KVS vs Mechbunny vs Wordpress vs ?
Today I'm going to be spending some time deciding on what technology platform to base my tube network on. From the research i've done, it seems like the industry has three darlings that I need to choose between.
My Requirements- Can build a network of sites using the same database
- Supports multi-language site & content
- Ecosystem of theme developers, extensions etc
- Best in class
Just a few random thought about each
KVS
- Seems to have the some solid testimonials and used on big sites
- Satellite license costs $269, so each additional tube costs $$
- Satellite sites can run off the same database
- Default theme is quite plain, wasn't able to find any template's for sale to get me started
- Have seen posts on gfy offering to buy only KVS sites, so perhaps there is a preference?
Mechbunny
- Unlimited domain usage license, so software costs are reduced if I grow
- Satellite sites rely on their own database, embeding from the parent. Not ideal
- Management active on GFY, responsive at the weekend to a question I had
- Plenty of themes available, default one is very usable
Wordpress
- Simple to deploy as multisite etc and have multiple satellite sites
- Lacks video conversion, auto thumbnails etc
- Would have to reply on (perhaps unreliable) plugins to import from sponsor sites etc
- Plenty of nice themes like adult-wordpress-theme.com (already have a copy)
- I'm very familiar with wordpress development
- Doesnt seem like best practice to deploy wordpress for a tube
What are you thoughts guys? At the moment I'm leaning to KVS as it appears to be the "Gold Standard", but perhaps it's just the flashy website