Jekyll vs. Tilda

Jekyll is great for people who aren't intimidated by editing HTML, CSS, and Markdown files, people who are on a shoestring budget, and people who want a blazing fast website. Jekyll may not be the best option for people who aren't interested in editing their websites in a text file and would rather have a WordPress-esque back-end from the beginning.

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Tilda is very well suited for designers and artists who are aiming for an easy, fast, and creative website builder. Either for personal use or for a client’s work, Tilda is just what you need, if you want a blank canvas with almost full freedom to create the craziest animations and designs. I wouldn’t say there is a less appropriate scenario, since Tilda can be very flexible for anyone who’s looking to create a website. There are templates in a large gallery, as well as a huge support feature that shows tutorials and examples.

• Content stored in Git with the website code
• Free to use
• Easy to deploy to cheap/free hosting solutions
• Produces super fast static websites

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• Landing pages builder
• Lead collection

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• Complicated for non-technical users
• Can be difficult to enter in new content
• Implementing dynamic components can be challenging

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• Breakpoints
• Fonts
• Plugins all in Russian

Jekyll is integrated into GitHub Pages, which made it an easy choice. Using Jekyll was also easier as there's not really a server or a database to configure and you can just get things started from day one. Running and verifying content changes locally for developers is super efficient as Jekyll runs locally, too.

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• Jekyll has kept our costs low, very low, on all the projects I've used on it. Think $10 a year low.

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• Positive: great number of visitors
• Positive: visitors being in awe with the animations and creative style
• Positive: Clients reaching out us to create more websites for them