🆚 Payload CMS vs. Storyblok

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

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.

Storyblok is an enterprise-grade headless content management system with a visual editor.

It provides a component-based content model, drag-and-drop live preview editing for non-technical users, built-in localization, versioning and audit trails, global caching via CloudFront CDN, and GraphQL and REST APIs.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Linz, Austria

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Self-hosted, open source
Free version ✔️1 user, 100K API requests/month
Growth
(5 users)
$99/month
Growth Plus
(15 users)
$349/month
PremiumCustom

Categories

CMS › Rank #78
CMS › Rank #23

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Storyblok CMS is 7 times more popular than Payload CMS.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Storyblok is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Payload CMS is more popular in India, Iceland, and Lithuania.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria
France
Australia
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Storyblok is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Payload CMS is more commonly used on job search sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Software/Hardware
Finance/Banking
Restaurants

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,027
#38,499
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