Nextjs Headless CMS

Headless Content Management Systems with Nextjs.

Vercel Options

Payload

• Joining with Figma

Opinions

• Best CMS for Nextjs

Context

• Services — Service integrations that a CMS depends on
• Platform Operations — Hosting and deployment for headless CMS backends
• Server Components — Rendering layer that fetches CMS content

Questions

What makes a CMS headless instead of just decoupled?

• When does Payload's self-hosted model beat a managed SaaS CMS?
• How do you keep content previews fast when the CMS and frontend are separate deploys?
• What content structure decisions lock you into a specific CMS vendor?