G2 Vendor Directory

Sanity vs. Payload CMS

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricSanity

by Sanity.io

Payload CMS

by Payload

Overall rating4.74.9
Review count92659
Ease of use8.89.2
Ease of setup8.99.2
Quality of support9.19.4
Meets requirements9.29.5
NPS80.48245693.220339
Small Business72.4%86.2%
Mid-Market18.5%13.8%
Enterprise9.1%0.0%
Total page views2,0771,202
Total LLM citations32,21918,909

Sanity

The Content Operating System—a fully customizable all-code backend for content-driven websites and apps. Power all your content operations from a single platform with a feature-rich content workspace, interactive visual editing, serverless functions, AI agent, and the database optimized for content. Learn more: https://www.sanity.io/ Try it out: https://www.sanity.io/get-started Join the community: https://snty.link/community Get work-ready: https://www.sanity.io/learn Questions? hello@sanity.io

Pros

  • Customizability
  • Features
  • Flexibility
  • Customization
  • Ease of Use
  • Content Management

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.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Community Support
  • Easy Integration
  • Integrations
  • Documentation
  • User Interface