Want to switch from strapi to expressjs for a project that's already in production

[krmnsingh]

Removing Strapi from project due to bottleneck
We are currently using Strapi v3.6.5 with MongoDB and are facing an issue due to high cpu and ram usage of Strapi on a vm. The strapi server also takes extremely long to start >2min each time. This also degrades the development experience.

We have decided to remove strapi from the codebase and switch to ExpressJS, MongoDB and Nodejs. Is this decision viable or is there some better alternatives?

There is Strapi v4 that might give better performance but it has dropped support for MongoDB.

Cons of removal of Strapi:

• Loss of the automatic Admin panel where we can manage the content (CRUD), roles, permissions, webhooks, etc.
• Loss of the JWT authentication with email verification and forget password
• Loss of the plugin ecosystem like email plugin, image upload, etc
• Loss of the role based access control system that provides permissions for any custom API routes defined
• Refactoring of an entire React frontend project to use the ExpressJS code

Pro of removing Strapi:

• High speed boost to the development experience < 5s reload server
• Less CPU and memory usage
• Smaller bundle size due to fewer packages