Headless vs Traditional CMS

Should you choose Headless or Traditional CMS?

Few things that can help you decide:

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Headless CMS is API driven so you can design your presentation layer the way you want. In traditional CMS, the?presentation layer is tightly coupled with API, offering you little flexibility.

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Most Traditional CMS provides template and plugin support, so you don't need to reinvent the wheel. In headless CMS, you need to start everything from scratch.

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Traditional CMS, being monolithic in nature, are resource intensive and harder to scale. Headless CMS, being API driven, are very easy to scale. Even in case of server failure, your presentation layer, if designed properly, should be able to handle the incoming requests.

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Traditional CMS is limited by the tools it supports. In headless CMS, you can design customer experience and deliver the content the way, you want to.

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Headless CMS is API driven thus not bound to the presentation layer. This allows faster time to market as you can use existing content and target new channels. In traditional CMS, Providing a similar experience using multiple channels is a challenge in itself and requires a lot more time to achieve.

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Most traditional CMS is built on legacy tech and being monolithic, new tech adoption is a lot slower, resulting in slower performance.

In headless CMS, as API is separated from the presentation layer, various tools, as well as caching mechanisms,?can be used to optimise the performance.

Conclusion

If your goal is to launch your online store as soon as possible and you are happy with offered flexibility with traditional CMS then choosing the traditional CMS can be a good choice.

If your intention is to mange many channels and offer an omni-channel experience to your customers then going the headless way can help.