Payload Self Host Guide

Payload is the content framework that accelerates how developers, marketers, and product owners work together.

Benefits over a regular CMS

• Don’t hit some third-party SaaS API, hit your own API
• Use your own database and own your data
• It's just Express - do what you want outside of Payload
• No need to learn how Payload works - if you know JS, you know Payload
• No vendor lock-in
• Avoid microservices hell - get everything (even auth) in one place
• Never touch ancient WP code again
• Build faster, never hit a roadblock
• Both admin and backend are 100% extensible