Open-source alternative  ·  Headless CMS

Replace Prismic with Payload CMS.

Open source TypeScript headless CMS and app framework. Code-first config, REST + GraphQL API, rich text editor, authentication built in. Self-hosted.

You'd keep~R10 800 to ~R33 600/year

Current licence  ·  Headless CMS

Prismic

~R10 800 – ~R33 600/yr

10-user estimate

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Payload CMS

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R33 600/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. Prismic's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Medium

R10 800/yr

R900/month

With Payload CMS

Keep R10 800/yr

Large

R33 600/yr

R2 800/month

With Payload CMS

Keep R33 600/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Prismic grows around 10% per year on average. Payload CMS hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR15kR30kR45kR60kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R55kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.19M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

PrismicPayload CMS, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.