| Static Web Sites | Dynamic Web Sites | WebEngine Web Sites |
| Need more web developers. | Need less web developers | Need less web developers |
| Look less attractive | Look more attractive | Look very attractive |
| Modifications are manpower intensive. | Modifications are less manpower intensive | Modifications can be pre-programmed |
| Less elements to fail | More elements to fail. | Less elements to fail. |
| Theoretically efficiency not dependent on load | Efficiency depends on load | Efficiency not dependent on load. |
| Not database intensive | More database intensive | Less database intensive |
| Require less hardware to run | Require more hardware to run | Require less hardware to run. |
| Need only one web administrator | Need web, database administrators | Fully automatic processing can be done and does not essentially need an administrator |
| Allows pages to be cached and delivered fast | Pages cannot be cached | Page caching is fully controlled by the client |
| Moderate downtimes for modifications and updates | Large downtimes for modifications and updates | No downtime for modifications and updates |
| Web page delivery speed depends on web server | Web page delivery speed depends on database efficiency | Web page delivery speed depends on web server |
| Economical web content backup | Requires expensive backup technologies | Economical and less expensive automatic backup. |