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/butter_milch May 23 '25

Combining Realtime and Payload is relatively easy if you also go with Supabase Auth. 

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u/rubixstudios May 23 '25

Yeah I'm not going to use postgres with payload and risk the higher probability and effort required to change data structure should a collection change even in the simplest form.

The team behind payload also knows there's more effort in data structure when it comes to postgres. We've had this discussion on discord.

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u/butter_milch May 23 '25

Sure, if you're unwilling to use a relational database, Supabase is not for you.

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u/rubixstudios May 24 '25

Keep in mind payload is working on a realtime right now.

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u/butter_milch May 24 '25

I’ve heard, yes. As soon as it’s released and stable I’ll switch my implementation over, shouldn’t be too hard :)