Comparison

Hugo vs 11ty

Hugo and 11ty both land on Depends.

Hugo

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Confidence: Medium

Use Hugo if you have a developer comfortable with the command line and want a free, blazing-fast static site.

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Confidence: Medium

Buy if you are a developer (or have one) building a fast content site and want zero licence cost.

Hugo versus 11ty
Compare	Hugo	11ty
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Developer-run blogs and docs sites	Developer-built marketing sites
Who it's not for	Non-technical marketers needing WYSIWYG editing	Non-technical teams wanting a drag-and-drop builder
Privacy	Active project with fast patching; one HIGH (CVSS 8.6) CVE and one moderate advisory found . no breaches reported.^⁷	Core project maintains a security policy and hardened npm publishing; no core breaches found, but one malicious third-party plugin and dependency audit warnings exist.
Support quality	Community forum and GitHub only, no vendor SLA	Community-only help; no vendor SLA evidence.
Public sentiment	Community discussion centers on Hugo's build speed and flexibility, with a consistent learning-curve caveat around templates and self-managed deploys.^⁴	Developer sentiment is strongly positive on speed and simplicity, with recurring caveats that it demands coding skills and its project direction has sparked debate.
Biggest gotcha	CVE-2026-75926 (CVSS 8.6) hit versions 0.162.0-0.164.x . update promptly.^⁷	No paid support or SLA exists; help is docs, forums, and community goodwill.¹⁵