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Webflow
What Is Webflow?
Webflow is a visual web development platform that allows companies to design, build, and launch completely custom websites without writing code. By combining design, animation, content management, marketing, and ecommerce tools into a single platform, Webflow empowers non-coders and coders alike to ship and promote websites of all kinds in a faster, more cost-efficient, and more collaborative way.
Who Uses Webflow?
Designed for businesses of all sizes, Webflow helps you build the site you want — without the dev time.
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Reviews of Webflow
My work portfolio...
Comments: I enjoyed using webflow for 3 years, in the end I found another website that was closer to my needs and what I was looking for, but I will continue to recommend it to friends, clients or anyone who wants to start a business or show their work in an easy and fast way.
Pros:
I made my portfolio with Webflow, because I like how you can make your own website, you don't need to know how to code, it's very easy, I never had any problems with it, I recommended it to many of my clients for branding, I really liked it. It has lots of resources that you can use in your own ways, you can add your own fonts, that was something I really wanted to have on the site. I like the fact that the free option gives you so many options and allows you to edit it to the max as much as you want to. It's a good site for the beginner as well as the professional.
Cons:
This is my thing, but I just didn't like the fact that the name of my website was too long, at that time I didn't have much material, so I had no reason to pay for a domain, but other than that, I don't see anything negative, it's something that can be changed and that doesn't have to be a big inconvenience to have.
Webflow - Great for Advanced Users
Comments: Overall, despite Webflow's high cost, I believe it's a great option for relatively simple websites that aren't too large. If you want to create a large blog or news site, I would suggest Wordpress because you won't have to pay for your site scaling as you would in Webflow. Webflow's editor is not very scaleable, but the things you can accomplish with it are pretty advanced if you work hard (for example, I made a tabs section where the tabs were custom SVG shapes - I would not know how to do this in Wordpress). It's by far the most customizable web builder out there. So, if you have a good understanding of HTML and CSS and can translate that to at least figure out Javascript well enough, and if you want to create sites with a wow factor, I recommend Webflow.
Pros:
Webflow is great for advanced web developers who understand coding on a deep level. Even though they market it as a no code solution, having a deep understanding of coding makes navigating the user interface so much easier and decreases the time required to learn the platform. It has a massive repository of paid templates that are amazing and free cloneables that can be copied and pasted onto your site which are equally amazing. These options can significantly cut development time. Also, Webflow makes it easy to use advanced CSS options like CSS flex or grid. Overall, there's a lot to like about Webflow.
Cons:
Webflow is very expensive compared to Wordpress and page builders on Wordpress because the costs are often more than you expected. If you are a business who wants to have a blog or news section, you'll likely need to pay for their Business plan AND a CMS plan to be able to have the ability to make blog page templates and store blog article content. There are limits to the CMS items you can store, and Webflow will increase pricing tiers on their plans based on large volumes of traffic, so it is definitely one of the most expensive platforms I've seen. It is not a good option for small businesses. Also, there is a very steep learning curve to using Webflow, but that is mitigated by the excellent learning courses they provide.
Bad support and bugs
Comments: In two adjectives: BAD and ANNOYING, I regret it.
Pros:
In the beginning, I thought Webflow would really be the tool to help me solve the problems I was hoping to solve, but not, they created new ones that this time, without a website developer around one can't fix it. Then you ask for support help and the answer you get is "it seems you are asking for web development services, we don't offer that, please ask for help in the community". This has happened to me endless times in the last 2 years with LEGIT questions on bugs I found in this tool. I do NOT recommend that you use it or switch from WordPress or something else thinking you are really going to get the next level here, because you are not. I hope this feedback doesn't get canceled or blocked because it is real and can help other people to make their decision.
Cons:
Bad support No support for multiple languages Limit to 100 pages (then everything crashes) Bugs!!!!
If you're looking for something more special this is the tool for you
Comments: Pretty good, prices a little too high but many times you will feel it's worth it
Pros:
The learning curve is pretty high but then you can do some nice web pages with it
Cons:
Not easy to learn if you're not a developer so you're not familiar with certain things
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Webflow is powerful software
Comments: Webflow allows us to have a really sophisticated website without a staff of web developers.
Pros:
Webflow has everything we need to build our 100-page website that includes news, donation pages, staff contact info, descriptions of twenty programs, event descriptions and registration pages, document repositories for our board members, and everything else. The software is continuously updated, so even though parts of the site are five years old, we always have the tools to keep the site looking current. The tutorial videos are engaging, and the customer service is excellent.
Cons:
This is really powerful software that would be put to best use by a staff trained in web building. We are not that staff. We are people trained in telling stories with words and pictures who need to put our stories on the internet. For us, the learning curve has been very steep, even though the Webflow learning resources are excellent. But that's the trade-off we've made in order to have this tool that let's use do anything we can think of doing.
