🆚 Hygraph vs. Payload CMS

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

Hygraph, formerly known as GraphCMS, is a GraphQL-native, API-first headless content management system.

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

Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️
Growth $299+/month
Enterprise Custom
Free ✔️ Self-hosted, open source

Categories

CMS › Rank #78
CMS › Rank #42

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Payload CMS platform is 3 times more popular than Hygraph.
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 Hygraph is more popular in the Netherlands, Romania, and Israel.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
India
Canada
Brazil
France

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 Hygraph is more commonly used on online shopping, motor vehicles, and restaurants sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Software/Hardware
Health
Travel
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#7,560
#14,008
#16,628
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Name
Rank
#1,027
#2,579
#3,724
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See also

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