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Webflow Reviews & Product Details
Weblfow allows business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, and content creators to build websites and publish content using the full power of HTML, Javascript, and CSS in a fully visual canvas without the need for coding. Combining e-commerce, marketing, content management, animation, and design function in a single platform, it empowers users to launch, manage, and promote websites and content within a quick turnaround time and in a more cost-efficient manner. Users have access to more than 1,000 templates coupled with a host of marketing capabilities such as mobile responsiveness, search engine optimization, CRM syncing, and useful integrations. Apart from its CBS features, Webflow is also e-commerce and content monetization-ready. It also offers Webflow University, a comprehensive knowledge repository of everything that users need to know to maximize the platform.
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, On-Premise Linux |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
Webflow Pros and Cons
- You can tweak designs using CSS
- Fantastic customization features
- Ideal for working with clients
- You benefit from high levels of customizability with full access to your website’s code.
- Webflow mimics popular design software like Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, which creates a smoother transition for designers familiar with these tools.
- Beginners might find it intimidating
- Not a lot of third-party integration options
- Some templates have to be paid for
- Webflow comes with a steep learning curve, especially if you don’t have any coding knowledge or experience with traditional design software.
- You can’t launch a live website with Webflow’s free plan.
Compare Webflow with other popular tools in the same category.
Ease of use, robust CMS, clean HTML/CSS, growing ecosystem of 3rd party tools, enterprise sales and support teams.
Lack of support for 3rd party DAM tools. Wish there was an out-of-the-box Chrome plugin for integrating Brandfolder.
We're replacing expensive and complicated Adobe AEM with Webflow at a fraction of the cost. Webflow's ease of use and agility has shrunk our release cadence from 3 weeks to days or hours.
Webflow got me excited about building websites again. There's a bit of a learning curve, but they do a great job with education + it's very intuitive once you're familiar.
There are still some things that Webflow doesn't do that can be surprising, but they're constantly extending the platform + the community is really great about helping to figure out workarounds when necessary.
Webflow makes understanding the box model and general front-end development so much simpler - I compare it to learning music theory on a piano (straight + linear) vs. on a guitar (variable per string) - Webflow is incredibly straightforward, like the piano. I use it as a teaching tool almost as much as I use it as a building tool. It benefits me in that it allows me and my team to move VERY quickly from design to build, and makes creating animations and the like a snap. Lottie integration lets us leverage what we're already doing in video + motion graphics. Plus, it's fun.
Webflow is extremely easy to use and very non-coder friendly. I'm not known for my great tech skills, but Webflow makes it very simple for me to build, use, and modify websites hosted on it.
Sometimes, it can be a little slow. But, in my opinion, it's not drastic enough to cause alarm. Overall, the platform is very smooth and should not cause you any noticeable trouble while working on it.
Getting a comprehensive website with a detailed CMS up and running in next to no time. Easy edits as well as extremely flexible integrations with a variety of third party apps like Finsweet and AirTable makes managing your website even more easy.
Increases our website engineering quality and performance in LESS time than creating with other CMS or static.
I wish the free plan allowed CMS access for training new hires.
Reduces our website delivery timelines, increases our performance scores, and enables our customers to make edits easily themselves.
Webflow provides one of the best platforms for developing sophisticated, design-centred web products. Their continual development and support of their community is unparalleled!
There is almost nothing to dislike. Webflow's product release timeline is a bit slower than most people would like, but I support that it takes time to release a quality feature and not cause catastrophic results.
Webflow allows business owners, designers, and product and marketing teams to save on development costs and focus on designing quality user experiences. Webflow also gives power back to the design community, allowing them to create without having to learn coding languages.
Webflow's visual editor helps all of our clients move way faster without having to write code.
Currently, the static page limit of 100 pages can be limiting (but, as of last week, it'll be lifted in 2023 or 2024.)
Webflow enables our agency to help build websites for Enterprises that want to future proof their projects and empower their marketing team from end to end.
Visual speed, and ease of use for a designer yet robust enough for product design. This hanges how products are conceived, tested and delivered.
Not a true headless system yet makes interacting with existing components (React Apps) a barrier for use cases Webflow is CLOSE to solving.
Webflow makes marketing teams better. Designers are stronger, teams more agile, and users are more engaged. Tools built for teams to be successful.
Empowering more people to take control of their sites, and cutting down the process and time it takes to go live or make updates.
Ecommerce is lacking compared to competitors. Would like to see more capabilities that serve a variety of customers.
Shortens development time which saves costs for my business. Gives more visibility and control into the build and enables us to push the quality of design.
They are all in on the no-code movement and being able to accomplish incredible website experiences with limited/no need for custom html, css, and javascript makes speed and design significantly better. Also, the team is amazing, it was one of the best purchasing processes I have ever been to and the implementation team and success team have been extremely helpful throughout our entire relationship.
The most annoying thing was not being able to co-edit in the platform and as of last week that has been resolved. Now I think the most frustrating thing is the time it takes to publish the site, which is another thing that I'm sure the team will address soon based on how amazing they are at taking customer feedback
Webflow hosts our entire marketing website and does so without us needing a large front-end engineering team. Our site is managed by a Ux/Ui designer and Marketing Operations team.
Webflow gives us full-control to build complex websites with CMS, e-commerce and membership.
Product updates are released slower than expected.
Webflow enables us to build beautiful webpages without writing any code. I can now work full-time as a Webflow developer and have a fantastic work-life balance.