Promino vs WordPress
A professional site without the maintenance
Where WordPress asks more of you, Promino keeps it simple
- You manage hosting, updates and backups yourself
- Plugins and themes to research, buy and maintain
- Security and spam are your responsibility
- Costs stack up across hosting, plugins and add-ons
- Design quality depends on the theme you pick
- Fully managed hosting, SSL and updates included
- ~150 professionally designed sections, no plugins
- Security and edge hosting handled for you
- One flat price per site from €29/mo, no surprises
- Every section is designed and WCAG-AA out of the box
The real difference
The real difference
WordPress is the most flexible website platform in the world. With the right plugins and a good host, you can build almost anything and you fully own the code and data. That power is real, and for developers or teams who want total control it is hard to beat. The trade-off is that the flexibility is also the work: you choose the theme, install and update plugins, patch security holes, manage backups and keep hosting healthy.
Promino takes the opposite approach. You assemble a site from around 150 professionally designed, responsive, WCAG-AA sections, the AI drafts your copy, and hosting, SSL, SEO and updates are handled for you. There is nothing to patch and nothing to break. You trade some flexibility for a site that stays fast and current on its own. See sites built with Promino.
Feature by feature
WordPress vs Promino, side by side
| Feature | WordPressHosting + plugins | PopularPromino€29 |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | ||
| No-code section builder | No-code section builder: not included | No-code section builder: included |
| AI drafts sections and copy | AI drafts sections and copy: not included | AI drafts sections and copy: included |
| Professionally designed templates | Theme dependent | Professionally designed templates: included |
| Choice of themes and plugins | Choice of themes and plugins: included | Choice of themes and plugins: not included |
| Hosting and maintenance | ||
| Managed hosting included | Managed hosting included: not included | Managed hosting included: included |
| Automatic updates and security | Automatic updates and security: not included | Automatic updates and security: included |
| You own the code and database | You own the code and database: included | You own the code and database: not included |
| Custom domain + SSL | Via host | Custom domain + SSL: included |
| Marketing and growth | ||
| Automatic SEO, sitemap and OG | Via plugin | Automatic SEO, sitemap and OG: included |
| Privacy-friendly analytics | Via plugin | Privacy-friendly analytics: included |
| Built-in form builder | Via plugin | Built-in form builder: included |
| AI translation up to 5 languages | Via plugin | AI translation up to 5 languages: included |
| Pricing | ||
| Flat price per site | Flat price per site: not included | From €29/mo |
| Build free, pay at publish | Build free, pay at publish: not included | Build free, pay at publish: included |
An honest take
Who should choose WordPress, and who should choose Promino
Choose WordPress if you want maximum flexibility and full ownership of your code and data, you need a specific plugin or custom functionality, or you have the time (or a developer) to manage hosting, updates and security. For blogs at scale, complex integrations or bespoke builds, its ecosystem is unmatched.
Choose Promino if you want a polished, fast marketing site without the upkeep, and you would rather not think about plugins, patches or hosting bills. You get professionally designed sections, AI-drafted copy and everything managed for you. See our flat pricing and what Promino includes.
FAQ
Promino vs WordPress, answered
- For professional marketing sites, yes. Promino gives you designed sections, AI-drafted copy, SEO, hosting and SSL in one flat price, with nothing to update or secure. WordPress remains the better choice if you need specific plugins, custom code or full ownership of the codebase.
- No. Hosting, SSL, updates and security are fully managed. There are no plugins to patch and no server to keep healthy, so your site stays fast and current without any work from you.
- WordPress itself is free, but real costs stack up across hosting, premium themes, plugins and maintenance. Promino is one flat price per site from €29/mo that already includes hosting, domain, SSL, SEO, analytics and forms, so there are no surprise add-ons.
- Promino handles SEO automatically, including meta tags, Open Graph, sitemap and robots, with no plugin to configure. On WordPress you would install and tune a plugin like Yoast to get the same result. Promino also ships fast, clean markup on edge hosting, which helps rankings.
- You rebuild your site by choosing sections and letting the AI draft copy, which is usually quicker than it sounds. There is no automated importer, but most marketing sites are a handful of pages, and you can paste in your existing text and images as you go.
- No, and it is not meant to. Promino builds professional marketing sites and does not run online stores, membership systems or complex web apps. If you need those, WordPress is the more capable platform; if you need a great site that stays effortless, Promino is simpler.
All the polish of a great WordPress site, none of the upkeep.
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