What does Webflow do?
Webflow is a visual website builder with hosting and a CMS built in. Paid Site plans start at $15/mo billed yearly ($25 monthly) for Basic, and the CMS needs Premium at $25/mo yearly ($39 monthly). It suits designers and agencies who want full design control; skip it if you just need a quick, cheap small-business site.
- Visual designer and hosting. Design pages visually without writing code and publish them on Webflow's hosting, with a custom domain on paid Site plans.
- CMS. Store blog posts, case studies or products in collections; Premium holds 20,000 items in 40 collections.
- AI site builder and AI Assistant. Generates a full starter site from a prompt, and a chat assistant inside Webflow helps with tasks and answers questions.
- SEO and AEO audits. Runs sitewide audits and suggests fixes for search engines and AI answer engines (AEO means getting cited when people ask AI tools).
- MCP server. Lets AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor build pages and CMS content in your site; the pricing page lists it on the Starter, Basic and Premium Site plans.
- Interactions and animations. Build scroll, hover and load animations visually, powered by GSAP, with settings per screen size.
- Ecommerce. Sell 500 to 15,000 products with a custom cart and checkout on the three Ecommerce plans.
- Localize, Analyze and Optimize add-ons. Paid add-ons for translated versions of your site, visitor and AI-visibility analytics, and A/B tests and personalization.
Who is Webflow for?
Webflow is a good fit if you're a website owner, a business owner or an affiliate marketer, and you need help building a website.
How much does Webflow cost?
Webflow starts at $25/mo. It also has a free plan. We checked this on Oct 24, 2026 on the official pricing page.
- Starts at
- $25/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Not offered on the pricing page
Basic site plan, billed monthly; $15/mo billed yearly. Prices are per site. The CMS starts on Premium ($39/mo monthly, $25/mo yearly). Free Starter plan: webflow.io domain, 2 static pages.
Webflow plans compared
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site: Starter (free) | $0 | $0 | webflow.io address only, 2 static pages, limited CMS (50 items, 20 collections), 1 GB bandwidth a month, 50 form submissions |
| Site: Basic | $25/mo | $15/mo | Custom domain, 300 static pages, no CMS, 10 GB bandwidth, unlimited form submissions, site password protection |
| Site: Premium (with CMS) | $39/mo | $25/mo | Everything in Basic plus the CMS: 20,000 CMS items, 40 collections, 50 GB bandwidth (paid bandwidth options up to 2.5 TB) |
| Ecommerce Standard | Not listed | $29/mo | 500 products, 2% transaction fee, 3 staff accounts, 150 static pages, 2,000 CMS items, 50 GB bandwidth |
| Ecommerce Plus | Not listed | $74/mo | 5,000 products, 0% transaction fee, 10 staff accounts, 300 static pages, up to 10,000 CMS items, 100 GB bandwidth, unbranded emails |
| Ecommerce Advanced | Not listed | $212/mo | 15,000 products, 0% transaction fee, 15 staff accounts, up to 10,000 CMS items, 100 GB bandwidth, unbranded emails |
| Workspace: Starter (free) | $0 | $0 | 1 full seat, 2 staging sites (2 pages each), 200 AI credits a month, agency or freelancer guests (2 teams, 5 guests each) |
| Workspace: Core | Not listed | $19/mo | 1 full seat, 10 staging sites (300 pages each), 300 AI credits a month, custom code, code export, Shared Libraries |
| Workspace: Growth | Not listed | $49/mo | Unlimited staging sites, 400 AI credits a month, site password protection, 301 redirects, site-level roles, publishing permissions |
| Workspace: Freelancer | Not listed | $16/mo | 1 full seat, 10 staging sites, 300 AI credits a month, 1 free client seat per site, client payments |
| Workspace: Agency | Not listed | $35/mo | 1 full seat, unlimited staging sites, 400 AI credits a month, 3 free client seats per site, unlimited Shared Libraries |
| Team (platform plan) | Not listed | $2,500/mo | Annual contract required; everything in Premium plus team features, 5 full and 5 limited seats, up to 100 free stakeholder seats |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Everything in Team with custom pricing; contact sales |
Checked on Oct 24, 2026, in USD. Webflow sells two kinds of plans. Site plans are paid per website and cover hosting, your custom domain, bandwidth and CMS limits. Workspace plans cover seats, staging sites, custom code and AI credits. Every site lives in a Workspace, and the free Starter Workspace includes 1 full seat. The pricing page shows yearly prices; the monthly prices for Basic ($25) and Premium ($39) come from Webflow's May 2026 pricing announcement, and we left other monthly prices blank. First-year examples: one Basic site costs $180 billed yearly or $300 billed monthly; one Premium site costs $300 yearly or $468 monthly. Add a Core Workspace ($228 a year) for custom code and the yearly total is $408 with Basic or $528 with Premium. Add-ons cost extra: Analyze from $9/mo, Localize from $9/mo (Essential) or $29/mo (Advanced), Optimize from $299/mo, extra seats $39/mo (full) or $15/mo (limited), and 2,000 more AI credits for $20/mo, all billed yearly. Premium replaced the old CMS and Business plans in May 2026; existing sites move to the new prices at their next renewal or billable change on or after June 29, 2026 (Nov 16, 2026 for Freelancer and Agency Workspaces).
