I think the main difference it that _you_ display the informations (instead of modifying a template).
I would say:
- You write your content in a WYSIWYG like editor (no need to build a new one)
- The content is structured: you explicitly define which kind of information you want (the editor will be adapted accordingly).
- It provides an API to get your informations. So you can build a website using your techno (say Ruby on Rails) which fetches the content from prismic.io.
- There are also development kits to make this part more easily.
- More technical: it's cache friendly. An URL can be cached infinitely, the content it returns will never change.
By the way you can use prismic.io to manage the content of an existing website or mobile application.
I would say: - You write your content in a WYSIWYG like editor (no need to build a new one) - The content is structured: you explicitly define which kind of information you want (the editor will be adapted accordingly). - It provides an API to get your informations. So you can build a website using your techno (say Ruby on Rails) which fetches the content from prismic.io. - There are also development kits to make this part more easily. - More technical: it's cache friendly. An URL can be cached infinitely, the content it returns will never change.
By the way you can use prismic.io to manage the content of an existing website or mobile application.