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CMS comparison for publishers: platforms side by side. Side-by-side comparisons of CMSs for news and article publishers, covering licences, editorial workflow, SEO controls, hosting and cost.
Each comparison puts two platforms against the same questions a publisher asks when choosing: who it suits, what it costs, how editors work in it, what it does for search, and what it takes to run. The facts behind every row come from the two CMS profiles and are sourced there.
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WordPress vs Drupal for publishers: simple launch or structure?
WordPress and Drupal compared for news and magazine sites: licence, versions, editorial workflow, SEO, multilingual, headless use, hosting and cost.
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WordPress vs Ghost for publishers: plugins or built-in memberships?
WordPress and Ghost compared for publishers: licence, hosting stack, editorial roles, SEO, memberships and newsletters, headless use and cost.
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WordPress vs Joomla for publishers: plugins or built-in components?
WordPress and Joomla compared for publishers: licence, versions, requirements, workflow, SEO, multilingual, API, and what each documents as core.
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Drupal vs Joomla for publishers: documented depth or built-in parts?
Drupal and Joomla compared for publishers: licence, versions, requirements, moderation and workflow, multilingual, SEO modules, APIs and cost.
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Drupal vs TYPO3 for publishers: two developer-led systems compared
Drupal and TYPO3 compared for larger publishers: licence, support dates, moderation and Workspaces, SEO, multilingual model, requirements and cost.
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Strapi vs Sanity for publishers: self-hosted or hosted content store?
Strapi is a self-hosted, MIT-licensed headless CMS. Sanity is an MIT Studio on a hosted data store. How they differ on workflow, roles, cost and front-end work.
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Sanity vs Contentful for publishers: two hosted headless platforms
Sanity and Contentful are both hosted headless platforms. What the docs show on drafts, preview, pricing and front-end work, and what we could not read.
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Contentful vs Storyblok for publishers: API-first or visual editor?
Contentful is an API-first hosted platform; Storyblok is built around a Visual Editor. Workflow, preview, pricing and what we could not verify.
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Strapi vs Payload for publishers: admin-first or code-first?
Strapi and Payload are self-hosted, MIT-licensed headless CMSs on Node.js. How they differ on roles, drafts, preview, databases and what developers must build.
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Strapi vs Directus for publishers: MIT core or source-available?
Strapi's Community Edition is MIT; Directus is source-available under the Monospace Sustainable Core License. Licence, cost, workflow and SQL support compared.
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Ghost vs Craft CMS for publishers: reader revenue or custom build?
Ghost and Craft CMS compared for news and magazine sites: licences, editorial roles, SEO, hosting and what each really costs to run.
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Craft CMS vs Statamic for publishers: database or flat files?
Craft CMS and Statamic compared for publishers: licence terms, editions, editorial workflow, APIs, hosting and cost for developer-led news sites.
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Kirby vs Grav for publishers: paid licence or free Markdown?
Kirby and Grav compared for small publishers: two flat-file PHP CMSs with no database, differing on licence, cost, editorial controls, SEO and languages.
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Wagtail vs Drupal for publishers: Python editors or PHP structure?
Wagtail and Drupal compared for news and magazine sites: licences, workflow, SEO modules, languages, APIs, hosting and cost for developer-led teams.
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Umbraco vs Drupal for publishers: .NET or PHP, and who builds it?
Umbraco and Drupal compared for publishers: MIT and GPL licences, editorial workflow, SEO, languages, headless APIs, hosting and cost of ownership.
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Payload vs Sanity for publishers: self-hosted code or hosted Studio?
Payload is a self-hosted, MIT-licensed CMS inside Next.js. Sanity is an MIT Studio on a hosted data store. How they differ on roles, drafts, preview and cost.