A number of digital marketing agencies (specializing in SEO, SEM, Lead Generation, etc.) partner with us, because they gain a lot of value from using Empowerkit to manage networks of local websites for their clients – often as a WordPress multisite alternative.
Typically the advantages our partners value most about using Empowerkit are:
1. Faster Setup Per Client Account
2. Much Less Ongoing Management Overhead
3. Less Exposure to Risk
When we start a partnership discussion with an agency, they’ve generally been using WordPress Multisite or Drupal or another CMS, and want to know what makes Empowerkit a better solution for them.
So, without further adieu, here’s a side-by-side comparison of the most important considerations when evaluating Empowerkit against WordPress or Drupal:
Empowerkit | Wordpress | |
Support | Dedicated professional support is included (phone, live chat & email) | Self-serve forums often give incomplete and confusing advice |
Plugins | Everything you need is included, optimized and maintained for your peace of mind | Waste your time picking, supporting and depending on 3rd parties you can’t trust |
Security | Constantly monitored and managed to avoid potential security issues | Security vulnerabilities are common, putting you and your clients at risk |
Backups | Automatic backups are done 2x daily | You’ll need to manage your own backups |
Themes | Full layout builder and design engine that can easily support almost any custom design | A jungle of choices which are difficult or impossible to change after implementation |
Platform Updates | Managed by a dedicated team and constantly updated and optimized | Constant manual updates required with many conflicts to resolve each time |
Design Changes | Designers can directly make style changes within the visual editor, without coding | Design, slicing and implementation are all done separately |
Content Changes | Done through an intuitive edit-in-place interface by any member on your team | Good luck figuring out what is where, and how to make complex changes |
Layout Changes | Page layouts can be modified easily and on-the-fly by anyone with admin access | Carefully modifying theme coding is necessary and layouts can break easily |
New Page Creation | Create new types of pages, with their own unique layouts and designs, within seconds | Restricted to predefined “templates” that are inflexible |
Apps / Modules | Huge library of tested and maintained apps included | Search for and install widgets, make them work with your theme and support them |
Integrated Site Creation | Create sites via APIs and integrate them within your workflow | Non-existent process - manual site creation is required |
Responsive Design & Device Optimization | Advanced mobile optimization comes standard for all websites on the platform | Custom development is typically required, even for basic responsive design |
Built for Multisite | Dedicated multisite platform - our customers’ requests guide our product roadmap | A platform that can go in any direction at any point - you have no control |
Brand & Style Controls | Powerful style controls that are easy to access and manipulate | Non-existent |
Modular Content Management & Publishing | Can be done by any member of your team within minutes | Requires custom development |
Hosting Management / Scaling / Monitoring | Fully managed and supported by our team of senior system admins | Requires your ongoing time and resources to properly manage |
Fast Serving Pages | Managed caching layer + CDN for ultimate speed | Your responsibility on an ongoing basis to properly optimize |
Think Empowerkit may be a good solution for one of your clients?
Let’s jump on a quick call, and I’ll be happy to give you a demo and discuss your needs further: (510) 859-8452
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