Create content on your terms.

Creating content shouldn’t require a PhD. With Payload, a minimal and elegant editing experience facilitates the power running behind the scenes.

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VISUAL EDITING

What you see is (actually) what you get

Effortlessly build and visualize the look and feel of your content alongside your team members—all in real-time. It’s the way content authoring was meant to be.

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Building with Payload can be done quickly and effectively, thanks to its code‑based customization and developer‑friendly features.

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Simplify your stack

Payload is fully extensible, allowing you to prioritize requirements, reduce development costs, and avoid the bloat—along with vendor lock-in.


Embrace Payload's open-source flexibility to build on your terms.

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AI

From translations to dynamic image generation and an intelligent writing assistant, Payload’s AI toolset is thoughtfully engineered to accompany your creative and professional endeavors, not replace them.

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A dialog for generating images in Payload using AI.A dialog for generating images in Payload using AI.
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SEO-Native

Beyond unparalleled speed, Payload features a no-frills, Google-informed standard to organically position your content for maximum reach. No black magic, just the best methods to position your content.

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Faster A/B testing

Alongside Next.js, Payload is the only platform that statically renders your variant content, not the server.

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Form Builder

Directly create forms within your ecosystem, seamlessly integrating with your design system—no more third-party forms, no extra code.

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Live Preview

Avoid unnecessary clicks and endless drafts by seeing your work live as you build, and even adjust each breakpoint setting to see how those same changes render on mobile and elsewhere.

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Publishing Workflows

Build a publishing workflow that can be as elaborate or as simple as necessary. Stay informed and enhance collaboration with notifications and inline feedback, delivering content that's not just timely, but meets your standards.

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Field-Based Localization

Deep field-based localization support. Maintaining as many locales as you need is easy, and features internationalization support.

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import { buildConfig } from 'payload/config'
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export default buildConfig({
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collections: [
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// collections go here
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],
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localization: {
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locales: [
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{
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label: 'English',
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code: 'en',
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},
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{
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label: 'Arabic',
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code: 'ar',
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// set default text-alignment on Input fields
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// to rtl (right-to-left) when current locale is rtl
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rtl: true,
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},
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],
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defaultLocale: 'en',
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fallback: true,
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},
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})
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Schedule time with us

What we'll talk about:

  • Dedicated engineering support
  • Demo of enterprise features, including visual editing and AI
  • Custom solutions to extend Payload
  • Influence over the Payload roadmap
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