Choose Craft CMS if you need
- Integration with Salesforce, Mailchimp or Hubspot. We haven't found them on Payload's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on Payload's website.
At a glance
- Payload has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Craft CMS.
- Craft CMS offers a free trial (length not stated). We haven't confirmed one for Payload.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Craft CMS lists GDPR.
- Craft CMS has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Payload.
- Both can be self-hosted.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Payload if you need
- Integration with Vercel, Cloudflare or Next.js. We haven't found them on Craft CMS's website.
Craft CMS
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Payload
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Review PayloadThe facts
- What it does
- Craft CMSA flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond.
- PayloadAn open-source headless CMS and application framework built with TypeScript and React.
- Free plan
- Craft CMSNot confirmed
- PayloadYes
- Pricing
- Craft CMSNot confirmed
- PayloadNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Craft CMS
- Salesforce
- Mailchimp
- Hubspot
- Stripe
Only Payload
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Next.js
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Craft CMS and Payload yet.
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