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Payload CMS Pricing Overview

Payload CMS at a glance

Payload is free and open source. Get started with one line: $ npx create-payload-app.

Cloud hosting starts at $35 / month (Standard) up to $199 / month (Pro), with custom pricing for enterprise clients.

Payload CMS has 4 pricing editions. A free trial of Payload CMS is also available. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Name	Price	Features
Self-Hosted	Free	Get started in one-line: $ npx create-payload-app Completely free and open-source GraphQL, REST, and Local APIs Easily customizable ReactJS Admin Fully self-hosted Extensible Authentication Local file storage & upload Version History and Drafts Field-based Localization Block-based Layout Builder Extensible SlateJS rich text editor Array field type Field conditional logic Extremely granular Access Control Document and field-level hooks for every action Payload provides Built with Typescript & very Typescript-friendly Intensely fast API Show More
Payload Cloud Standard	$35.00Per Month	Power small to medium-sized production projects for a low monthly fee. Mongo Atlas serverless DB 3GB database storage * 30GB S3 file storage 40GB bandwidth /mo * 512MB RAM, 1 vCPU One custom domain On-demand backup Payload-branded email service Show More
Payload Cloud Pro	$199.00Per Month	High-availability and dedicated infrastructure. For larger projects with bigger needs. Dedicated M10 Atlas cluster 30GB database storage* 150GB file storage 100GB bandwidth /mo* 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 2 instances High-availability compute Up to 3 custom domains Automatic backups White-labeled email service Show More
Payload Enterprise	Contact UsPer Month	For large-scale, critical content infrastructure. Support, SSO and more. Any size Atlas database Unlimited database storage Unlimited file storage  Unlimited bandwidth RAM and CPU scaled to needs High-availability compute Unlimited custom domains White-labeled email service SSO Premium plugins 99.9% uptime SLA Show More

Payload CMS pricing & plans

Free Trial is available

Pricing information for Payload CMS is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Payload CMS must be conducted with the seller.

* $0.50 per GB of database storage, ** $0.20 per GB of bandwidth /mo, and *** $0.02 per GB of file storage overages are charged for Standard and Pro plans.

Pricing information was last updated on October 10, 2024

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Sanity Free forever	Free	For individuals experimenting or shipping smaller projects. 20 user seats included 2 datasets (public) Unlimited content types and locales Customizable content workspaces Hosted, real-time content database Live previews and visual editing tools Generous usage quota Show More
Strapi Community	FreeWith One-Time Purchase	Open-Source under MIT License REST & GraphQL API Up to 3 default roles Highly Flexible Content Structure Powerful Content Management Infinite Customization Capabilities Unlimited Usage (Entries, API calls, Assets, etc.) Unlimited locales Community Support Show More
Hygraph Free Developer Plan	$0.00	Enjoy Hygraph's free forever developer plan for personal or small-scale projects. Fully Hosted and GraphQL native Headless CMS Robust GraphQL Content APIs for read and write access Built in Digital Asset Management with Assets Transformation API Work together with up to 5 users and 2 locales per project Automate custom logic with granular webhooks Up to 1 million monthly API calls and 100GB monthly asset traffic (hard limit) Show More

Various alternatives pricing & plans

Free Trial is available

Pricing information for the above various Payload CMS alternatives is supplied by the respective software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase any of these products must be conducted with the seller.

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Payload CMS Pricing Reviews

Charlie H.

Founder & Digital Strategist

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

Validated Reviewer

Verified Current User

Review source: Organic

8/14/2024

"Payload used on multiple projects by web agency"

What do you like best about Payload CMS?

Show + Tell is a UK based Payload Agency... we've used payload as a web agency on multiple projects now as the feedback from IT & Marketing teams client side have been hugely positive. Client have found the content management process fare quick and more flexible to their needs meaning time saved in their day to day role. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payload CMS?

The Enterprise is expensive from smaller companies however the product is great and well worth it for larger Enterprise level clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Payload CMS solving and how is that benefiting you?

The previous CMS we used was Wordpress for client projects and as it's 20 years old it comes with a lot of bloat, performance & security isssues. Payload solves this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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