Compare headless and MVC features according to product

Version: 10.4

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.

  • Image

  • Link List

  • Navigation

  • Page Content

  • Promo

  • Rich Text

  • Title

  • Container

  • Column Splitter

  • Row Splitter

  • Image

  • Link List

  • Navigation

  • Page Content

  • Promo

  • Rich Text

  • Title

  • Container

  • Column Splitter

  • Row Splitter

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

  • Bootstrap 5

  • Bootstrap 4

  • Bootstrap 3

  • Tailwind

  • Foundation

  • Grid 960

  • Bootstrap 5 (default)

  • Tailwind

  • Bootstrap 5 (default)

  • Tailwind

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.

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