Checked Oct 24, 2026 on Webflow's pricing page. Prices change often, so confirm before you buy.
Webflow pros and cons
What stands out
- Free Starter plan lets you build and publish a 2-page site on a webflow.io address
- Basic at $15/mo billed yearly includes a custom domain, 300 static pages and unlimited form submissions
- Premium's CMS holds 20,000 items in 40 collections
- Every Workspace plan includes monthly AI credits, from 200 on the free plan to 400 on Growth and Agency
- AI site builder, SEO and AEO audits, and an MCP server for building with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
- Ecommerce Plus and Advanced charge no transaction fee
Watch out for
- Two kinds of bills: Site plans per website, plus Workspace plans for seats, staging sites and custom code
- Monthly billing costs more: Basic is $25 vs $15 and Premium $39 vs $25 billed yearly
- Basic has no CMS, so a blog needs Premium at $25/mo billed yearly
- The free plan has no custom domain, 2 static pages, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions
- Extra full seats cost $39/mo each billed yearly, and the Team plan is $2,500/mo on an annual contract
- Ecommerce Standard takes a 2% transaction fee, and cancelling mid-term still means paying the rest of the term
Based on Webflow's own pages, not hands-on testing.
What are the alternatives to Webflow?
We list 15 other AI Website Builders tools: Durable, Emergent, Format, Framer, Glide, Hostinger Website Builder, Instapage, Landingi, Leadpages, Pagecloud, POWR, Softr, UENI, Webydo, Wix. Each one below shows its starting price and when you might pick it instead.
Durable · From $25/moChoose Durable if you'd like a second option to compare for building a website.
Hostinger Website Builder · From $2.99/moChoose Hostinger Website Builder if you want a lower starting price ($2.99/mo vs $25/mo).
Instapage · From $79/moChoose Instapage if you'd like a second option to compare for building a website.
Leadpages · From $29/moChoose Leadpages if you'd like a second option to compare for building a website.
POWR · Price not checkedChoose POWR if you'd like a second option to compare for building a website.
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Webflow FAQ
How much does Webflow cost per month?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Site plans cost $15/mo for Basic or $25/mo for Premium billed yearly. Billed monthly, Basic is $25 and Premium is $39. Ecommerce plans start at $29/mo billed yearly. If you need a paid Workspace plan, it adds $16 to $49/mo billed yearly.
Is Webflow free? What can you do on the free Starter plan?
Yes. Every account gets a free Starter Site plan and a free Starter Workspace. You can publish 2 static pages on a webflow.io address, with 50 CMS items, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions. A custom domain needs a paid Site plan.
What is the difference between Webflow site plans and workspace plans?
A Site plan is paid per website and covers publishing, hosting, the custom domain, bandwidth and CMS limits. A Workspace plan covers the people and tools around your sites: seats, staging sites, custom code, code export and AI credits.
Do I need a workspace plan to publish a site?
Not a paid one. Every site lives in a Workspace, and the free Starter Workspace includes 1 full seat. To publish on your own domain you need a paid Site plan. Pay for a Workspace plan such as Core ($19/mo yearly) only if you need more staging sites, extra seats, or features like custom code and code export.
Which Webflow plan includes the CMS?
Premium ($25/mo billed yearly, $39 monthly) is the cheapest Site plan with the full CMS: 20,000 items in 40 collections. Basic has no CMS. The free Starter plan has a limited CMS with 50 items, and the Ecommerce plans include 2,000 to 10,000 CMS items. Premium replaced the old CMS and Business plans in May 2026.
Is Webflow cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Basic is $15/mo billed yearly vs $25 monthly, so $180 vs $300 a year. Premium is $25/mo yearly vs $39 monthly, so $300 vs $468 a year. Webflow's FAQ says that if you cancel, you still pay the rest of the term you signed up for.
Is Webflow worth it for a small business?
It can be if you want full design control and a strong CMS, and someone will learn the designer. If you just need a simple site fast, a cheaper builder may fit better: Wix starts at $17.77/mo billed yearly (checked Oct 10, 2026) and Durable at $25/mo billed monthly (checked Oct 23, 2026). Our Webflow alternatives guide compares more options. We haven't tested Webflow hands-on.
Is Webflow or Framer cheaper?
For a site with a CMS, Framer is cheaper to start. On Oct 24, 2026, Framer's Basic site plan is $10 a month and includes a CMS with 2 collections and 1,000 items. Webflow's cheapest CMS plan is Premium at $25/mo billed yearly, but it holds 20,000 items. Our Framer vs Webflow comparison covers design and CMS differences.
Sources and how we checked
- Official pricing page, checked Oct 24, 2026
- Official website
- Webflow blog: simplified plans and updated pricing, last updated May 13, 2026 (checked Oct 24, 2026), checked Oct 24, 2026
- Webflow AI features (checked Oct 24, 2026), checked Oct 24, 2026
- Webflow MCP server (checked Oct 24, 2026), checked Oct 24, 2026
- Webflow homepage (checked Oct 24, 2026), checked Oct 24, 2026
- Framer pricing (checked Oct 24, 2026), checked Oct 24, 2026