Best CMS (2025)
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🧊Nice Pick
Sanity
Developer-first CMS. Customizable everything.
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#1
Details →Sanity
Nice PickDeveloper-first CMS. Customizable everything.
Pros
- +Highly customizable
- +Real-time collaboration
- +Great DX
- +GROQ queries
Cons
- -Learning curve
- -Can get complex
- -Pricing scales
Enterprise CMS. Solid but expensive.
Pros
- +Mature platform
- +Enterprise features
- +Good docs
Cons
- -Expensive
- -Less flexible
- -Slow iteration
Compare:vs Sanity
Self-hosted Node CMS. Free but you manage it.
Pros
- +Open source
- +Self-hosted
- +Customizable
- +Free tier
Cons
- -You host it
- -Less polished
- -Plugin quality varies
The e-commerce behemoth that can do anything, if you're willing to wrestle with its PHP spaghetti.
Pros
- +Highly scalable for large enterprise stores
- +Extensive marketplace of extensions and themes
- +Built-in multi-store and multi-language support
Cons
- -Steep learning curve and complex setup
- -Performance can be sluggish without heavy optimization
The internet's default CMS. It'll get your site up fast, but good luck keeping it from turning into a plugin-filled mess.
Pros
- +Massive ecosystem of themes and plugins for endless customization
- +User-friendly admin interface that non-developers can actually use
- +Built-in SEO tools and blogging features out of the box
- +Strong community support and extensive documentation
Cons
- -Security vulnerabilities are common due to outdated plugins and themes
- -Performance can degrade quickly with too many plugins or poor hosting
- -PHP-based architecture can feel clunky compared to modern frameworks
WordPress's e-commerce sidekick. It turns your blog into a store, but good luck keeping up with the plugin updates.
Pros
- +Seamless integration with WordPress, leveraging its CMS for content and SEO
- +Highly customizable with thousands of themes and extensions
- +Open-source and free to start, ideal for small businesses on a budget
Cons
- -Can get bloated and slow with too many plugins, requiring constant optimization
- -Security and maintenance rely heavily on third-party extensions, increasing vulnerability risks
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