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CMS Picker: Find the Best CMS for Your Website

Answer a few questions about your website, content workflow, integrations, budget and team. Get a practical CMS recommendation with tradeoffs, risks and next steps.
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Questions

10 questions, ~3 minutes

Output

CMS recommendation + rationale + risks

Platforms covered

WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Sanity, Contentful, Payload

Contact required

No — result shown before any form

What you get

A practical answer to a question most guides avoid

This quiz is not a feature comparison. It is a structured filter that looks at your real constraints and gives you a direction — even if that direction is to stay where you are.

Platform recommendation

A primary CMS recommendation — WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Sanity, Contentful, Payload CMS, or an architecture audit — with an honest rationale.

Why it fits your situation

Specific reasons grounded in your answers: content model, team size, integrations, and budget.

What to watch out for

Risks and limitations of the recommended path, so you can plan for them before committing.

Typical budget and complexity

A directional budget range and complexity indicator to anchor scoping conversations.
If you already know you are migrating from an existing CMS, the CMS migration difficulty quiz gives you a complexity band, cost range, and timeline estimate for that specific transition.

CMS Picker

Which CMS fits your project?

Answer the questions below. The recommendation appears immediately after the last step — no contact details required.

FAQ

About the CMS picker

How long does the quiz take?

About 3 minutes. There are 10 questions covering your site type, current setup, biggest pain, content model, team, languages, integrations, technical capacity, budget, and timeline.

Is the result biased toward Payload CMS?

No. The scoring model is designed to produce honest recommendations. If WordPress or Webflow is the right answer for your situation, that is what the quiz will say. Payload only scores highly when the requirements genuinely justify it.

What does "architecture audit first" mean?

When your requirements include many integrations, multilingual markets, multi-brand architecture, or a high-stakes migration, the right next step is discovery before choosing a platform. Picking the wrong CMS in that scenario is expensive to fix.

What happens after I submit my contact details?

Your answers and recommendation are stored, and you receive a copy by email. There is no obligation and no sales follow-up unless you ask for one.

Can I retake the quiz with different answers?

Yes. There is a "Start over" button on the result screen that clears your answers and returns to the beginning.

If the result points toward a complex architecture, the next step is a proper scoping session before you commit.

Use the recommendation as a starting point for a conversation, not a final decision.

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