Transparency alternatives to Shorthand
Other Content management systems vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Shorthand does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 39 that differ from Shorthand on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Shorthand has 7 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Shorthand does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Shorthand does not | Shorthand publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitysanity.io | 78/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Storyblokstoryblok.com | 74/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, +1 | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Directusdirectus.io | 52/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Craft CMScraftcms.com | 48/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Uniformuniform.dev | 43/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
| Pantheonpantheon.io | 52/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Contentstackcontentstack.com | 48/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Tinatina.io | 26/100 | 2 Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Umbracoumbraco.com | 26/100 | 2 Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Write.aswrite.as | 22/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, Public pricing | 5 Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, +2 | Compare |
| Strapistrapi.io | 39/100 | 1 Public pricing | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Hygraphhygraph.com | 35/100 | 1 Public pricing | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.