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Webflow vs WordPress.com

We give Webflow a 2.4 GPA and WordPress.com a 3.4, out of 4.0. WordPress.com grades higher on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Webflow

Visual website builder with a CMS, hosting and code-level control

Free plan · from $15/mo
Full detailswebflow.com

WordPress.com

Hosted WordPress with themes, plugins and a free plan

Free plan · from $4/mo
Full detailswordpress.com

How we grade them

2.4GPAWebflowFair3.4GPAWordPress.comVery good
Value for money
CBasic is $15 a month for one site on yearly billing ($25 monthly), right at this category's middle. That's a site with no CMS. A blog or anything built from collections needs Premium at $25, and selling needs an ecommerce plan from $29.
APersonal is $4 a month for one site on yearly billing ($9 monthly), with your own domain, no ads and plugin installs. That's under 60% of this category's cheapest quarter ($5.40). Payment buttons need Premium, which is still only $8.
Free plan and trial
CThe free Starter site is real but tiny: a webflow.io address, 2 static pages, 50 form submissions and 1 GB of bandwidth. Good for learning the tool, not for running a business.
CFree for good with unlimited pages and posts, but it's on a wordpress.com address with 1 GB of storage, WordPress.com ads shown to your visitors and no plugins. Fine for a hobby blog, not a business.
Features
BA visual designer that writes standards-based code, a CMS with 20,000 items on Premium, hosting on Cloudflare's CDN, staging, real-time co-editing, AI and an MCP server. It covers the whole job; selling is a separate plan, not a gap.
AEvery paid plan can install any of more than 60,000 plugins, which no other builder here matches. Add themes, the block editor, WooCommerce on Commerce, and SSH, WP-CLI and GitHub deployments on Business, and it covers the whole job and then some.
Ease of use
CNo app store rating on record, and this is a designer's tool: you lay pages out on a canvas of boxes and styles rather than dropping words into a template. Expect a learning curve before you're quick.
B4.62 from about 22,300 App Store ratings. The AI builder gets a site going through a chat, but with plugins and themes in the mix there's more to choose and set than in a closed builder.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb only, but it connects to Figma, HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Analytics 4, Mailchimp and Stripe, and REST APIs manage CMS content from outside. No desktop or phone app.
AWeb, iPhone and Android, plus WordPress Studio on Mac, Windows and Linux for building sites locally. Plugins connect it to almost anything, alongside WooCommerce, Jetpack, PayPal, Stripe and GitHub.
Best fordesigners who want control over every layoutWordPress without running your own server

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Webflow and WordPress.com. How we grade

Price against what you get

Webflow starts at $15 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. WordPress.com starts at $4 a month and scores 3.7.

WordPress.com scores higher and starts $11 a month lower. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, 1 scores higher than Webflow for less, and none scores higher than WordPress.com for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0$0.5$1$2$5$10$20$50$100More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessWebflowWordPress.com

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
  • No free plan
The full chart of website and landing page builders, and the best at every price

Where they differ

  • Webflow starts at $15 per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly). WordPress.com starts at $4 per site / month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly).
  • Only WordPress.com lists iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
  • Webflow also covers forms.
  • WordPress.com also covers templates and email campaigns.
In commonFree planWebAI featuresNo-code

At a glance

WebflowWordPress.com
PricingFree planFree plan
Starts at$15 per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)$4 per site / month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly)
Free planStarter site: a webflow.io address, 2 static pages, 50 CMS items, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions. A custom domain needs a paid site plan.a wordpress.com subdomain, 1 GB of storage, unlimited pages and posts and 7 days of basic stats. Visitors see WordPress.com ads, and plugins need a paid plan.
Free trialNone listedNone listed
Web
macOS
Windows
Linux
iOS
Android
Made byWebflow, Inc.Automattic Inc.
Price read fromwebflow.comwordpress.com
CheckedOct 17, 2026Oct 17, 2026

Who each one suits

Webflow

  • Designers and agencies building custom marketing sites without hand-coding
  • Content-heavy sites that need a structured CMS and an API
  • Teams that want staging, roles and publishing permissions

WordPress.com

  • Bloggers and writers who want WordPress without running a server
  • Sites that need a specific WordPress plugin or theme
  • Developers who want SSH, WP-CLI and Git on managed hosting

Worth knowing

Webflow

  • Workspace plans are billed on top of site plans: Core is $19 and Growth $49 a month billed yearly ($28 and $60 monthly) for more staging, custom code and code export.
  • Basic has no CMS, so a blog or any collection-driven pages need Premium or higher.
  • Selling online needs a separate ecommerce site plan, and Standard takes a 2% fee on top of Stripe or PayPal fees.
  • Support is by email with a stated 48-hour reply target; cancelling still leaves the rest of the paid term to pay.

