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Payload vs Strapi

Facts about Payload CMS and Strapi, side by side. Each line comes from the tool's own pages, repository or npm, with its source and the day it was checked.

14 sources

Written by the Nextly team. Nextly is not in this comparison; it has a section of its own at the end.

01 · Side by side

Payload CMS and Strapi, fact by fact

Each line comes from Payload CMS's or Strapi's own pages, repository or npm. Where we have not checked something, we say so and link to their docs.

Payload CMS and Strapi, fact by fact
TopicPayload CMSStrapi
LicencePayload CMSMITSource [1]Strapi“MIT Expat” outside the ee/ directories, if you have no Strapi Cloud account. Code in ee/ is licensed separately.Source [8]
Written inPayload CMSTypeScriptSource [1]StrapiTypeScriptSource [8]
DatabasesPayload CMSAdapters for MongoDB, Postgres and SQLiteSource [2]StrapiSQLite, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQLSource [9]
APIsPayload CMSA Local API, REST and GraphQL are documentedSource [3] Source [4] Source [5]StrapiREST, and GraphQL through a plugin (@strapi/plugin-graphql), are documentedSource [10] Source [11]
Managed hostingPayload CMSPayload Cloud: “deployment of new projects is currently paused”Source [6]StrapiStrapi Cloud lists Starter, Pro and Business plans, each priced per project per monthSource [12]
Self-hosted plansPayload CMSNot stated here. payloadcms.com/docs⁠ (opens in a new tab)StrapiA free Community plan, and paid Growth and Enterprise plansSource [13]
Current releasePayload CMS3.92.0 on npm latest; 4.0.0-beta.4 on betaSource [7]Strapi5.59.0 on npm latestSource [14]

02 · Sources

Where each line comes from

Payload CMS

  1. [1]github.com/payloadcms/payload (licence, language) (opens in a new tab)
  2. [2]payloadcms.com/docs/database/overview (opens in a new tab)
  3. [3]payloadcms.com/docs/local-api/overview (opens in a new tab)
  4. [4]payloadcms.com/docs/rest-api/overview (opens in a new tab)
  5. [5]payloadcms.com/docs/graphql/overview (opens in a new tab)
  6. [6]payloadcms.com/payload-has-joined-figma (opens in a new tab)
  7. [7]npmjs.com/package/payload (dist-tags) (opens in a new tab)

Strapi

  1. [8]github.com/strapi/strapi (licence, language) (opens in a new tab)
  2. [9]docs.strapi.io/cms/configurations/database (opens in a new tab)
  3. [10]docs.strapi.io/cms/api/rest (opens in a new tab)
  4. [11]docs.strapi.io/cms/plugins/graphql (opens in a new tab)
  5. [12]strapi.io/pricing-cloud (opens in a new tab)
  6. [13]strapi.io/pricing-cms (opens in a new tab)
  7. [14]npmjs.com/package/@strapi/strapi (dist-tags) (opens in a new tab)

03 · Method

How this page is written

Facts
Facts from their own pages or repository, each with its source and the day we checked.
No scores
No ticks, crosses or verdicts about other products.
Gaps
Where we have not checked something, we say so and link to their docs.

04 · A third option

Nextly

We make Nextly. It is not part of the comparison above.

Separate from the comparison

What it is
Nextly is an open-source content platform for Next.js.
Stack
TypeScript · Self-hosted · MIT · PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite · 0.0.2-alpha.71
Hosting
Self-hosted. MIT today, and no decision yet about paid offerings.
Status
Nextly is in alpha. APIs may change before 1.0. Pin exact versions in production.