Each of our CIO guides assesses one technology for decision-makers – following the same blueprint: what it is, which products it replaces, what it really costs, how it handles GDPR and data sovereignty – and when it is NOT the right choice. No license interests, with sources and price ranges from real projects.
Custom software is built for one specific client, not an anonymous market. It pays off when a process explains your margin, when three or more systems have to stay in sync, or when many people use it: license costs scale per head, development costs do not. For non-differentiating processes, off-the-shelf wins clearly.
Matthias Radscheit
Headless WordPress separates the familiar editorial backend from the front end – solving WordPress’s three biggest problems: security, performance, architectural limits. The CIO guide: what it replaces, what it costs, when it is the right bridge.
Matthias Radscheit
Framer turns design drafts into published websites – faster than any classic setup. The decision-maker view: what Framer replaces, where its design-tool heritage draws limits, and how GDPR, export and CMS depth stack up.
Matthias Radscheit
Keycloak replaces Auth0, Okta & co. as self-hosted identity and access management – without per-user license costs. What the open-source IAM means for decision-makers: substitution, advantages, GDPR, cost.
Matthias Radscheit
Webflow promises agency quality without a development team: visual builder, CMS and hosting in one. The honest decision-maker view: what Webflow replaces and where the limits are – GDPR, lock-in, localisation.
Matthias Radscheit
Agentic AI is this year's Gartner vocabulary – but what separates an agent from a chatbot, where does real value emerge for mid-sized companies, and why are 40% of projects canceled? A sober assessment.
Matthias Radscheit
Payload CMS is the code-first headless CMS of the Next.js ecosystem: MIT-licensed, self-hosted, with auth and access control in the core. The in-depth decision-maker guide – substitution, the Figma acquisition, Payload vs. Sanity, GDPR, cost.
Matthias Radscheit
AI agents that enrich product data, categorize items and detect errors – with human approval instead of blind trust. What the term Agentic PIM actually means and how to recognize serious implementations.
Matthias Radscheit
MedusaJS replaces the commercial core of Shopify, Shopware & co. – without license fees or revenue share. What the open-source commerce engine means for decision-makers: substitution, advantages, GDPR, cost.
Matthias Radscheit
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