WordPress powers a huge share of the web, and that is impressive. But for us as an agency the real question is different: what does it cost to keep a site alive — not to build it, but to maintain it every day?
Hosting: server vs edge
WordPress needs a PHP server, a database, a cache layer and constant security updates. EmDash runs on Cloudflare's edge: content in D1, files in R2, pages served by Workers. No server updates, no cache purges, no traffic spikes to worry about.
Security and technical debt
- No plugin chain that becomes a source of vulnerabilities
- No server-side code of ours to brute-force
- Content backups happen at the database level, not via an add-on
Our scarcest resource is human time. EmDash cuts the hours we used to spend on maintenance.
When is it worth migrating?
If your site is about content, blogs and landing pages — not complex e-commerce logic — EmDash is a practical choice today. This very site is the proof.
