Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub) vs Webflow

Likelihood to Recommend

It is appropriate for building custom pages/apps that call specific programs and content without giving direct access to those programs. We have yet to come across a proposed use case where it was inappropriate to use.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Webflow is well suited for creating landing pages for SaaS products, professional service portfolios and marketing websites. The CMS can create highly customized and engaging interactive blog posts, case studies, and brochure pages. Webflow is limited to 100 static pages, so on sites that require a lot of content it is best practice to generate most of them through the CMS, which can host 30 separate collections and 10,000 dynamic pages. The Webflow eCommerce platform is best suited for small boutique sites that need a highly customized UI, but have limited products. For subscriptions or more than 50 products and variants a more robust solution is probably a better choice. A few CRM and digital marketing tools are easily integrated into Webflow, and are necessary for large projects because the email form system is very basic.

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Adrien Lexington

Creative Director

AudiveloInternet, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

Role-based user permissions

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

API

Internationalization / multi-language

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

It has a wide variety of built-in API calls.
Building unique pages is simple and straightforward and requires only basic fundamental knowledge to get started.
More advanced API calls can be developed simply.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Fast layout design
Feature-rich prototyping
Low barrier to entry (don't have to have extension web experience)

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

The organization of the application is poor and some elements could be more easily accessible not buried in menus.
There is little to no community around the application and what does exist is out of date.
Does not work well with our IBM applications as well as you would expect, which seems a common issue with IBM products.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Technical support is a joke. Even at higher tier plans it's not real business support. The major reason to consider not using Webflow is that if something breaks, you're on your own.
Advanced functionality can be a challenge for even experienced users.

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Hugh Geiger

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Verbz.aiComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Webflow 8.3

Based on 3 answers

Webflow is very easy for a beginner to get started with and achieve good results, but to achieve an expert level of understanding requires experience and some web development knowledge. HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript knowledge aren't required to use Webflow, but an expert will know BEM class naming patterns, be able to create reusable elements and design systems, and add 3rd party integrations that require custom code.

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Adrien Lexington

Creative Director

AudiveloInternet, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Webflow 6.3

Based on 3 answers

I haven't had to engage them from a support perspective; however, there is a considerable user community for tips/ideas/troubleshooting and the like. I believe the Pro plan supports additional resources but we didn't find that the cost justified the outcome. Overall the need for support has been relatively minor.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I haven't had experience outside of the IBM applications but can confirm that compared to other content tools provided by IBM, this is one of the more complete packages.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Better customization, every Wix page looks like every other Wix page.

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Hugh Geiger

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Verbz.aiComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Freed up user time to call a variety of applications quicker.
Allowed developer an easier tool to integrate other applications for end users.
Allowed us to have a single method of application implementation and usage that is easier to debug, saving time.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Webflow has sped up our design and reiteration stages to create a more agile development environment.
With Webflow hosting we can provide websites that are easier to update and maintain than other platforms, while being very fast and secure.
Webflow eCommerce is a good alternative to other platforms where a high level of customization is required in the design, and product catalog needs are basic.

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Adrien Lexington

Creative Director

AudiveloInternet, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Webflow Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$12.00¹
CMS	$16.00¹
Business	$36.00¹

Per Month

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Rating Summary

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

Webflow

Likelihood to Recommend