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The values In the table are based on a qualitative assessment of each feature, and the level of each feature. the level of technical knowledge required and the ease of use are often considered the most important factors when choosing a platform

User experience

Starfish
Platform

✔ Excellent User Friendliness
✔ Non Technical Knowledge Required
✔ Ease of Managing Content
✔ High Customization Options
✔ Built-in Features
✔ Easy Full Onboarding
✔ No Skills Needed to Start

Open-source 
website builders

❌ Poor User Friendliness
❌ Technical Knowledge Required
❌ Hard Managing Content
✔ High Customization Options
✔ Built-in Features
❌ Hard Time to Onboard
❌ Skills Needed to Start

Performance

Starfish
Platform

✔ Great Website Speed
✔ Great Uptime
✔ Great Scalability

Open-source 
website builders

❌ Good Website Speed
❌ Good Uptime
❌ Good Scalability

SEO

Starfish
Platform

✔ Great SEO Features
✔ Good SEO Optimization
✔ Good Research & Integration
✔ Great On-page Optimization
✔ Great Link Building
✔ Great Analytics & Reporting

Open-source 
website builders

✔ Great SEO Features
❌ Fair SEO Optimization
❌ Fair Research & Integration
✔ Good On-page Optimization
✔ Good Link Building
❌ Fair Analytics & Reporting

Cost

Starfish
Platform

✔ Low Cost of Building
✔ Low Maintenance Cost
✔ Low Total Cost

Open-source 
website builders

❌ High Cost of Building
❌ High Maintenance Cost
❌ High Total Cost
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