6. Ownership and Portability
This is something beginners rarely think about.
Imagine you spend three years building a website.
* Thousands of visitors.
* Hundreds of articles.
* A recognizable brand.
Then you decide you want to move somewhere else.
With WordPress, you generally have much more control over your website’s files, database and hosting environment.
With a hosted website builder, moving everything to another platform may be considerably more complicated.
Always think about where your website will be five years from now, not just tomorrow.