theblockstalk
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1 year ago Look and feel of Wordpress but simpler and easier.
Comparison with Wordpress Pros
- Easier to use. Less options. Has in-app Hubspot tutorials to guide you through main actions like theming and creating a new page.
- Integrated directly with Hubspot CMS and other Hubspot products.
- Comes with a wide variety of 273 free (and many many more paid) themes. Krazy theme was chosen.
- comes out of the box with most desired features. multilanguage, SEO optimization. mobile reactive, payments (5 currencies)
- customer support
- comes with built in SEO analyser and recommendations (basic)
- Lighthouse tests attached. Not bad. Better than our React site
- fully managed with backup and redundancy, scales
- analytics comes with Hubspot Marketing ($50/m) Cons
- $50 to get on the Starter CRM Suite which is needed to remove the watermark
https://www.hubspot.com/products/cms
- many features require an upgrade which costs more (Professional
- no other plugins possible
- not possible to export or migrate
- using customized javascript and CSS is not straightforward https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/guides/js-frameworks https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/building-blocks/templates
Compared with React Pros
- super easy drag and drop to create/update pages
- all managed in a GUI
- better lighthouse performance
(current website test)
Cons
- cost and flexibility
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