Payload CMS Pricing Overview

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Free Trial

Self-Hosted

Free

Get started in one-line: $ npx create-payload-app

Completely free and open-source

GraphQL, REST, and Local APIs

Easily customizable ReactJS Admin

Fully self-hosted

Extensible Authentication

Local file storage & upload

Version History and Drafts

Field-based Localization

Block-based Layout Builder

Extensible SlateJS rich text editor

Array field type

Field conditional logic

Extremely granular Access Control

Document and field-level hooks for every action Payload provides

Built with Typescript & very Typescript-friendly

Intensely fast API

Payload Cloud Standard

$35.00

Per Month

Power small to medium-sized production projects for a low monthly fee.

Payload Cloud Pro

$199.00

Per Month

High-availability and dedicated infrastructure. For larger projects with bigger needs.

Payload Enterprise

Per Month

For large-scale, critical content infrastructure. Support, SSO and more.

Payload is free and open source. Get started with one line: $ npx create-payload-app.

Cloud hosting starts at $35 / month (Standard) up to $199 / month (Pro), with custom pricing for enterprise clients.

Payload CMS has 4 pricing editions. A free trial of Payload CMS is also available. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Pricing information for Payload CMS is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Payload CMS must be conducted with the seller.

* $0.50 per GB of database storage, ** $0.20 per GB of bandwidth /mo, and *** $0.02 per GB of file storage overages are charged for Standard and Pro plans.

Pricing information was last updated on October 10, 2024

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Sanity Free forever	Free	For individuals experimenting or shipping smaller projects. 20 user seats included 2 datasets (public) Unlimited content types and locales Customizable content workspaces Hosted, real-time content database Live previews and visual editing tools Generous usage quota Show More
Strapi Community	FreeWith One-Time Purchase	Open-Source under MIT License REST & GraphQL API Up to 3 default roles Highly Flexible Content Structure Powerful Content Management Infinite Customization Capabilities Unlimited Usage (Entries, API calls, Assets, etc.) Unlimited locales Community Support Show More
Contentful Free	$0.00	5 users 4 standard roles 2 locales Community-based support Tasks app Compose App 1 Intro space included No space upgrades or additional space purchases Show More

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Pricing information for the above various Payload CMS alternatives is supplied by the respective software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase any of these products must be conducted with the seller.

Payload CMS Pricing Reviews

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Louis M.

Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/27/2025

"Payload: The Next-Gen CMS You've Been Waiting For"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

The documentation was clear and effective, there were many examples that could be found on their own GitHub, and they have a very active discord community that are always willing to help when you run into problems. Extremely fast turn around time from blank slate to production. The ease of use, one command and you're up and running. Having Typescript across the project helps to not shoot yourself in the foot. It's a very modern and sleek workflow, and can solve many of the required tasks out of the box. Their hosting solution was very easy to use and at an affordable/fair price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

Nothing at this time, they have a great roadmap of future implementations that solve all niche issues as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.