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How do website builders compare on page speed and Core Web Vitals when a site is image-heavy?

Measured in 1 answer, last on Nov 10, 2026. Only the passages that name a brand are shown.

Brands in the answers

BrandNamed inRecommended inPositiveAvg. position
Webflow100%100%100%—
Wix100%100%100%—
WordPress100%100%0%—
Shopify100%100%100%—
Squarespace100%0%0%—
Duda100%0%100%—
Joomla100%0%0%—

Where each answer names a brand

Answer 1 · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 sources cited
WebflowRecommendedpositive
“Webflow offers good control over image presentation and page structure”
+ responsive image handling

“- Responsive image handling.”

+ control over image dimensions and layout

“- Good control over image dimensions and layout.”

+ WebP image support

“- WebP image support.”

+ control over page structure and visual presentation

“- Strong control over page structure and visual presentation.”

+ technical optimisation opportunities

“- Good opportunities for technical optimisation.”

− complex interactions increase JavaScript costs

“- Complex interactions and animations can increase JavaScript costs.”

− poorly designed pages can become heavy

“- Poorly designed pages can still become heavy.”

− requires attention to performance during design

“- Requires more attention to performance during the design process.”

WixRecommendedpositive
“My short verdict: Wix and Shopify are strong choices for out-of-the-box performance”
+ automatic image optimisation

“- Automatic image optimisation.”

+ responsive image delivery

“- Responsive image delivery.”

+ managed hosting and CDN infrastructure

“- Managed hosting and CDN infrastructure.”

+ consistent performance without extensive technical configuration

“- Relatively consistent performance without extensive technical configuration.”

− considerable JavaScript

“- Can introduce considerable JavaScript.”

− complex animations affect responsiveness

“- Complex animations and interactive elements can affect responsiveness.”

− less control over low-level performance optimisations

“- Less control over some low-level performance optimisations.”

“Squarespace is convenient for visual portfolios”
+ easy image management

“- Easy image management.”

+ managed infrastructure

“- Managed infrastructure.”

+ good visual presentation

“- Good visual presentation.”

+ little technical maintenance

“- Relatively little technical maintenance.”

− less flexibility for advanced performance optimisation

“- Less flexibility for advanced performance optimisation.”

− image-heavy templates generate substantial page weight

“- Image-heavy templates can generate substantial page weight.”

− less control over the underlying frontend

“- Less control over the underlying frontend.”

WordPressRecommendedmixed
“WordPress offers the highest optimisation flexibility but requires more technical work”
+ extensive image optimisation plugins

“- Extensive image optimisation plugins.”

+ excellent caching options

“- Excellent caching options.”

+ CDN integration

“- CDN integration.”

+ control over hosting and infrastructure

“- Control over hosting and infrastructure.”

+ potentially excellent performance with optimised setup

“- Potentially excellent performance with a properly optimised setup.”

− performance varies depending on theme and plugins

“- Performance varies enormously depending on the theme and plugins.”

− page builders introduce additional CSS and JavaScript

“- Page builders can introduce additional CSS and JavaScript.”

− requires ongoing technical maintenance

“- Requires ongoing technical maintenance.”

Dudapositive
+ mobile Core Web Vitals pass rate

“- Duda: 85%”

ShopifyRecommendedpositive
“My short verdict: Wix and Shopify are strong choices for out-of-the-box performance”
+ managed hosting and CDN

“- Managed hosting and CDN.”

+ automatic image delivery optimisation

“- Automatic image delivery optimisation.”

+ suitable for large product catalogues

“- Particularly suitable for large product catalogues.”

+ performance consistency

“- Good performance consistency.”

− third-party apps add JavaScript

“- Third-party apps can add substantial JavaScript.”

− large product galleries affect LCP

“- Large product galleries can affect LCP.”

− custom themes introduce unnecessary code

“- Custom themes can introduce unnecessary code.”

Joomlanegative
“- Joomla: approximately 1,612 KB.”
− large mobile image payload

“- Joomla: approximately 1,612 KB.”

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