Payload CMS vs. Directus
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Payload CMS | Directus |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Review count | 59 | 53 |
| Ease of use | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| Ease of setup | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| Quality of support | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| Meets requirements | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| NPS | 93.220339 | 92.45283 |
| Small Business | 86.2% | 52.8% |
| Mid-Market | 13.8% | 30.2% |
| Enterprise | 0.0% | 17.0% |
| Total page views | 1,202 | 333 |
| Total LLM citations | 18,909 | 8,503 |
Payload CMS
Payload is a free and open-source Headless CMS built with React and TypeScript. It's the happy medium between application framework and CMS, boosting your development process, while staying out of your way as your apps get more complex.
- Ease of Use
- Community Support
- Easy Integration
- Integrations
- Documentation
- User Interface
Directus
Directus is the collaborative backend for modern applications and AI. Directus sits beside any new or existing SQL database, providing a unified API and visual Studio that transforms your live data into a shared workspace where developers, business teams, and AI agents can build, manage, and act on data together. Engineers get everything they need out of the box: a self-documenting REST and GraphQL API, event hooks for custom logic, granular access control, data workflows, and more. But Directus doesn't stop at the developer layer.
- Flexibility
- Integrations
- API Integration
- Platform Flexibility
- Customer Support
- Customizability