🆚 Apostrophe vs. Payload CMS

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

ApostropheCMS is an open-source full-stack content management system built with Node.js and MongoDB that can be used both as a traditional and headless CMS.

It offers in-context editing, reusable "piece types" for structured content, REST APIs, custom schema field types, localization support, and modular extensions to extend functionality.

Payload is an open-source application framework and headless CMS built with Next.js that supports both self-hosting and cloud deployment.

It features automatic REST and GraphQL APIs from code-defined schemas, supports MongoDB and Postgres databases, and provides versioning and drafts, field-level localization, over 20 field types, granular access control, live preview, and a block-based layout builder.

Headquarters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️ Community Edition, open source
Pro $199/month
Assembly $499/month
Free ✔️ Self-hosted, open source

Categories

CMS › Rank #121
CMS › Rank #42

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Payload CMS platform is 8 times more popular than Apostrophe.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Payload CMS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Apostrophe is more popular in Jordan.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Sweden
India
Canada
Netherlands
France
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Payload CMS is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services, while Apostrophe is more commonly used on restaurants sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Software/Hardware
Online Shopping
Health
Travel
Education/Reference
Finance/Banking
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#74,709
#105,956
#197,167
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Name
Rank
#1,027
#2,579
#3,724
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See also

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