Why we choose Statamic: The modern standard for digital experiences
At Monogram, we believe that a website’s backend should be just as elegant and intuitive as its frontend. While the design captures your audience, the way you manage your content via your Content Management System (CMS) empowers your team.
Built on the robust Laravel framework, Statamic strikes the perfect balance between performance, flexibility, and ease of use. It is a modern CMS designed to make managing your website simple, efficient, and stress-free.
Here’s why we build with Statamic, and how it empowers you and your marketing team.
Control and ease of use
A common frustration clients face with traditional CMS platforms is the fear of "breaking" the site when making edits. Statamic eliminates this anxiety:
Intuitive interface: The interface is clear and intuitive, allowing your marketing team to update pages, edit text, or swap images quickly and easily.
No code required: You do not need technical knowledge or developer intervention to make everyday changes.
Live preview: Statamic’s ‘Live Preview’ allows you to review your page updates side-by-side with the editor before publishing them live, ensuring total confidence.
Revision history: The system automatically tracks changes, allowing you to view your content’s history, work on drafts, and restore prior versions instantly.
Performance & SEO: Built for speed
A slow website frustrates users and is penalised by Google. Statamic supports performance and SEO:
Lightweight and flexibly deployed: Statamic’s lightweight structure ensures your website loads quickly. Flexible deployment options mean we can select the right infrastructure for your application, keeping your website fast, robust and secure.
SEO impact: A faster website improves user experience, keeps people engaged, and supports better search engine rankings.
Clean code: Because Statamic is built on Laravel – a framework favoured by developers for its clean, elegant code – the foundation of your site is optimised for performance from day one.
Security & Low Maintenance
Many platforms rely on a heavy ecosystem of third-party plugins to function, which introduces security vulnerabilities and dependency issues. We find this is particularly with WordPress sites. Statamic makes vast improvements here.
Stability: With fewer plugins and minimal updates required compared to WordPress, Statamic keeps your site stable and secure.
Focus on business: Because the site is less prone to breakage because of plugin conflicts, you’ll spend less time troubleshooting or waiting on support and more time focusing on your content and business
Alignment with modern design and development
At Monogram, we often use a component-based design process – building websites as systems of reusable blocks rather than rigid templates.
Modular synergy: Statamic works beautifully with our component-based design process, from wireframing to final delivery.
Efficient, flexible development: Statamic’s modular approach aligns with the way we design and build, allowing us to develop efficiently and flexibly, ultimately delivering better results for our clients.
Customizable editor: The editor manages content blocks (components) in a way that is powerful yet highly customizable, ensuring the CMS reflects the structure and design of your website.
Scalability: Growing with you
Your website needs to handle today's traffic and tomorrow's expansion.
Future-proof: As your business grows, Statamic grows with you.
Extensible: Adding new features, expanding content, or integrating tools is simple, meaning your website remains adaptable and capable of supporting evolving needs.
Enterprise ready: Thanks to its Laravel foundation, Statamic is highly scalable and extensible enough to handle even the most complex projects.
Why Monogram switched to Statamic
We didn't just choose Statamic for our clients; we chose it for ourselves. When we redesigned the Monogram website, WordPress felt limiting. We needed a simple, efficient CMS that aligned with our commitment to innovation.
Switching to Statamic allowed our team to build a fast, design-led website crafted for performance. Our team loves how straightforward it is to use, and our clients appreciate the ease of managing their sites.
You can read more about why we changed our CMS when building our new website here.
See Statamic in action
Explore how Statamic supports our approach to building fast, design-led websites, crafted for performance, adaptability and style.
