Cargo vs Photofolio — Platform Benchmark

45.4

Cargo

26 sites

59.6

Photofolio

149 sites

WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

42.5 64.2

Avg Security

16.7 16.5

Avg Efficiency

56.0 73.4

Avg Total Score

45.4 59.6

Avg Structure

32.5 80.5

Avg Load Complexity

81.9 83.2

Avg Lighthouse

53.3 53.5

Best Site Score

55.1 68.9

Worst Site Score

30.7 44.1

Cargo Photofolio

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Cargo	Photofolio
Architecture	—	—
Corporate-personal	—	—
Design	—	—
Film & Video	—	—
Photography	—	—

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Photofolio meaningfully outperforms Cargo by 14.2 points on average. This reflects a consistent quality gap across their sites.

Dimension Edge

Cargo leads in: nada. Photofolio leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure. Photofolio has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Cargo could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure to close the gap.

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.

Sample Size Consideration

Photofolio has 5.7× more audited sites than Cargo. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.