CMS evaluation

Which CMS fits your website?

Fifteen questions about your website, roughly five minutes. Then a recommendation for one of four systems — with the reasons behind it.

  • Squarespace

    Website builder
    The Squarespace editor with a live preview of a Noevu website: content is edited straight in the page view

    A mature builder you run yourselves. Cheap, quickly online, updates included — the freedom ends where special requirements begin: your own design, several languages, your own data.

  • WordPress

    Classic CMS
    A cluttered WordPress editing view with a page builder, overlapping panels and many modules in a small space

    The most widespread system: there is a plugin for almost everything. In return the maintenance stays with you, editing gets cluttered fast, and several languages need a paid add-on.

  • Payload

    Headless
    The Payload admin interface: navigation on the left, beside it the overview with tiles for pages, news, FAQ, media and users

    A modern headless system with a straightforward interface. It carries whole applications with accounts and roles, and runs on a server of your own, in Switzerland if you want.

  • Sanity

    Headless
    The Sanity Studio of the Noevu demo APEX: the live preview of the page on the left, the product's fields on the right

    A far-developed headless system: live editing, several people in the same text at once, AI built in. Structured content for many languages and channels.

Squarespace WordPress Payload Sanity
Editor Site builder, anyone moves anything Page builder, depends on the theme Fields and roles, live preview Fields, live editor, AI help
Data location USA, content exportable Server of your choice Server of your choice, Switzerland included Content Lake in the EU
Application logic Member area, nothing else Through plugins, awkward Accounts, roles, own data Content store, logic beside it
Operations Subscription, updates automatic Maintain updates and plugins Own server, own upgrades Backend stays current on its own
Design Templates, limited freedom Themes, plugins leak through Free, own front end Free, own front end
Languages Only via Weglot, expensive WPML, permanent maintenance Localisation built in Built in, translation in the studio
Running costs Subscription per month Maintenance, plugins, security Server plus support Seats plus support

As of September 2026. The rows are the criteria the test calculates with.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the CMS evaluation cost?

Nothing. The test runs in the browser, the result appears straight away, and no invoice follows.

How long does the test take?

Fifteen questions, roughly five minutes. The questions about your company come last and do not change the result.

What happens to our details?

They reach us by email and stay there. No selling on, no newsletter without your say-so. The shareable result link carries only your answers, no name and no address.

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