A job-based 2026 shortlist of eleven CMS platforms, with export, pricing, AI and MCP support, and Next.js preview checked on 2026-10-19.
Building VeloCMS.org
Building VeloCMS.org , A fast multilingual CMS for blogs and online stores. I write about headless CMS, Next.js, SEO and moving off WordPress and Shopify.
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Ramsha Zaib
With Strapi and Payload the software is free, but the hosting and upkeep can end up deciding the real cost. Have you seen teams run them on managed hosts like Cloudways or Railway so they don’t have to handle the server side themselves? I am curious how that works out in practice, especially for Payload inside a Next.js app.