WordPress.com

  • The free plan shows WordPress.com ads to visitors and cannot use a custom domain or plugins.
  • Monthly billing costs more than double the yearly rate on Personal and Premium and does not include the free first-year domain.
  • Backups, developer tools and priority support start on Business at $25 a month billed yearly.
  • The desktop app, WordPress Studio, is for building sites locally; site management on the go uses the Jetpack mobile app.

Key features

Webflow

Visual designer
Pages are laid out on a canvas that writes standards-based code, with code components available on Premium for developer-built or AI-generated parts.
Webflow CMS
Collections hold blog posts, listings and other structured content with templates for each item. Premium allows 20,000 items in 40 collections; Basic has no CMS.
Hosting on a global CDN
Sites publish to Webflow hosting behind Cloudflare's CDN with free SSL. Bandwidth runs from 1 GB on Starter to 50 GB on Premium, with paid steps above that.
Workspaces and collaboration
Workspaces hold staging sites and teammates, with real-time co-editing, comment-only links and free agency or freelancer guests. Paid Workspaces add more staging sites and roles.
AI, MCP server and Webflow Cloud
Webflow AI and an MCP server for outside AI tools come with every site plan, and Webflow Cloud hosts web apps next to a site, billed by requests and CPU time above the included amounts.
APIs and add-ons
REST APIs manage CMS content from outside Webflow. Paid add-ons cover A/B testing and personalization (Optimize, from $299 a month), analytics and localization.

WordPress.com

Themes and the block editor
Sites are built from free and premium themes in the WordPress block editor, with unlimited pages, posts and users on every plan.
Plugins on every paid plan
Personal and above can install any of more than 60,000 plugins from the marketplace or upload one directly. The free plan cannot.
AI site builder and assistant
A guided builder creates a site through a chat, within usage limits. Business and Commerce add the WordPress AI Assistant for content, design and site management.
Managed hosting and security
Every plan includes a global CDN, SSL, a firewall, malware removal and managed updates. Real-time backups and one-click restores start on Business.
Developer access
Business and Commerce add SFTP and SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands and GitHub deployments. WordPress Studio, a free desktop app, runs WordPress sites locally.
WooCommerce store
Commerce bundles WooCommerce extensions for unlimited products, upsells, bulk discounts and inventory, and accepts 135+ currencies.

Plans

Webflow

  • Starter$0

    A webflow.io subdomain, 2 static pages, a limited CMS of 50 items, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions.

  • Basic$15

    per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)

    For sites without a CMS: custom domain, 300 static pages, 10 GB of bandwidth, unlimited form submissions and password protection.

  • Premium$25

    per site / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)

    Adds the CMS (20,000 items, 40 collections), site search and code components with 50 GB of bandwidth. Each extra 50 GB adds $20 a month yearly.

  • Ecommerce Standard$29

    per site / month, billed yearly ($42 billed monthly)

    An online store with 500 items, custom cart and checkout, and a 2% transaction fee. Plus ($74) and Advanced ($212) remove the fee.

  • Team$2,500

    per month, annual contract

    Sold through sales: a site and Workspace bundle with Localize, publishing workflows, 5 full seats, governance and priority support.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    Custom scale, roles and permissions, secure integrations, a dedicated account manager and stronger uptime and response guarantees.

WordPress.com

  • Free$0

    A wordpress.com subdomain, 1 GB of storage and basic stats, with WordPress.com ads shown to visitors.

  • Personal$4

    per site / month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly)

    6 GB of storage, no ads, all premium themes, plugin installs and the AI site builder. $2.75 a month if paid every 3 years.

  • Premium$8

    per site / month, billed yearly ($18 billed monthly)

    13 GB of storage, premium stats with UTM tracking, PayPal and Stripe payment buttons and video uploads. $5.50 a month if paid every 3 years.

  • Business$25

    per site / month, billed yearly ($40 billed monthly)

    50 GB, priority support, SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI and GitHub deployments, real-time backups, VideoPress and email marketing to 500 subscribers.

  • Commerce$45

    per site / month, billed yearly ($70 billed monthly)

    Everything in Business plus WooCommerce store extensions, abandoned-cart emails and selling in 60+ countries with no transaction fee.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    WordPress VIP hosting for large organizations, priced through sales.

Ways to pay less

Webflow

  • Annual discount

    Save up to 40% with yearly billing

    Basic costs $15 a month billed yearly against $25 billed monthly, and Premium $25 against $39. Webflow's page states savings of up to 40%.

WordPress.com

  • Annual discount

    Pay yearly to save 35% to 55% over monthly

    Personal is $4 a month billed yearly against $9 monthly; Premium $8 against $18; Business $25 against $40; Commerce $45 against $70.

  • Other savings

    Pay every 2 or 3 years for a lower monthly rate

    Paying every 3 years brings Personal to $2.75 a month ($99), Premium to $5.50 ($198), Business to $17.50 ($630) and Commerce to $31.50 ($1,134).

  • Other savings

    Free domain for the first year

    Yearly and multi-year paid plans include a custom domain such as .com, .net or .org free for the first year. Monthly plans do not.

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