Directus vs Extractor

“Point it at any SQL database and get an instant API + admin UI. The most flexible headless CMS approach.”

“Schema-driven extraction with LLM fallback is exactly right. Traditional scrapers break on every site redesign — Extractor adapts because it understands the content semantically. The TypeScript-first approach with strong typing on outputs is chef's kiss for building data pipelines.”

“Works with your existing database instead of forcing its own schema. Unique value proposition in the CMS space.”

“LLM extraction costs add up fast at scale. But for the use cases where you need it — scraping sites with unpredictable layouts, extracting from pages that change frequently — the reliability improvement over CSS selectors easily justifies the token spend.”

“Database-first CMS makes more sense than CMS-first databases. Directus got the architecture right.”

“I have been using this to pull structured data from competitor landing pages and product directories. The schema definition is intuitive and the extraction quality is surprisingly consistent even across wildly different page designs.”