6 Advantages Of A Using Headless CMS

Did you know that monolithic software could negatively impact retention at your organization? Last month, the headless CMS platform, Contentful, shared a report based on a survey of developers and digital marketers in the U.S. The report showed that 85% of surveyees said they would leave a job or consider doing so” because of dissatisfaction with digital tools at their job.

Can you blame them??

With an endless list of impressive software in today’s tech market, no marketing team in 2022 should have to use outdated content management systems with a poor user interface and limited functionality. And development teams should not be forced to support security-riddled monolithic platforms with slow performance and never-ending updates. If you’ve been following our blog, you know that we’ve discussed the drawbacks of a monolithic CMS and addressed why Drupal isn’t the best CMS option. WordPress is still the industry standard, but marketing or development teams are rarely happy using the solution. Our team at Tragic Media are headless fanatics and know how transformative headless platforms can be in creating great content and building fast and iteratively. This article will reiterate our love for headless CMS and highlight the five advantages of going headless for your next web project.?

1. Flexibility to integrate with other systems

Choosing a CMS is a customizable experience that depends on a combination of web architecture, a team’s technical capabilities, and company goals for the website. What’s great about going headless is that a headless CMS is responsible for the backend, not the presentation layer. Because a headless CMS allows content to be pushed to any presentation layer, you have the flexibility to connect with whatever frontend framework is best for you and your team. This approach also allows you to pull in data from additional systems and reduce the effort to migrate to new frontend (or backend) systems in the future.

2. Lower learning curve?

Without code, a headless CMS can control everything on the website, like text, page layouts, graphics, and SEO. Eliminating code allows technicians and non-technical team members to work collaboratively on the website. It also allows developers to leverage native tools and frameworks they’re familiar with to build sites instead of adopting an entirely new platform. It also offers content teams best-in-class management systems focused on providing them with the best experience, rather than making a development platform work for marketing teams.

3. Reusable content for omnichannel output?

Today, we access our data everywhere: smartwatches, laptops, mobile devices, and tablets. With a monolithic, single-channel system, repurposing data for other applications is burdensome for developers and marketers who have to manage consistency across multiple platforms. Going headless removes this burden so that a single content item only has to be uploaded once and can be reused with several different presentation outputs.?

4. Offload CMS security and management

One of the biggest downfalls with open source content management systems is the security and version updates. So much time and cost are spent supporting the platform instead of building new functionality. Patching and updating monolithic systems is expensive, time-consuming, and adds layers of additional security risks. One of the best parts about going headless is that updates and framework support don’t have to be handled in-house. Instead, the platform handles those responsibilities so your in-house development team can focus on building stellar user experiences.?

5. Future-proof development?

It takes no time for a platform to become outdated, so going headless offers more scalability. By having your frontend and backends separated, your team has the freedom to rebrand content, update campaigns, restructure content, or even move platforms seamlessly without massive refactoring.?

6. Improve website performance

Monolithic platforms are slow. They require complicated caching architecture to be tolerable; headless websites, on the other hand, are built in a performant-forward manner. Using a static site generator allows teams to leverage a content management system while still serving static web assets which are fast and performant. Using an application framework like React or Angular can be more performant than a monolithic system because the initial display can be loaded quickly and then filled with content, versus a monolithic system that requires a tedious bootstrap process to complete the loading of a page.

Conclusion?

Content is king, and headless content management systems are the best way to produce high-performing websites quickly. They also empower your teams to create great experiences and can even help to retain great talent. Don’t let your website become a tech tragedy. Go headless and future-proof your company!