A headless CMS to power native apps, from auth to uploads.
Payload is the perfect native app headless CMS. Instantly get all the tools you need to power your native app backend—including APIs, authentication, content management, media storage, and more.
Save time and budget
Backends and admin panels are hard, and you've built them many times before.
Almost any native app needs to have a powerful back-office to manage users, orders, media, and more. If you've ever built a native app like this, you know how tiring it gets to have to build a web-based admin UI in addition to the native app itself. With Payload, you can focus only on what matters—your app.
Let Payload automatically deliver you with a full API—including REST, GraphQL and Local Node APIs. You'll supercharge your app development and be able to focus on what matters.
Implement your own business logic.
Payload's auto-generated CRUD APIs can be extended in any way that your app needs with Hooks. If you need more than CRUD, no worries—it's your Node server. Add whatever your app needs right alongside of Payload in Express or GraphQL.
Payload is free and open-source.
You can host it yourself, or let us handle hosting for you on Payload Cloud. If you're interested in Payload Cloud, sign up for our waitlist.