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Last updated 2026-08-03 · benchmark measured 2026-09-20 — deterministic & reproducible

Payload is an open-source, code-first headless CMS and app framework built on Next.js.

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Legit.Show scored Payload 79/100 on 2026-09-20, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/payloadcms-com/2026-09-20

Is Payload production-ready?

Legit.Show scores Payload 79 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Payload (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Performance. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

• Performance — 42/100
• Accessibility — 95/100
• Security — 80/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
• Privacy — 75/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
• Reliability — 100/100
• Standards — 92/100
• Discoverability — 70/100

What we measured

• Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options.
• Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
• Real Lighthouse performance run — 141 ms to first byte.
• Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
• 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
• Has a reachable privacy policy.
• Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
• Discoverable: sitemap, OpenGraph image.

Who built it

product account @payloadcms

Who it's for

Developers · Marketing teams · Enterprise companies · Agencies · Indie developers

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