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title: "Is MaidCentral a Website or Application?"
slug: "is-maidcentral-a-website-or-application"
tags: ["Web Application"]
updated: 2025-01-23T23:02:21Z
published: 2025-01-23T23:02:21Z
canonical: "support.maidcentral.com/is-maidcentral-a-website-or-application"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Is MaidCentral a Website or Application?

## **It is actually a hybrid called a Web - App**

MaidCentral is a Web - Application. It is essentially an application (like the ones on your phone) but it is accessed through a web browser.

- A website is a group of globally accessible, interlinked web pages which have a single domain name.
- A web application is a software or program which is accessible using a web browser.

Below is a table that shows the difference between a Web - Application and a Website.

| **Parameter** | **Web Application** | **Website** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Created for | A web application is designed for interaction with the end user | A website mostly consists of static content. It is publicly accessible to all the visitors. |
| User interaction | In a web application, the user not only reads the page content but also manipulates the restricted data. | A website provides visual & text content which user can view and read, but not affect it ‘s functioning. |
| Authentication | Web applications need authentication, as they offer a much broader scope of options than websites. | Authentication is not obligatory for informational websites. The user may ask to register to get a regular update or to access additional options. This features not available for the unregistered website visitors. |
| Task and Complexity | Web application functions are quite higher and complex compared to a website. | The website displays the collected data and information on a specific page. |
| Type of software | The web application development is part of the website. It is itself not a complete website. | The website is a complete product, which you access with the help of your browser. |
| Compilation | The site must be precompiled before deployment | The site doesn’t need to be pre-compiled |
| Deployment | All changes require the entire project to be re-compiled and deployed. | Small changes never require a full re-compilation and deployment. You just need to update the HTML code. |