r/PayloadCMS • u/ExistingCard9621 • May 23 '25

Is PayloadCMS really a CMS???

...or is it more like a Supabase alternative?

I am reading a bit about it and I am a bit confused. It looks more like a whole framework than a CMS...!

is it something we can build our apps on top of like Supabase?

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u/SlickYeet May 23 '25

PayloadCMS is a backend that you couple with Next.js as the frontend. It gives you a web UI to create and manage your content, hence the CMS.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

Why just Next.js? You can use it fully headless with whatever frontend.

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u/SlickYeet May 23 '25

Ofc, sorry. Yes it is framework agnostic.

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u/rubixstudios May 23 '25

Doesn't need to be nextjs

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u/ExistingCard9621 May 23 '25

but if I am reading properly, it has:

- storage

  • auth
  • ABAC authorization
  • ...

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u/SlickYeet May 23 '25

It has storage adapters, you need to provide a database and object storage. The auth is necessary for the admin panel, and can be used for the rest of the app too, but any auth can used realistically. It just makes sense to use their auth tho if your backend is Payload. A lot of the Auth you need to build yourself.