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Webflow designers lose clients to pricing hikes and confusing plans

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Demand — how loud & how many (score)
Willing to payExplicit
Momentum (7d) 1.6%
Cluster42 posts · 33 people
MarketplaceWebflow Apps
Updated22d ago
The story

The pain

We're seeing our costs skyrocket while Webflow's pricing becomes harder to justify to clients. The recent increases are pushing us to migrate sites to cheaper alternatives, and we're losing business because clients refuse to pay the new rates. It's becoming impossible to work as an agency when the platform's pricing model keeps changing and locking us in.

Evidence

What people said · 42 complaints, 33 people

I already migrated my sites off Webflow. The pricing is out of control.
RedditAirborne_AvocadoJul 28
I also cancelled my plan last week after being with Webflow for five years. The pricing has been creeping up for a while and their shady confusing pricing tactics are annoying to decipher. It just doesn't make sense when the alternatives are significantly cheaper and offer the same or better products.
RedditAHolyMackerelJul 16
I was considering headless e-commerce with Webflow but the price increase sealed my decision.
RedditDrivephasecoJun 22
The normal entry level for new designers, building websites for friends and local small businesses, is really unaffordable now.
RedditbigmarkcoJun 12
Good idea until you have too many pages, then your company will pay .
Redditmohamed_am83Jun 10
Basically they're not willing to eat around 290 per year anymore, when they know or reasearch for themselves that it can be way cheaper. So I got to adapt, hence why I'm migrating away and setting everything up selfhosted with Webstudio/Ycode.
RedditSmellydickCuntfaceJun 9
So when my annual costs for a service increase like they have, there's an immediate muscle memory to start looking elsewhere.
RedditAgent_8-bitJun 9
Welcome to webflow where everything costs money! The cost of everything is 5x in the last few years and so much more limiting.
RedditPizzaGuy789Jun 3
I just wish Webflow could recognise how frustrating their modelling is becoming and how impossible it is to work as an agency with them.
RedditGotTheSpiritJun 2
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Score breakdown

Reach
how many people
1.0
Recency
how fresh
.23
Engagement
upvotes & replies
.92
Willingness to pay
people said they'd pay
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