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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.

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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)

Product Description

A developer-first, self-hosted, JavaScript CMS that is headless and extensible for application development. Gain complete control over your content with GraphQL / REST APIs, reusable auth hooks, localization, access control, layout-builder field types and more—all administered from an auto-generated, beautiful React Admin UI. Get started with one line $ npx create-payload-app

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Dan Ribbens

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Self-Hosted

Free

Payload Cloud Standard

$35.00

Per Month

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Payload CMS Demo - Payload | An open-source Next.js backend to build anything

Payload is code-first for developer and content-first for marketers. It powers everything from enterprise websites to internal apps.

Payload provides for everything you need to enable file upload, storage, and management directly on your server—including extremely powerful file access control.

Payload makes it simple to define and manage access control. By declaring roles, you can set permissions and restrict what your users can interact with.

The Payload Admin UI responds dynamically to the access control that you define.

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Jan E.

Softwareingenieur

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2023

"Finally a good headless CMS"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

High focus on developer experience, minimalistic design, extremely easy customizable logic. Very dedicated and friendly support! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

Sometimes it's kinda difficult to customize the design, but that's not really a big deal since it's used as a backoffice anyway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/17/2023

"An excellent CMS for hobbyists"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

Payload is highly a highly customizable CMS that provides a ton of flexibility when it comes to creating custom collection types. The ability to theme the Admin UI to match the UI of your website (swap out the logo, change the color palette, add custom components, etc.) is definitely a nice touch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

I find it difficult to say anything negative about Payload, but if I had to pick something, I would say that the scarcity of available plugins might be a negative for some projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark B.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2023

"Having fun building websites again"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

From a developer POV, having front and back integrated and just being able to keep writing TypeScript is a big plus. So happy to finally ditch WordPress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

So far, I launched one project using Payload. I have yet to discover downsides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azamat K.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2023

"The headless CMS we need"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

It provides flexibility, custom content structuring and grouping fields.

I love an easy-to-use API, SDKs, and comprehensive documentation.

Extensibility! Developers can create custom plugins and hooks.

User-friendly interface!

And awesome design :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

It supports only mongodb as data base, and it would be awesome to have postgres as an option.

Growing community: Payload's community and ecosystem are still developing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Austin D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2023

"No brainer"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

Love the community. The documentation is very straightforward the value proposition for Payload is clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

Just waiting for the ability to preview draft changes against a hosted UI using something like Next.js Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Taun H.

Freelance Video Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/21/2023

"Powerful CMS and great support & innovation from the Payload team and community"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

The freedom and flexibility to code to your preferences and provide a simple and elegant user experience for clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

Compared to other CMSs, Payload is currently fresh and therefore doesn't have as many resources for learning if you're someone who enjoys binging tutorials, though there is more than enough content to get going, and the community and team is very supportive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jean W.

Développeur freelance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2023

"Just amazing"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

It's simple. You can easily learn and get something running in a matter of hours. The API's are perfectly designed and snappy, and the flexibility is crazy.

We switched from Directus after 1 year of use in less than a week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

The cloud is a little unstable, but it's still in beta for the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/29/2023

"Finally a customizable CMS that is easy to work with"

5/5

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

I'm still new to payload, but I was surprised at how easy it was to customize to whatever I needed. Combined with easy to use startup templates, it's a really easy CMS to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

At this time, I haven't discovered anything that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.