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title: "Compare headless and MVC features according to product"
slug: "compare-headless-and-mvc-features-according-to-product"
abstract: "Compare headless and MVC features in SXA according to product."
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# Compare headless and MVC features according to product

The following table provides a comparison chart of the SXA features available in Sitecore Experience Platform versus those available in Experience Manager Cloud (XM Cloud).

| Feature | SXA with Sitecore Experience Platform |  | SXA with XM Cloud |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | MVC | Headless | Headless |
| Adding cookies warning message to sites | Yes | No | No |
| Asset Optimizer | Yes | No | No |
| Available renderings | See the complete list of SXA renderings [here](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/sxa/105/sitecore-experience-accelerator/the-sxa-renderings-and-rendering-variants.html). | <ul><li>Image</li><li>Link List</li><li>Navigation</li><li>Page Content</li><li>Promo</li><li>Rich Text</li><li>Title</li><li>Container</li><li>Column Splitter</li><li>Row Splitter</li></ul> | <ul><li>Image</li><li>Link List</li><li>Navigation</li><li>Page Content</li><li>Promo</li><li>Rich Text</li><li>Title</li><li>Container</li><li>Column Splitter</li><li>Row Splitter</li></ul> |
| Cache settings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Configurable security for site collections and sites | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Content Tagging | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Creative Exchange | Yes | No | No |
| Custom SXA login page | Yes | No | No |
| Delegated areas, multisite feature (shared site) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Error handling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grid layout (placeholder restrictions, page branches) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grid systems | <ul><li>Bootstrap 5</li><li>Bootstrap 4</li><li>Bootstrap 3</li><li>Tailwind</li><li>Foundation</li><li>Grid 960</li></ul> | <ul><li>Bootstrap 5 (default)</li><li>Tailwind</li></ul> | <ul><li>Bootstrap 5 (default)</li><li>Tailwind</li></ul> |
| JSON data modelling | Yes | No | No |
| Page and partial designs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Redirect map and redirect Items | Yes | Yes (limited) | Yes (limited) |
| Rendering host (SXA Initializer) | No | No | Yes |
| Rendering variants | Yes | Yes (limited) | Yes (limited) |
| Robots.txt | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security role - *Sitecore Client Site Managing* | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site-specific standard values | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site metadata | Yes | No | No |
| Sitemap | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sitemap - configurable language embedding | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Styles | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Themes | Yes | No | No |

> [!note]
> MVC sites are only supported in Sitecore Experience Platform.