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Sanity vs Payload: Ultimate Hosted vs Self-Hosted CMS Guide
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Sanity vs Payload: Ultimate Hosted vs Self-Hosted CMS Guide

Compare Sanity's Content Lake vs Payload's self-hosted database for Next.js projects—pricing, security, performance…

Decide between Sanity vs Payload with a practical decision tree for Next.js projects—understand hosting trade-offs, costs, security, performance, and…

10 min readFeb 6, 2026By Matija Žiberna
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Why Payload Is the Best Headless CMS for Next.js 2026
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Why Payload Is the Best Headless CMS for Next.js 2026

A practical 2026 evaluation of Payload 3.0 for Next.js — TypeScript-native, self-hosted CMS with growth data and…

Discover why Payload is the best headless CMS for Next.js in 2026—TypeScript-native, self-hosted, and optimized for the App Router; pros, cons, and migration…

8 min readFeb 22, 2026By Matija Žiberna
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CMS Vendor Lock-In Explained: Sanity vs Payload 2026
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CMS Vendor Lock-In Explained: Sanity vs Payload 2026

Practical breakdown of data, query, pricing, schema, and ecosystem lock-in for Sanity vs Payload — migration costs.

Understand CMS vendor lock-in and which risks matter: data, query (GROQ), pricing, schema, and integrations. Get clear migration cost estimates and guidance.

11 min readFeb 17, 2026By Matija Žiberna
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Sanity vs Payload: 6 Costly Regrets Teams Always Face
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Sanity vs Payload: 6 Costly Regrets Teams Always Face

Checklist of real-world performance, pricing, migration, and security regrets in Sanity and Payload projects

Discover six common regrets teams face after choosing Sanity vs Payload - performance, pricing, migration, security - a checklist to avoid costly mistakes.

12 min readFeb 8, 2026By Matija Žiberna

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