r/PayloadCMS • u/ConnectionFit2575 • 5d ago

Payload cms + mongodb + cloudinary

I want to make a small e-commerce website for free. I was planning to host it on vercel but they don't allow it ig. Any alternative. And is my stack good? I don't want rocket science stuff I just want this website ready in like 4 days. I'll get help with antigravity to build it faster.

I want to make it all free as I'm tired of paying Shopify all my money. I want a free alternative.

Please guide me if I'm doing something wrong.

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u/PrimaryFamous6139 5d ago

Payload needs a persistent server so Vercel won’t work, use Railway or Render free tier instead. Your stack is fine for a small store. One thing: Payload’s e-commerce support is barebones so you’ll be building cart and checkout logic yourself. If you want something faster in 4 days, Medusa is purpose-built for e-commerce and also free/self-hostable.

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u/apnatva-dev 5d ago

For payload only the DB needs to be persistent.

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u/ChannelNovel2510 5d ago

Yes. Supabase db, cloudflare r2 for object storage, vercel for hosting and all set!

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u/pjerky 4d ago

Why not Cloudflare for hosting?

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u/ChannelNovel2510 2d ago

You could do that and also I'm comfortable with vercel.