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TYPO3 vs WordPress - Which CMS is Good for My Business?

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TYPO3 or WordPress - which CMS is good for my business? This is probably the question you have when you are planning to create a website for your business. The short answer is: “It depends on your requirement” or we can say, “It depends on your business”.

TYPO3 vs WordPress - Which CMS is Good for My Business?

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What is a CMS (Content Management System)?

A Content Management System is a platform that allows you to easily create and organize your digital content such as your blog posts, the content of your product pages or service pages and more.

WordPress is always been top of your mind when you are thinking about a CMS. But there are so many other platforms that can also fulfil your business requirement and those platforms are specifically designed for a different type of businesses.

TYPO3 is one of the CMS made for enterprise businesses. So, if you are planning to create a website for your business, you have a serious choice to make between these two very different platforms.

Have a look at the below table and infographic, we have covered all the major differences between TYPO3 and WordPress to help you make an informed decision about which CMS to choose.

TYPO3 vs WordPress - Comparison

 TYPO3WordPress
Content Management
  • Better for administration and structuring.
  • Pages & posts are in a tree structure.
  • Quite confusing structure.
  • Showing all pages & post in a list.
Functionality
  • Complicate in use for the first time user because it’s made for businesses.
  • It has more advanced features for those ready to handle them.
  • Clutter-free & easy to navigate.
  • Easy to use for the first time blogger & startup company.
Ease of Use
  • Harder to set up as it is made for those who already have an excellent skill in web development.
  • One of the easiest CMS to learn and use.
  • Easy to install.
Security
  • Highest security standards.
  • Comes with various security features like audit logs, an access manager and even a paid security review.
  • Because it’s a most common CMS, security is biggest issue.
  • Third-party themes and plugins are open holes for attackers.
Multisite
  • Built with enterprises in mind, it comes with many multisite features.
  • It has built-in multi-lingual support.
  • Built-in multisite features but not always the most comfortable to use.
  • It doesn’t support multi-language out of the box so it’s hard to implement.
Updates & Maintenance
  • It requires regular updates and overall maintenance is costly and time-consuming.
  • An update can be done with one click and is free of charge.
Stability
  • Almost all extensions are included in the delivery and very few extensions needed so no worry about the extensions crashes and errors.
  • Installing additional plugins every time slowing down the performance of the website.
  • Sometimes plugins crash and can cause errors.
Search Engine Optimization
  • By default so many SEO features are available.
  • Very SEO friendly but need to install necessary plugins and required to do some extra setup work.
Community
TYPO3 vs WordPress - Comparison

Conclusion

TYPO3 or WordPress? Both CMS have advantages and disadvantages.

WordPress is the most popular CMS and it’s easy to use, easy to learn, huge community support and limitless plugins and themes. So, if you are a small or medium business owner or you are a blogger planning to create your website, WordPress is the best choice for you.

TYPO3 is the only CMS for the large enterprise business. The multisite flexibility, integration of external extensions and high security are the unbeatable advantages of TYPO3. So, the large international business should go with the TYPO3 CMS. if you want to lean how to install typo3 then read this guide on Installing TYPO3 with DDEV.

If you want to learn more about TYPO3 CMS, we as a certified TYPO3 agency will help you by providing all information which will be helpful for your decision making.

Still, if you are not sure which CMS to choose, please send us a message using the contact form. We will help you to select the best CMS!

Contact for Internet agency and TYPO3 projects

Sven Thelemann

Service Partner - Germany

st@nitsantech.de +49 351 48196661
Sven Thelemann

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