WordPress: The Alternative to Sitecore Content Management

We often have clients come to us asking about Sitecore when they need to scale and grow their marketing. They are looking for more features, more scale, more agility to propel marketing forward. We often see surprised faces when we show them fully integrated solutions built with WordPress. At Crowd Favorite, we have been building solutions that perform the same tasks as Sitecore for over a decade AND at a fraction of the cost.

Today you are no longer faced with replacing “one composable platform” with a hodgepodge of Open Source tools. A WordPress based solution can provide the same abilities that Sitecore offers, with an even more flexible package. I want to break down some of these features and show you just how. They say their Content Management solution delivers, “Standout Content at Scale, Give Developers More Agility, Handle Complex Content Needs, and Write Once, Deliver Everywhere”. Let’s look at each one.

Content Management

Sitecore advertises Content Management that can “create, manage and deliver content across unlimited channels and markets”. This is achievable with WordPress which, as all of know, makes up more than 43% of the websites on the internet, vs 0.1 % of Sitecore. WordPress empowers marketers to create, manage, and deliver content across unlimited channels and markets. While the number one criticism around WordPress is that it is a small business tool, the truth is that sites like D23.com serve millions of visitors a day, and has a complex editorial process with enterprise grade tools. Their content team relies on a customized WordPress platform. This has become the standard in easy-to-use content publishing interface and it is a great platform foundation that can be expanded as needed, capable of supporting intricate web solutions all at a fraction of the Total Cost of Ownership.

Deliver Standout Content at Scale

Sitecore advertises, “Display content on unlimited sites, channels and devices: take your content to your customers”. We all know that as your business grows, the ability to deliver standout content at scale becomes critical. With the increasing availability of new digital channels that expand past the web into live events, digital devices, entertainment channels and more, the concept of Omnichannel is more important than ever. In a recent survey Forrester talked about a “Future Fit Technology Strategy”. A future fit technology strategy uses adaptability to align the customer needs with revenue growth. But the technology you need doesn’t come in a box like a paint by numbers kit. Instead you need to focus your entire business around your customer, then pick technologies when you discover the need for them. Using WordPress, as your content hub, delivers the most powerful solution to easily connect to today’s channels as well as all the ones that may be invented in the future. This allows you to own your roadmap in a very real sense. You can not do that with closed source proprietary solutions.

Give Developers More Agility

“Enable framework choice – Angular, React, Next.js and more – alongside front-end separation with Headless”. Today’s digital demands developer agility and Sitecore is not the only place to find it. WordPress integrates smoothly with popular development frameworks such as Angular, React, and Next.js. Plus, WordPress’s REST API can be utilized for headless CMS implementations, providing the “Headless” front-end separation required to meet unique design and performance needs. This combination of flexibility and high performance with the lower Open Source adaptation costs gives enterprise brands a true choice in today’s digital landscape.

Handle Complex Content Needs

“Create content across thousands of different touchpoints and in unlimited languages”. Handling complex content needs, including multiple languages and touchpoints, can be a daunting task. However, WordPress plugins like MultilingualPress Pro make managing multilingual content a breeze. All leading ecommerce platforms have WordPress integrations and enable multichannel retailing, allowing businesses to reach customers through numerous touchpoints. These solutions, coupled with the expansive WordPress community, offer answers to the complex content needs without costly specialized software.

Write Once, Deliver Everywhere

“Create everything centrally to save time and cost, and serve instantly via a high-performance global cloud CDN.” WordPress’s motto “Write once, publish anywhere,” emphasizes this approach, bolstered by open source CDNs like Cloudflare that reduce bandwidth costs, improve website load times, and ensure content is served swiftly across multiple sites, channels, and devices. In tandem with WordPress, these CDNs enhance data security, handle traffic surges, and ensure your content reaches audiences efficiently wherever they may be.

WordPress offers Cost Savings and Marketing Innovation

WordPress provides cost-effective and versatile alternatives to expensive proprietary platforms, delivering robust content management, scalability, developer flexibility, and efficient content distribution to a global audience. Whether an organization is focused on total cost of ownership and stability, seeking a system of interchangeable, enterprise-ready modules, or aiming to pioneer innovation by leveraging the vast WordPress plugin ecosystem for low-cost proof of concepts, Open Source offers the chance to iterate swiftly, invest wisely, and scale with diverse options, granting greater flexibility than most proprietary or SaaS-based systems.

The Original WordPress Agency

Did you know that Crowd Favorite is the Original WordPress Agency and has been specializing in WordPress, Web Applications, Open Source & user experience since 2007? You can find our case studies on WordPress.org/enterprise and read more about us here.