“Should my website be built in React or in HTML?” The real answer is not a matter of fashion but of fit: each approach has its strengths. A good studio masters both and picks the right one for your project.
The HTML/CSS website: simplicity, lightness, durability
A website built in HTML and CSS is direct: pages served as they are, without unnecessary machinery. The result is ultra-fast, economical, robust over time and excellent for SEO, because the content is immediately readable by Google.
It is often the ideal choice for a brochure website, a landing page or a site with a handful of pages: anything that needs to be fast, rank well and require little maintenance. Less complexity also means fewer points of failure.
React: interactivity and scalability
React shines as soon as there is interaction: user accounts, dynamic data, dashboards, features that react in real time. Navigation becomes fluid, as in an application, and the code is organised to evolve cleanly as the project grows.
It is the right choice for a web application, a customer portal, a SaaS product, in short, any product that “does” things rather than simply presenting them.
How to choose?
| Your need | The right approach |
|---|---|
| Brochure site, landing page, content site | HTML / CSS |
| Scalable site with dynamic sections | Depending on the case, enhanced HTML or React |
| Application, customer portal, SaaS | React |
Performance and good SEO do not depend on the choice between React and HTML: they depend on the quality of the build. A sloppy HTML site will be slow; a carefully crafted React application will be fast. The reverse is also true.
The right technology is not the most fashionable one: it is the one that serves your objective, your budget and your deadline.
Our approach
At Créacodeal, we do not apply the same recipe to every project. Depending on your needs, we design both polished, ultra-fast HTML websites and bespoke web applications and SaaS products. What matters: the right solution, well built. Discover our services.