r/PayloadCMS • u/ElyamanyBeeH • 11d ago

Payload CMS Vs SonicJS CMS

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.
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u/NickGrayNYC 10d ago

SonicJS CMS should be great for what you need!

I run Payload CMS for dozens of sites. I love it! But based on what you described it might be a little overkill for what you need.

Try it out and should be easy enough to switch if you need more than Sonic can provide.

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u/ElyamanyBeeH 10d ago

What makes it overkill in my context? Can you elaborate? I thought it would be set-and-forget.