Age Old Issue: Speed | Quality | Cost The golden triangle of project success or failure rests on the three angles of A) Speed B) Quality C) Cost. When it comes to interactive agencies, they may be promising (at best) two of the three triangle points, but how likely are they to fulfill that promise? Speed + Cost naturally rules out Quality, right? And Quality naturally rules out cost if speed is at all involved. In my former life of scoping projects for an interactive agency, clients who had hard deadlines for app launches would be charged more. Clients whose websites served as their brick and mortar needed extremely high-quality work, which affected speed and cost. This is true in at least the old working model of installed content management systems, but the Golden Triangle doesn’t take into account agencies that are managing websites and applications using a . CMS API We wrote a blog awhile back titled . The article details how developers bypass the installed Content Management System + Web Hosting process for the apps and websites they are building. When you use as your CMS API, your application stack is simplified down to the and a code repository. The Cosmic Stack Cosmic JS Cosmic JS CMS API Speed By removing the client-side server from the application stack, speed is ‘sped up’ immensely simply from the dynamics of your new content management stack. Depending on how you decide to build your new application, speed has been seen to almost double in certain cases (according to from Google Dev). Recently we measured a legacy WordPress website on its installed content management system. It ranked at a 50 on a scale of 100 when summoned from its content box and myriad of servers. That same website built on Cosmic JS ended up being ranked at a 94. PageSpeed Insights Quality Quality isn’t compromised! Because Cosmic JS works by decoupling content from code, you don’t sacrifice on either side. A CMS API simply saves time and bandwidth by delivering content seamlessly through the powerful Cosmic JS CMS API, which delivers JSON particles to any web-connected device, regardless of your application’s programming language. Your pages are rendered with the original code and the updated content, but never compromises the quality of the interactive application you have built. Cost Agencies typically bill out on either a project basis (total # of estimated hours X billable rate) or retainer basis (total # of agreed monthly hours X discounted billable rate). Because developers no longer have to build out a backend Content Management System on top of an antiquated installed legacy system, many devs report a time savings of up to 75% of their original project timeline estimates. That saves the client money, which saves the agency money. As far as the cost of using a CMS API, billing is largely a la carte. Cosmic JS costs on a usage basis, as well as a la carte add-on items that devs can use if needed. For a full view of Cosmic JS pricing, visit our . Pricing Page Helpful Resources is an API-first cloud-based content management platform that makes it easy to manage applications and content. If you have questions about the Cosmic JS API, please reach out to the founders on or . Cosmic JS Twitter Slack To read more about how developers are using the Cosmic JS CMS API to build slicks apps and websites, read our Developer Spotlight Series with 1) 2) . Jon Bloomer Simple Media Carson Gibbons is the Co-Founder & CMO of , an API-first Cloud-based that decouples content from code, allowing devs to build slick apps and websites in any programming language they want. Cosmic JS Content Management Platform

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