# Webflow

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Webflow and 12 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Visual site builder with CMS and hosting that many find fits their sites well. Critics call it pricey for the value and say sites break.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong visual user interface (2 comments): "both have a great user interface" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696809)) "no fumbling around in the Webflow WYSIWYG interface anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46867830))
- Fits some use cases naturally (2 comments): "it fits this use case very naturally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265877)) "It's so good, but not for every literal text paragraph on your local bakery's website." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47027391))

## What people warn about

- Not feeling worth the cost (2 comments): "We currently pay almost $5k/year for hosting/licenses and its just not feeling worth it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48297383)) "its just not feeling worth it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306879))
- Company restructuring and uncertain direction (3 comments): "the amount of "restructuring" Webflow has gone through is wild" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48297660)) "Rebrand, slap on agentic AI and pray to google gods for a quick buyout." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296370)) "Companies like webflow are following blindly an empty promise with the hope at some point it becomes self-fulfilling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296972))
- Sites breaking and outages (2 comments): "the site is constantly breaking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49817854)) "customers can only guess as to who was to blame for the outage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827408))
- Projects take more time (2 comments): "I was ultimately surprised how much time actually went into that Webflow project." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470364)) "Was it fun for software engineers to fix things in Webflow. No." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46896806))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Squarespace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/squarespace.md): 23 recommend
- [Wix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wix.md): 18 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://webflow.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Webflow", https://hackerapproved.com/p/webflow/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).