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Prismic vs WordPress

Compare Prismic and WordPress to find the best tool for your needs.

Prismic

API-based headless CMS designed to accelerate development with a clean visual editor for content teams.

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WordPress

The world's most popular CMS powering over 40% of websites. Highly customizable with thousands of themes and plugins.

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Quick overview

Pricing

Free tier, paid plans from $9/month
Free (self-hosted), paid options for hosting

Pros & Cons

Prismic

Pros

  • Intuitive visual editor
  • Slice Machine component system
  • Multi-language support
  • Good developer documentation

Cons

  • Limited customization compared to some alternatives
  • Query limitations
  • Less flexibility in content modeling
  • Premium features only on higher tiers

WordPress

Pros

  • Extremely flexible and customizable
  • Huge community and support
  • Thousands of themes and plugins
  • SEO-friendly

Cons

  • Can become slow without optimization
  • Regular updates required for security
  • May be overkill for simple sites
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