“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,” said Leonardo da Vinci. Although da Vinci never used a website, you can rely on his wisdom when choosing between different kinds of CMS for your website. Today the most popular CMS choice is WordPress - the ecosystem around it has led to a whole world of plugins that help people get more out of this CMS, but that doesn't mean there is no room for new solutions. Imagine being approached by a client with a request to pick a CMS which is simple to use, has a unique website design, and which is suitable exactly for their target audience. If the first thing you suggest is WordPress just because “everyone uses WordPress, right?”, then probably this is the point when you need to take a small pause and think more about such an important choice. Now it’s a good time to consider an alternative, and see how other CMSs can help you with your projects. If you ask us, we've already had a chance to work with another type of CMS - CloudCannon - and noted several advantages:

CloudCannon offers a free developer plan and a free comprehensive headless CMS. You can use CloudCannon's Git-based headless CMS to collaborate with your team and reduce the build time.

Designers are not constrained by rigid templates and can create a site reflecting their talents, rather than the site limited by their tools.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, content creators and marketers gain full ownership of the site. The writing room makes it easy to create unique pages using components and designs created by your developers and designers, without feeling like you're just using the same old template for every page.

Just think about it. You create the site you want, the way you want, and then let non-technical users manage it. Your developers can focus on your product. Your content creators and marketers can do their job without waiting for someone else to help them. To sum it up, although WordPress might be the most popular or obvious choice, we suggest going through the pros and cons of CloudCannon or other alternatives before making your choice, since they may turn out to be a better fit for your needs. And no, we are not associated with CloudCannon in any way :)