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Content management systems, comparisons, and platform insights
44 posts
An honest comparison of Decap CMS and TinaCMS: config-driven simplicity vs GraphQL visual editing, what each costs, and when git-based content stops scaling.
An honest Hugo vs WordPress comparison across eight dimensions — publishing model, performance, security, editing, theming, maintenance, cost, and team workflows — with a verdict per use case.
Payload vs Strapi across nine dimensions: content modeling, framework coupling, admin UI, APIs, plugins, databases, upgrade history, ops, and pricing. With a clear verdict per use case.
A vendor-neutral comparison of Contentful and Sanity covering content modeling, editor experience, querying, pricing, collaboration, and lock-in — with a verdict for each team type.
We deployed both, broke both, and paid both sets of bills. Here's where Ghost wins, where WordPress wins, and how to pick based on what your blog actually needs.
A third-party comparison of Strapi and Directus across data modeling, admin UX, APIs, permissions, self-host ops, cloud, extensions, upgrades, and licensing — with a clear verdict per use case.
WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress are different products, and many site owners don't know which one they're on. This guide explains the difference, why people leave, and the two migration paths out.
A practical guide to migrating a Ghost blog to a self-hosted CMS: what's in the export, how to map posts/tags/authors, redirect and subscriber handoff strategy, and why paid newsletter businesses should probably stay on Ghost.
A practical guide to leaving Squarespace for a self-hosted CMS: what the XML export covers (and misses), a 10-step migration plan, 301 redirect strategy, and a Squarespace vs self-hosted cost table.
Payload v3 welded the CMS to Next.js.
A developer-focused comparison of 7 Wix alternatives — UnfoldCMS, WordPress, Webflow, Astro, Ghost, Framer, and Next.js — scored on code access, data export, hosting control, and performance headroom.
Per-seat pricing, hosted-only infrastructure, and visual-editor lock-in push teams off Storyblok. We compare 7 alternatives — UnfoldCMS, Sanity, Contentful, Strapi, Directus, Prismic, Builder.io — and say honestly when staying is the right call.