Complete guide to migrating your Makeswift website to SolidStart. Leave Makeswift's next.js only behind and get solidjs fine-grained reactivity. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Makeswift to SolidStart for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose SolidStart as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Easy. Estimated time: 10-20 minutes.
Visual builder for Next.js sites. Next.js teams needing visual editing for marketing pages, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Next.js only — no support for other frameworks
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Makeswift. SolidStart eliminates this issue entirely.
Very new platform with a small user base
With SolidStart, solidjs fine-grained reactivity — updates dom without virtual dom diffing.
Limited documentation and community resources
Modern architectures like SolidStart are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Feature set is still maturing compared to established tools
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — SolidStart takes a fundamentally different approach.
Full-stack framework for SolidJS with fine-grained reactivity. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (SolidJS), it's performance-focused developers who want react-like syntax without virtual dom overhead.
SolidJS fine-grained reactivity — updates DOM without virtual DOM diffing
Top benchmark performance — often faster than Svelte
JSX syntax makes it approachable for React developers
File-based routing with SSR and SSG support
SolidStart is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Makeswift | SolidStart |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐ 1/5 | ⭐ 1/5 |
| Language | React / Next.js | JavaScript/TypeScript (SolidJS) |
| Pricing | Free / paid plans | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Makeswift content maps to SolidStart
What may need manual attention
Visual layouts and custom animations built in Makeswift's editor will need to be recreated in SolidStart. The content and text transfers, but the visual design is platform-specific.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Makeswift site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select SolidStart as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Makeswift to SolidStart makes the most sense if you're experiencing next.js only — no support for other frameworks or outgrowing Makeswift's architecture. SolidStart is best for performance-focused developers who want react-like syntax without virtual dom overhead.
You should migrate if: your Makeswift site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Makeswift site benefits from native next.js integration — edits your actual next.js pages and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Makeswift is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Makeswift URL, select SolidStart, and download your content. The more important question is whether SolidStart's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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