XM Cloud vs TinaCMS

"...easy-to-use visual tools for authoring, A/B testing, and personalization - powered by brand-aware AI copilots."

"...mobile-first approach, allowing us to have a solid base for our build."

"...difficult to create layouts for different breakpoints..."

"Try Tina CMS, specifically with Tina cloud. I'm building a site out right now and the mobile editing experience is very straightforward."

"Using Tina to edit content is, unfortunately, where the rough edges start to show. I started trying to write this post on my phone... the interface is clearly not meant for mobile screen sizes."

"TinaCMS now supports various screen sizes and mobile devices, including iOS and Android. Whether you’re on the go, or at your desk, editing your content has never been more intuitive."

"XM Cloud relies on traditional content linking methods without AI-driven automation."

"Linking of related content in XM Cloud needs to be managed manually, not automatically."

"Current capabilities do not include automatic related blog linking, requiring manual setup."

"Easiest CMS to set up with Astro : r/astrojs"

"I also use TinaCMS for writing Blog post but it's way better than Tina CMS."

"Each item in your collections array represents its own entity. In the above example, we defined a post collection."

"Defining "collections". In the above example, we defined a post collection, and set its path as content/posts."

"XM Cloud does not have any references to automatic CTA linking capabilities."

"Dynamic placeholders allow unique key generation, but don't automatically link CTAs."

"The official Sitecore documentation and resources do not mention automatic CTA linking."

"Tina does not provide a feature for automatic call-to-action linking."

"Call to action buttons; Call to action panels are supported, but automatic linking is not mentioned."

"TinaCMS's Headless CMS Features do not include automatic call-to-action suggestions."

"You can add comments to projects, stages, or tasks when collaborating with other users."

"Sitecore XM Cloud focuses on site management, personalization, and performance, lacking user-facing commenting."

"In the ‘migrations’ I usually think about I’m often looking at an existing Sitecore customer trying to move to XM Cloud, but the fact is that there are a lot of options out there and Optimizely is pushing hard to pull those customers over to their SaaS CMS."

"TinaCMS has not integrated a traditional commenting feature like WordPress; it allows editing and review processes but does not allow public comments on articles."

"Currently, TinaCMS does not support external commenting features for user-generated feedback on blogs or articles."

"XM Cloud runs the Experience Manager environment as a single-tenant instance. The delivery environment..."

"For a more advanced branching and Pull-Request workflow, checkout TinaCloud's editorial workflow (only available on Business and Enterprise plans)."

"Tina supports using external media providers, however a light backend media handler needs to be setup/hosted by the user."

"Content modeling means creating the schema structure of an element that will be presented on your website. You do this using templates, also known as data templates."

"Sitecore XM Cloud is an entirely new product, focusing on content modeling and APIs."

"Tina uses a "content-modeling as code" approach, allowing developers to define the shape of their content."

"Tina contains multiple field types like string, number, boolean, image, object, etc. that help in content modeling."

"TinaCMS allows for real-time visual editing and has a robust content modeling schema that enhances block-based editing."

"TinaCMS provides flexible content modeling features allowing developers to create custom content types."

"Tina CMS is highlighted as a notable Git-based content management system that excels in content modeling."

"In XM Cloud, developers can bring their own code (BYOC) by referencing an external code base that includes components."

"At the time of writing, XM Cloud Components are new and do not have a full feature set. Because of this, only standard React/Next.js components should be used."

"You can build a component by providing Sitecore managed data to a third party API like Google Maps API."

"A custom component can be passed and rendered by setting the ui.component property on a field. This component completely overrides the original component."

"The first approach involves defining a React component and passing it into the component property of a field definition."

"Tina also provides a variety of pre-built components. To specify these, the ui.component property should be configured with the string name of the registered field plugin."

"Searches for a full-text phrase within a value. For example, searching for 'apple pie' returns items for which the value is 'We made apple pie'."

"Sitecore Search is a cutting-edge, AI-powered, headless content discovery platform, empowering users to craft tailored and predictive search encounters."

"TinaCMS provides built-in search functionality for content. This is useful for allowing editors to quickly finding content in a site."

"Search is not currently supported in self-hosted Tina."

"The self-hosted backend does not currently have endpoints to support search functionality."