WordPress runs over 40% of the web because it works. It also has a deserved reputation for slow, hacked, plugin-drowned sites. The difference is entirely in how it's built.
For content-led business sites, yes — ecosystem, editors and portability remain unmatched. It's a poor fit for app-like products, and we'll say so when that's what you're building.
Nine times out of ten: heavyweight theme, too many plugins, unoptimised images, cheap hosting. All fixable; sequence matters. The audit ranks them by impact.
We build on the native block editor. Page builders are faster to start and slower forever after — you pay the difference in speed and lock-in.