| Metric | Emotion | HSTS | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 33 | 48 | HSTS |
| Accessibility | 90 | 89 | Emotion |
| Best Practices | 87 | 88 | HSTS |
| SEO | 92 | 91 | Emotion |
| Security | 66 | 70 | HSTS |
| TTFB | 251ms | 365ms | Emotion |
| Composite | 73 | 75 | HSTS |
HSTS outperforms Emotion in 4 of 7 categories, with a stronger composite score (75 vs 73). Emotion leads in accessibility, SEO, TTFB.
Choose Emotion when your primary concern is server response time and accessibility. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.
Choose HSTS when your primary concern is performance and security. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.
Scores are medians across 180 audited Emotion sites and 2601 audited HSTS sites in the BeaverCheck database. Every audit runs the same 100+ checks — Lighthouse performance, security headers, accessibility, SEO, server response time — against a real URL. No vendor input, no sponsorship, no affiliate links. Read the full methodology →
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