Aug 21, 2024

Headless vs. traditional CMS for scaling teams

A practical comparison for marketing leaders deciding between headless architectures and traditional CMS stacks.

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Headless vs. traditional CMS for scaling teams

When to go headless

Go headless when multi-market launches, personalization, or design systems require more flexibility.

  • You need component-based content authoring.
  • Performance budgets matter (Core Web Vitals).
  • Multi-language support is a priority.

Keep in mind

Headless introduces DevOps overhead. Make sure your team has bandwidth for ongoing maintenance.