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Content management systems, comparisons, and platform insights
206 posts
Cosmic is a polished, AI-forward SaaS CMS — but SaaS-only and metered per user and per bucket. Here are the best alternatives by cost and ownership.
The build-vs-buy decision for content management, argued with a builder's receipts.
The honest cost accounting of running WordPress as a headless backend for a React frontend.
What a coach or consultant website really needs, and how website builders, WordPress, and a self-hosted CMS compare on ease, control, and cost.
How to pick SaaS docs tooling: compare docs SSGs, hosted platforms, git-markdown, and a general CMS by who edits and what your docs need.
For affiliate sites, publishing speed and page speed beat affiliate features. Compare WordPress plus plugins, headless, and a lean self-hosted CMS.
What a directory website needs (listings, taxonomy, faceted search, submissions), the build options, and where a general CMS needs custom code.
A lean five-stage content workflow for small teams: use roles, drafts, and scheduling instead of a heavy enterprise approval chain.
Why Laravel developers leave WordPress and how to migrate: export content, map fields to the new model, move media, and set 301 redirects.
What a membership site needs (accounts, gated content, recurring billing), the build-vs-buy decision, and the three main ways to build one.
How managed CMS SaaS fees inflate your bill, and how to cut costs with a cheap VPS, SQLite, and edge caching without losing performance.
Split podcast audio hosting from your website CMS: hosts own the audio and RSS feed, a CMS owns show notes, transcripts, and SEO.