Simplify your stack and build anything. Or everything.

USE CASES

Headless CMS Enterprise App Builder Headless E-Commerce Digital Asset Management

FEATURES

Multi-Tenancy White Label Localization Access Control Auth

CASE STUDIES

See what others are building with Payload.

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Build tomorrow’s web with a modern solution you truly own.

PAYLOAD IS FOR

Developers Marketing teams Enterprise companies Agencies & Consultancies

COMPARE PAYLOAD

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AGENCY TESTIMONIAL

"Payload has transformed the way our clients manage content. It's an indispensable tool for any modern agency."

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Code-based nature means you can build on top of it to power anything.

Resources

Documentation Examples Templates GitHub Releases Blog

Community

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Payload Cloud

Deploy your entire stack in one place with Payload Cloud.

It’s time to take back your content infrastructure.

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Enterprise Features

SSO AI Auto-Embedding Publishing Workflows Visual Editor Static A/B testing AI features

Customer Stories

Microsoft Blue Origin Hello Bello Mythical Society Tekton

Featured Customer Story

Microsoft chose Payload to tell the world about AI.

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Deploy your entire stack in one place.

Self-hosted

Free

Payload is open-source and MIT licensed. Deploy it wherever, for free, forever.

npx create-payload-app

Completely open-source
Host yourself

Standard

$35/mo

Power small to medium-sized production projects for a low monthly fee.

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MongoDB Atlas serverless DB
3GB database storage *
30GB S3 file storage **
40GB bandwidth /mo ***
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU
50 million serverless RPUs /mo ****
One custom domain
On-demand backup
Payload-branded email service

Pro

$199/mo

High-availability and dedicated infrastructure. For larger projects with bigger needs.

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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

Enterprise

Custom

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

Get all the plumbing and guaranteed uptime from trusted names without having to manage it all yourself.

Email

We provide seamless email functionality for your app so you don't have to build it all yourself.

Predictable Pricing

Our pricing model is not based on users, which allows you to scale without worrying about unexpected costs.

File Storage

Dedicated S3 bucket gives you scalable file storage behind a CDN.

CDN

Keep your APIs fast with built-in automatic CDN purging.

Compute

More than enough CPU to power even the most demanding workloads.

Database

Built on MongoDB Atlas for reliability and scalability.

Realtime Logs

Errors happen — we give you realtime logs to help you diagnose and resolve issues faster.

Zero downtime deploys

With our intelligent deployment process you can push and deploy updates to your app with zero downtime.

FAQ

Does Payload Cloud support PostgreSQL?

Currently, Cloud database support is limited to MongoDB Atlas. However, for those seeking to deploy Payload with PostgreSQL, a self-hosted option is available.

Will there be a free tier?

Yes. Eventually. There's a lot going on behind the scenes to make Payload Cloud a reality, and as we expand so will our tiers. Payload is open-source, so in the meantime, you can freely self-host.

What's behind the curtain?

Payload Cloud is built on the DigitalOcean App Platform, using AWS S3 for storage, MongoDB Atlas for Database(s), Cloudflare for CDN, and GitHub to connect your repo(s).

What about overages?

* $0.50 per GB of database storage ** $0.20 per GB of bandwidth /mo *** $0.02 per GB of file storage overages **** Atlas Serverless $0.40 per million RPU /mo

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