Platform Comparison

Custom vs Photoshelter

Custom leads
51.8
Custom
WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability
52.2 37.6
Avg Security
37.2 19.3
Avg Efficiency
56.6 31.7
Avg Total Score
51.8 30.4
Avg Structure
47.1 19.2
Avg Load Complexity
67.6 42.1
Avg Lighthouse
54.9 34.0
Best Site Score
87.6 60.2
Worst Site Score
15.7 15.5
Custom Photoshelter

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry Custom Photoshelter
Architecture
Content Creation
Corporate-personal 25.7 10 sites
Design
Photography 32.6 22 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Custom significantly outperforms Photoshelter by 21.4 points - a gap large enough to suggest structural differences in how each platform supports web quality.

Dimension Edge

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

Opportunities for improvement
  • Photoshelter could target AI Readability, Security, 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.

Sample Size Consideration

Custom has 7.9× more audited sites than Photoshelter. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.