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Eso no es rápido, pero es bueno.

Eso no es rápido, pero es bueno.
That is not fast, but it is good.
From Lesson 6:Simple negation (no)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Eso no es rápido, pero es bueno.

ser
to be
eso
that
bueno
good
rápido
fast
no
no / not
pero
but

Questions & Answers about Eso no es rápido, pero es bueno.

Why does it say no es instead of es no like in English "is not"?
In Spanish, to make a sentence negative, you simply put no directly before the verb. So "is not" becomes no es (literally "not is").
Why use eso for "that" instead of ese or esa?
Eso is a neuter pronoun. You use it when you are talking about a general idea, a situation, or something you don't know the specific name of. If you were pointing at a specific masculine object, like a car (un coche), you would use ese instead.
Do rápido and bueno change depending on what we are talking about?
Yes. Because eso refers to a general, unnamed thing, the adjectives use their default masculine form ending in -o (rápido, bueno). If we were talking about a specific feminine thing, the adjectives would change to rápida and buena.
Why is there no word for "it" in the second part of the sentence (es bueno)?
Spanish often drops subject pronouns like "it" because the verb (es) already gives you enough information. Here, es bueno literally means "is good," which we naturally translate as "it is good" in English.

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