Gatsby vs VuePress
Gatsby
gatsbyjs.com
VuePress
vuepress.vuejs.orgSide by side
| Figure | Gatsby | VuePress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 0 |
| Spec score · Static site generators | 9.3 (#1) | 7.5 (#22) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Plugins | The Gatsby Plugin Library lists 3,269 results and includes plugins for CMS, CSS and UI, analytics, e-commerce, payment, authentication, and search. | VuePress has a plugin API, with official plugins including search, PWA, Google Analytics, and last-updated support; some plugins must be installed manually. |
| Rendering | Gatsby can use Static Site Generation, Deferred Static Generation, or Server-Side Rendering. | It pre-renders each page as static HTML, then uses Vue to turn the site into a single-page application after loading. |
Plans
Gatsby
- FreeFree
- Gatsby open sourceFree
- Personal$9 a month
- Pro$20 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- FreeFree
- Personal$9 a month
- Pro$20 a month
In their own words
Gatsby
Gatsby is an open-source, React-based framework for building websites such as eCommerce and marketing sites, blogs, and documentation. It supports JavaScript and Node.js, and pages can be rendered with Static Site Generation, Deferred Static Generation, or Server-Side Rendering. Its GraphQL data layer gives page components a consistent way to request content, API, and service data. Gatsby also provides code-splitting, image optimization, lazy loading, and webpack. Its plugin library covers areas including CMS, styling, analytics, e-commerce, payments, authentication, and search; official integrations include hosting providers and content management systems. Gatsby 5 requires Node 18 and React 18. The open-source framework is free. A separate Free plan costs nothing and includes a 300-credit monthly limit, unlimited deploy previews, and custom domains with SSL. Personal costs $9 a month and Pro costs $20 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom. Projects pause when monthly usage limits are reached.
VuePress
VuePress has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.