- very easy to set up and get started

- great user access and grant management with third-party SSO integration

- easily define similar document structures with the ability to completely customize the visual presentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While using MongoDB No-SQL database as the document database, it's sometimes tempting when changing data types of already defined fields. But besides that, I haven't experienced any pains when using Payload so far! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.

Payload is fast and intuitive to extend and adapt. I've tried other options like Strapi, Payload does the same job with much better developer experience. The best thing about payload is that it is pleasant and fun to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Payload is a younger project compared to some competitors. Besides the obvious, some features that exist in other established products may not yet be implemented into payload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have tried many headless CMS projects, but Payload was the first that was easy to develop, and easy to extend and tailor it to the customers specification. It helps us build our projects faster and easier than other software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It only supports MongoDB at the moment, which is not always optimal, but they are working on supporting other databases. You need to have basic JavaScript/TypeScript knowledge to get started. It is not a con for us, but it may be for others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I no longer truly need to recommend Wordpress as a cheap solution to manage content for a website. ACF and Gravity forms are now just baked into what I can offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most people don't realize you can get a theme for any Next.js /React website to save on design costs. They're very used to Wordpress's community of themes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's been built by devs for devs. The Payload team and the community are amazing. My agency now uses PayloadCMS exclusively. There's no competition now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't dislike anything about Payload CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Payload is all we can want in terms of balance between developer experience and editor experience. The backend is extremely easily extendable, the administration panel UI is clean and easy to use. We love the tool and we truly believe this is the future of open-source CMSs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the moment the CMS is only limited to MongoDB databases but we know the team at Payload is hard working on a Postgres adapter that will ceil the deal for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not Wordpress or Strapi. It's simple and straight-forward, and actually saves us time on development - because we can add custom functionality in Express without messing with the CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's still quite young and the plugin ecosystem and community needs some more time to mature. But it's not that much work writing one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Payload, the headless CMS, is a developer's dream come true. With its programmer-friendly design, seamless MongoDB integration, smooth Next.js connection, unmatched flexibility, and empowering features, Payload stands out as an exceptional choice for building web applications and more.

What sets Payload apart is its flexibility.With robust API and plugins, Payload empowers developers to extend functionality and build sophisticated applications.

Payload is the ideal choice for developers seeking a headless CMS that offers simplicity, flexibility, and power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In terms of the admin panel, one potential limitation of Payload is the absence of a built-in feature for adding graphs. However, the community of Payload has addressed this by developing plugins that enable the integration of graphs into the admin panel. While a native option for graphs is lacking, the availability of community plugins showcases the extensible nature of Payload CMS and the collaborative efforts to enhance its capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The developer experience is really nice which makes our development team more productive when working on our content infrastructure. The fact that we can use our own react components and host the CMS on serverless on Vercel is a game changer for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I really dislike about Payload, Only thing that comes to mind is that the rich text editor is somewhat limited by default, but you can easily add functionality to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.