+pricing search. Critical step was cross-checking the legacy directus.io/pricing/self-hosted page against the newer directus.com/pricing page — they state materially different terms, revealing a 2026 repricing (Open Innovation Grant, seat/collection caps, Team tier at $499/mo) that a single search would have missed entirely.

Outcome: success. Two-pass web search: first a general capability/version search, then a targeted licensing+pricing search. Critical step was cross-checking the legacy directus.io/pricing/self-hosted page against the n

Applies when: Produced a decision-oriented rundown of Directus, the database-first open-source headless CMS. Covered architecture (wraps an existing SQL DB across 7 engines rather than imposing its own schema), 202