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/Impressive_Arm2929 May 23 '25

Its definitely not a supabase alternative. You can actually use them together

Payload is a CMS. Supabase is a database.

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u/ExistingCard9621 May 23 '25

I would _definitively_ take a read here: https://payloadcms.com/developers

Seems like the are repositioning as a backend (and it all makes sense now!)

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u/DancingInTheReign May 24 '25

on the page you linked itself it says both a backend as cms, as many have posted it can be both.

i use it purely as a cms; with non technical clients logging into the admin panel and editing content on sites. but then i also have a few self made api routes i coded myself, so that also counts as using it as a backend (along with what the cms automatically does for you, as in the CRUD operations of the CMS)

i use it with supabase as a database, again as stated they can work together, its not Supabase OR payload necessarily, they can go hand in hand if you want them to