Lighthouse vs PageSpeed Insights
Developers should use Lighthouse to identify and fix issues that affect user experience, such as slow loading times, poor accessibility, or non-compliance with web standards meets developers should use pagespeed insights to identify and fix performance bottlenecks that impact user engagement, search engine rankings, and conversion rates, particularly for optimizing websites to meet google's core web vitals thresholds. Here's our take.
Lighthouse
Developers should use Lighthouse to identify and fix issues that affect user experience, such as slow loading times, poor accessibility, or non-compliance with web standards
Lighthouse
Nice PickDevelopers should use Lighthouse to identify and fix issues that affect user experience, such as slow loading times, poor accessibility, or non-compliance with web standards
Pros
- +It is essential for optimizing websites for search engines, ensuring they work well on all devices, and meeting performance benchmarks, particularly in development and quality assurance phases
- +Related to: web-performance, accessibility-testing
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
PageSpeed Insights
Developers should use PageSpeed Insights to identify and fix performance bottlenecks that impact user engagement, search engine rankings, and conversion rates, particularly for optimizing websites to meet Google's Core Web Vitals thresholds
Pros
- +It is essential for front-end developers, SEO specialists, and site owners working on performance-critical projects like e-commerce platforms, content-heavy sites, or Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) where fast loading is crucial
- +Related to: core-web-vitals, lighthouse
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Lighthouse if: You want it is essential for optimizing websites for search engines, ensuring they work well on all devices, and meeting performance benchmarks, particularly in development and quality assurance phases and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use PageSpeed Insights if: You prioritize it is essential for front-end developers, seo specialists, and site owners working on performance-critical projects like e-commerce platforms, content-heavy sites, or progressive web apps (pwas) where fast loading is crucial over what Lighthouse offers.
Developers should use Lighthouse to identify and fix issues that affect user experience, such as slow loading times, poor accessibility, or non-compliance with web standards
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