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Your ideal CMS should reflect your prioritized business goals for lead generation, brand awareness, workforce engagement, and customer service.

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What to Consider

Evaluating Your Goals to Find the Right Solution

Choosing a platform often requires balancing the needs of your marketing team and IT department. That’s why we learn about your company and priorities before digging into the details.

  • Business goals for the website
  • Scalability needed for today and the future
  • Third-party integrations required
  • Ongoing administration needs
  • Internal team skills and CMS expertise
CMS Craft CMSCraft StatamicStatamic WordPressWordPress DrupalDrupal
Description A modern CMS with an emphasis on developer flexibility and user-friendly content creation. A flat-file CMS with advanced capabilities for website development.. One of the most widely used CMS for B2B and B2C websites in the world. Open-source platform with a robust community and high-level security features..
Features
  • Content localization
  • User-unique dashboard customization
  • eCommerce extension from Craft
  • Direct support from developers
  • Headless API capable
  • Static site generator
  • Robust image manipulation
  • Automated version control
  • Direct support from developers
  • Integrated blogging
  • Built-in import/export
  • Built-in comments
  • Headless API capable
  • Static site generation
  • Multilingual content handling
Advantages
  • Less reliance on plugins
  • Enterprise-level reputation
  • Sophisticated content editing preview mode
  • Very accessible admin panel
  • Open Source
  • No database (more secure, easy content deployments, faster local development environments)
  • Built on Laravel (reputation for security and being well-maintained)
  • Sophisticated content editing preview mode
  • Less reliance on plugins
  • Open Source
  • Large Market Share/Community
  • Free and Open Source
  • Client Familiarity
  • Good and ample documentation
  • Revision History
  • Easy Imports/Exports
  • Easy to Integrate with other Projects
  • User friendly CMS
  • Easily upgraded
  • Large Market Share/Community
  • Open Source
  • Integrates with Acquia platform
Disadvantages
  • More user learning curve
  • Higher licensing costs
  • Somewhat limited plugin selection
  • Limited Plugins
  • Not ideal for very large sites when not using a database
  • Limited eCommerce
  • Small market share (learning curve)
  • Reputation
  • Inefficient database structure for large sites
  • Reliance on plugins
  • Inefficient deployments
  • Not easy to decouple
  • Reputation
  • Not very user-friendly
  • Limited plugins
  • Updates have not always gone well in the past
  • Not good documentatioin
Security 2.5/3 3/3 2/3 2.5/3
Content Editing 3/3 3/3 2.5/3 2/3
SEO Features 2/3
(3/3 w/SEO Extension)
2/3
(3/3 w/SEO Pro Extension)
2/3
(3/3 w/Yoast)
2/3
(3/3 w/SEO Tools Extension)
Integrations 3/3 2.5/3 2/3 2.5/3
Scalability 3/3 3/3 2/3 3/3
Tech Support 3/3 3/3 2/3 2/3
Technical Documentation 3/3 3/3 3/3 2.5/3
Ease of Upgrading 3/3 2/3 3/3 2/3
Customization 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/3
Community / Plugins 2.5/3 2/3 3/3 2.5/3
PWA Support
Mobile First
Performance 3/3
Excellent performance due to caching, database optimizations and fast front-end loading
3/3
Excellent performance due to built-in caching and flat-file architecture
1.5/3
Can be slow due to complex architecture and database queries, but performance can be improved with caching and optimization techniques
2/3
Can be slow due to complex architecture and database queries, but performance can be improved with caching and optimization techniques
Market Share 1/3 1/3 3/3 2/3
Cost 2.5/3 2.5/3 3/3 3/3
Multi Site Support 3/3 3/3 2/3 2.5/3
Multi Lingual 3/3 2/3 1/3 2/3
eCommerce 3/3 2/3 1.5/3 2/3
Page Previews 3/3 3/3 1.5/3 1.5/3
Live Editing 3/3 3/3 0/3 0/3
Search 3/3 3/3 2/3
(can be improved with plugins)
3/3
Headless 3/3 3/3 1/3
(can be improved with plugins)
2.5/3
Content Approval 3/3 2/3
(can be improved with plugins)
1/3
(can be improved with plugins)
1/3
(can be improved with plugins)
User Roles 3/3 3/3 2/3 2/3
Programming Language PHP PHP PHP PHP

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See what’s possible when we deliver the right mix of user-centric design, complex development, and an integrated marketing strategy for our website clients.

Kao Collins website on laptop and mobile

International ink Manufacturer

Kao Collins Inc.

A scalable, high-performance website helped transform an industrial inkjet ink manufacturer from invisible to irresistible.
40%
Year-over-Year Increase in Organic Leads

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Methods Machine web site on desktop and mobile

International CNC Equipment Importer

Methods Machine Tools

The company delivers value with complex automated machine solutions that create efficiencies with precision. We made that same commitment to making their site run lean and fast.
30%
Year-over-Year Increase in Organic Traffic

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Help at Home web site on laptop and mobile

Skilled nursing & home care provider

Help at Home

Custom features ensure their clients can connect with Help at Home in a meaningful way and find information needed at every step of the funnel.
22%
Increase in Goal Completions

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