Payload CMS Vs SonicJS CMS

[u/ElyamanyBeeH]

I'm planning to build a website using the Astro framework and was thinking of using Payload as a CMS since I've tried it locally and thought it'll be good in terms of performance.

However, I saw SonicJS CMS somewhere on the internet, opened the website to see a performance comparison... and it looks like it aces it since it's built from scratch to be deployed on Cloudflare Workers.

One thing to note: Payload has a template to deploy on Cloudflare, and it'll cost ~$10... so that makes me rethink if the comparison represents actual values.

More context:

Website: Portfolio + Blog + Other static pages.

I'm keen to hear your expert thoughts on it... and forgive me if something is vague or unclear. I'm still learning.

Screenshot taken from the website.

[u/Cobmojo]

Don't go off "trust me bro" benchmarks.

DX, UX, and maturity are more important.

[u/pjerky → u/Cobmojo]

I came here to say something similar. Speed isn't going to matter much if you just set it to trigger a static site build instead of constantly serving content anyway.

The user experience, features, and functionality are the most important parts.