G2 Vendor Directory

Wagtail CMS vs. Shorthand

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricWagtail CMS

by Torchbox

Shorthand

by Shorthand

Overall rating4.34.7
Review count29131
Ease of use8.79.4
Ease of setup8.69.2
Quality of support8.29.7
Meets requirements8.79.1
NPS44.82758686.153846
Small Business64.3%48.8%
Mid-Market28.6%27.2%
Enterprise7.1%24.0%
Total page views117965
Total LLM citations6384,355

Wagtail CMS

A free, open-source enterprise CMS that focuses on editor experience, accessibility, and sustainability. There are no license fees and no hidden costs. 74% of developers choose Django for full-stack development, and Wagtail is the world's most popular Django-based CMS. As a Python framework, Django streamlines the integration of AI features directly into Wagtail. Tens of thousands of organisations worldwide power their digital estates with Wagtail, including NASA, Google, US/UK/Irish governments, and the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).

Pros

  • User Interface
  • Features
  • Tools
  • Intuitive
  • Easy Integrations
  • Performance Optimization

Shorthand

Shorthand is the beautifully simple visual storytelling platform that helps the world's iconic brands tell their most important stories. Shorthand empowers content creators, designers, and developers to publish visual stories with up to 10x higher audience engagement, in a fraction of the time. Global organisations such as Honda, the BBC, TripAdvisor, and Sky Sports use Shorthand to engage their high-value audiences on their owned properties. Creating premium digital stories is often slow, fragmented, and resource-intensive.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Easy Creation
  • Storytelling
  • Ease of Creation
  • Quality
  • Features