🆚 Payload CMS vs. Prismic

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

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.

Prismic is a headless CMS and page builder for Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit sites.

It offers Slices, which are reusable page sections defined in code and editable via a visual page builder, along with localization, version history, REST and GraphQL APIs, live previews, scheduled content releases, a built-in media library, and image optimization.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Self-hosted, open source
Free version ✔️
Medium $180/month
Platinum $750/month
Enterprise Custom

Categories

CMS › Rank #42
CMS › Rank #26

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Prismic CMS platform is 1.9 times more popular than Payload CMS.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Prismic is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, while Payload CMS is more popular in India, Poland, and Norway.
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Netherlands
Australia
Iceland
Sweden
Canada
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Prismic is more popular than Payload CMS in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Finance/Banking
Software/Hardware
Fashion/Beauty
Real Estate
Education/Reference

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,027
#2,579
#3,724
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Name
Rank
#1,768
#2,099
#3,364
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See also

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