--- title: Payload CMS Reviews meta\_title: 'Payload CMS Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 59 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Payload CMS works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.9 review\_count: 59 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # Payload CMS Reviews & Product Details Payload is a free and open-source Headless CMS built with React and TypeScript. It's the happy medium between application framework and CMS, boosting your development process, while staying out of your way as your apps get more complex. * * * Seller [Payload](https://www.g2.com/sellers/payload) Discussions [Payload CMS Community](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/discuss) Languages Supported Arabic, Czech, German, English, Persian, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Burmese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Dan Ribbens Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Payload CMS. ### Self-Hosted Free ### Payload Cloud Standard $35.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Sanity](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sanity") Sanity 4.7/5(926) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sanity/reviews) [ ![Strapi](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Strapi") Strapi 4.5/5(205) ](https://www.g2.com/products/strapi/reviews) [ ![Contentful](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Contentful") Contentful 4.3/5(327) ](https://www.g2.com/products/contentful/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 59 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Yauhen M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yauhen M.") YM Yauhen M. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/22/2023 "A Flexible and Promising headless CMS" 4/5 What do you like best about Payload CMS? TypeScript-first, with proper built-in types and your models exports Models defined in code and auto-synced Proper GQL and Rest APIs Built-in versioning and drafts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Payload CMS? The cloud platform seems a bit limiting at the moment. Not enough customizations for my ideal use-case, and the tech stack is not transparent yet influencing me as the user (example: I cannot CNAME the custom domain registered with CloudFlare) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Payload CMS solving and how is that benefiting you? Our content team can use it to provide the content fo the web site while the dev team can work on the code parts independently. Yet we have full types support via TS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Enrico B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Enrico B.") EB Enrico B. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/23/2023 "The best CMS for developers" 4/5 What do you like best about Payload CMS? I was looking for a great CMS to use for small to medium sized websites and came across Payload CMS. In the vast landscape of content management systems I think Payload best meets the needs of developers. It's open source, scalable, quick to learn, and very customizable. I recommend it to all developers looking for a new CMS! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Payload CMS? There aren't many plugins yet, but there is an awesome community! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Payload CMS solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using Payload CMS to manage the page content and collections for our websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Sanna J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sanna J.") SJ Sanna J. Co-Founder Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/31/2023 "Properly customisable CMS with a real internationalization model" 4/5 What do you like best about Payload CMS? Their internationalization model excellent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Payload CMS? There is no way to generate an admin thumbnail for uploads which are not images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Payload CMS solving and how is that benefiting you? Payload has helped us immensely in providing a dashboard for our clients where they can easily edit content according to the product specificiation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ulvi S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ulvi S.") US Ulvi S. Research Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/2/2023 "easy to start and integrate" 4/5 What do you like best about Payload CMS? being code first makes it easy to work for me as I dont like low-code platforms to much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Payload CMS? no support for other databases. also more extension would be helpfull Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Payload CMS solving and how is that benefiting you? For me it is easy to use and start. I was looking for something I could begin quickly and scale. Payload was my choice as it is code-first Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Payload CMS? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Payload CMS ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Payload CMS used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-payload-cms-used-for) GU Guest User What is Payload CMS used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/payload-cms-what-is-payload-cms-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Payload CMS. ### Self-Hosted Free ### Payload Cloud Standard $35.00 Per Month ### Payload Cloud Pro $199.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/pricing) Payload CMS Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_00b8806bcda4bcf6c839d3cb95334676/strapi.png "Product Avatar Image") Strapi 4.5/5(205) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/payload-cms-vs-strapi) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_fbaa727733110fd4adca6d865d7096f0/sanity.png "Product Avatar Image") Sanity 4.7/5(926) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/payload-cms-vs-sanity) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_5ca26c890d1375cbac272d2793d2361b/directus.png "Product Avatar Image") Directus 4.9/5(52) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/directus-vs-payload-cms) ##### ##### Payload CMS Features Publishing Automated Publishing Multi-language AR/VR Capability Development Image Management Reuseable Content Unlimited Environments Analytics Personalization Content Performance [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Web Content Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/web-content-management)[E-Commerce Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/e-commerce-platforms)[Headless CMS](https://www.g2.com/categories/headless-cms) ##### Explore More [What is the best payroll software for small businesses?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-payroll-software-for-small-businesses)[Best software for vendor spend management](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-software-for-vendor-spend-management-what-tools-actually-keep-it-in-check)[Best data observability software](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-data-observability-software) [What's the best batch management software for a small manufacturing shop that needs lot tracking and expiration dates?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-batch-management-software-for-a-small-manufacturing-shop-that-needs-lot-tracking-and-expiration-dates)[What is the best QMS for medical device manufacturers?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-qms-for-medical-device-manufacturers)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/payload-cms/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)