Cargo vs Photoshelter — Platform Benchmark

45.4

Cargo

26 sites

WINNER

30.4

Photoshelter

32 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

42.5 37.6

Avg Security

16.7 19.3

Avg Efficiency

56.0 31.7

Avg Total Score

45.4 30.4

Avg Structure

32.5 19.2

Avg Load Complexity

81.9 42.1

Avg Lighthouse

53.3 34.0

Best Site Score

55.1 60.2

Worst Site Score

30.7 15.5

Cargo Photoshelter

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Cargo	Photoshelter
Architecture	—	—
Corporate-personal	—	25.7 10 sites
Design	—	—
Film & Video	—	—
Photography	—	32.6 22 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Cargo meaningfully outperforms Photoshelter by 14.9 points on average. This reflects a consistent quality gap across their sites.

Dimension Edge

Cargo leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Photoshelter leads in: Security. Cargo has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Cargo could target Security to close the gap.
Photoshelter could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

The platforms split industry wins evenly across 5 shared verticals - the overall score gap may be driven by a few outlier sites rather than a consistent pattern.