With ButterCMS, you can quickly create applications and websites that are driven by the CMS in any programming language. fantastic for dynamic sites, blogs, and more.
Your backend for content is ButterCMS. a headless CMS platform that is API-first and popular with developers and marketers. Butter makes buildings stronger.
The platform has white-labeling features that let businesses create unique blogs with their own themes, logos, content, fonts, and colors and embed them into already-existing websites.
Payload is a CMS that is totally focused on providing engineers with the greatest developer experience possible so they can design admin UI and APIs.
For your JavaScript application, Payload CMS is a content authoring tool. For user authentication, file uploads, internationalization, input validation, access control, programmatic hooks, and admin panel, Payload offers a turnkey solution.
Payload is made specifically to save developers time and effort when developing the backend and admin panel for websites, native applications, e-commerce, SaaS, and any other product that needs to handle the content.
FrameWork | Butter CMS | Payload CMS |
---|---|---|
Overview | Learn more | Learn more |
CMS Type | API | API |
Dashboard Internationalization | ||
Multilanguage Content | ||
Scheduling & Releases | requires plugin | |
Content Versioning | ||
Autosave | ||
Preview Content | requires a develope | |
Multiple Environments | ||
Workflow | possible to review the content | |
Customizable UI | ||
User Roles | limited options | |
Custom User Roles | ||
Organization Management | ||
REST API | ||
GraphQL API | ||
Images API | via API (query) or UI (editor - paid feature) | |
Content Management API | ||
Field Types | ||
Custom Field Types | ||
Webhooks | ||
CLI | last update in 2018 | |
SDK | ||
Free Plan Available | for non-commercial project | |
Team Members | ||
Locales | N/A | Unlimited |
Projects | N/A | N/A |
Two-factor authentication | ||
Team Logs | N/A | N/A |
GDPR | ||
SOC2 | ||
ISO27001 | ||
Extensions | ||
Built-in Backups & Restore |
A headless CMS is a content repository that may transmit content via APIs to any front-end or device. All of your content and components are stored in the headless CMS.
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