Payload CMS Reviews & Product Details

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.

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.

Payload CMS has excellent, developer-friendly documentation that makes it easy to get started and build fast. With the release of Payload 3.0, it now runs on Next.js, which significantly boosts development speed and pairs perfectly with Vercel for smooth, quick deployments. The system is highly extensible, making it simple to create reusable, templated projects that can be shared across multiple applications. Additionally, the community is very active and supportive in areas like the Payload Discord and GitHub, making it easy to find answers or get help when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My experience with Payload has been great overall. If I had to nitpick, it would be the reliance on community-made plugins. While they're helpful, you have to keep in mind that if the original author might not be actively maintaining them—especially during major version updates—you may end up having to patch the plugin yourself or rework your solution entirely. It’s not a dealbreaker, but it’s something to consider when planning long-term projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our web developers have been able to tailor Payload to suit our specifc needs, without exception. Anything we ask, they are able to make Payload do just that - not an experience we've had with our previous platform. Our website is tremendously easy to edit and add pages to, without the help of web developers, which has significantly lessened the time and resources spent on maintaining our site. We were also able to integrate our Digital Asset Management software into Payload, which has streamlined processes signficantly further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In the website buiding stages, it was a bit slow and now that the site is live, still is a little slow when navigating the back end. It's also quite new, which hasn't been an issue thus far, but I don't necessarily have the peace of mind I would like when things are in beta. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I loved the default Nextjs additions into payload. It has massive perform improvement and easy to use as a user and too fun to impletent / develop for developers.

It has become my goto CMS for major projects. I also appreciate the payload team for discord support channels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everythings seems fine after v3 stable release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Show + Tell is a UK based Payload Agency... we've used payload as a web agency on multiple projects now as the feedback from IT & Marketing teams client side have been hugely positive. Client have found the content management process fare quick and more flexible to their needs meaning time saved in their day to day role. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Enterprise is expensive from smaller companies however the product is great and well worth it for larger Enterprise level clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Endless extendability, modern tech stack, very fast end user experience, open source & no vendor lock in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Payload still lacks some features that are available by default on other systems. This is not a dealbreaker however, since you can either build it yourself or find most of them in the open source community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's open source, and its developer and content manager experience are unmatched amongst other Headless CMSs we've tried. Quick to deploy, great features and an easily reachable and helpful support team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It requires a bit of know-how if you're transitioning from a traditional CMS like WordPress, and its dashboard interface can feel a little sparse for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Incredibly simple to extend, can be used for virtually anything, not just websites. Building small, medium, and large applications is a breeze and takes a lot less time than developing them from scratch. The Payload Discord community is incredibly friendly and helpful, and the team actively engage with the community. Payload is also feature rich, with a wealth of community plugins available to drop into your app with minimal configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not always simple to extend existing payload components, or modify them to better suit your use case. Sometimes you have to replace components entirely though this is rare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Payload must be the easiest to implement and use in today's market. The team is super friendly and offers tons of support and the feature loaded platform is just the right fit for almost everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Looking forward to see even more integrations and marketplaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate the intuitive user-interface and the comprehensive features that make it easy for us to setup and for our clients to manage their content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

N/A. Payload was the perfect solution for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.