Headless vs Monolithic Content Manage System

Long story short, Content Management System

It's been years since the first Content Management System was created. To be clear, it's been around 25 years. Some could say it's not so far ago, but the truth is that in the digital era, 25 years could be equal to hundreds of years. As the changes and innovations to CMS come fast, it is crucial to focus on the best solutions available on the market. Developers have two popular types of CMS at their disposal: Headless Content Management System and Monolithic Content Management System. Let's get deeper into the characteristics of those products.

Monolithic Content Management System

The Monolithic Content Management System can be called the traditional one as it is the one commonly used. It provides all the necessary functionalities needed to create content and deliver it to the user. The main functionalities are:

• Database (for storing, reading, and writing the content).
• The administrator panel (known as a back-end, allowing a user to edit the content).
• Integration of reading and writing.
• The front-end using HTML to present the content to a user.

The Monolithic Content Management System might also be known as "Coupled" Content Management System as back-end and front-end technologies are paired. What is more, developers are forced to use and create content with a predefined set of technology.

Headless Content Management System

The main difference is that the front-end is decoupled from the back-end when it comes to this content management solution. Headless CMS uses the content delivery API to create the front-end and present the visual part to users. This decoupling allows the creation of many front-end outputs. What is more, developers are not forced to use any particular technology. Thanks to API, they can choose the technology they prefer to work with. The decoupling also gives the possibility to present the same content on various platforms. Let's take a closer look at the functionalities of the Headless CMS, which are: 

• The admin interface (known as a back-end content management.
• API (content deliverer).
• The front end (multi variations).

Advantages comparison

Headless CMS has many advantages both from the developers' and users' perspectives. 

Freedom to create content. 

It means developers using the API can publish content on any device or platform. In addition, developers can freely choose their favorite frameworks and tools that they simply prefer to use. 

More possibilities thanks to the API

The API allows technologies to communicate with each other, and this gives a possibility to present the same content on different platforms. Developers can focus on their own work without dealing with others' bugs. Parts of the websites can be relaunched, and pages are loading just faster.

Separation the management system from the visual part

Users responsible for publishing the content can do it without interfering with the website's visual layout, which makes the job easier for non-technical people.

Summary

Considering the modern digital times we live in and the fact that more than 50% of people spend time searching the Internet on their mobile devices, while the other half of society uses computers, the enterprises must adjust to the multichannel world. If the company does not want to stay behind but to engage customers, its content must be prepared for various channels. In this case, The Headless CMS is definitely indispensable.