Gutenberg
Editor

vs.
Layout Builder
 

Gutenberg
Editor


 

Layout Builder

 

Gutenberg Editor Pros

  • Easy to implement and almost no developer intervention required for enabling the editor experience and using features provided out of the box

Gutenberg Editor Pros

  • Easy to implement and almost no developer intervention required for enabling the editor experience and using features provided out of the box
     

  • Great tool for creating unstructured content.

Gutenberg Editor Pros

  • Easy to implement and almost no developer intervention required for enabling the editor experience and using features provided out of the box
     

  • Great tool for creating unstructured content.
     

  • Can include and display Drupal custom / core / contributed blocks.

Gutenberg Editor Pros

  • Easy to implement and almost no developer intervention required for enabling the editor experience and using features provided out of the box
     

  • Great tool for creating unstructured content.
     

  • Can include and display Drupal custom / core / contributed blocks.
     

  • Avoids the time consumption of deciding and building different types of fields required for creating a content.

Gutenberg Editor Cons

  • Individual instances of blocks and layouts aren’t reusable. That means, if users want more than one page to look the same, they have to manually lay out the content the same way each time

Comparison with Layout Builder

  • You can use it’s drag and drop feature to customize the content on the landing page or across different pages

Comparison with Layout Builder

  • You can use it’s drag and drop feature to customize the content on the landing page or across different pages
     

  • The data can be entered in different fields in the content type and these fields then can be used in layout builder to be placed at different positions.

Comparison with Layout Builder

  • You can use it’s drag and drop feature to customize the content on the landing page or across different pages
     

  • The data can be entered in different fields in the content type and these fields then can be used in layout builder to be placed at different positions.

     

  • It also provides the feature to add custom blocks at different positions on the page.

Comparison with Layout Builder

  • You can use it’s drag and drop feature to customize the content on the landing page or across different pages
     

  • The data can be entered in different fields in the content type and these fields then can be used in layout builder to be placed at different positions.

     

  • It also provides the feature to add custom blocks at different positions on the page.

     

  • Gutenberg editor can be used to create unstructured content that does not require displaying content in a  specific layout or a format. It generally gives the content editor more control over placing the content blocks at different places one page at a time.

     

Contd..

 

  • Whereas, layout builder can be used for both - structured and unstructured content. You can define the layout of a single page or decide one layout and apply to all pages of that specific content type.

Which one should you choose?

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