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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NVU

    Score2 out of 10
    N/ANVU is an open source web authoring tool for Linux, Windows, and Mac. It is designed to allow users to create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.N/A

    Webflow

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWebflow is a Website Experience Platform for modern marketing teams, used to visually build, manage, and optimize websites that offer both the consumer experience teams expect and enterprise-grade performance and scale.

    $18

    per month

    Pricing
    NVUWebflow
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $18
    per month
    CMS
    $29
    per month
    Ecommerce - Standard
    $42
    per month
    Business
    $49
    per month
    Ecommerce - Plus
    $84
    per month
    Ecommerce - Advanced
    $235
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NVUWebflow
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Up to a 22% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    NVUWebflow
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    Webflow
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    NVUWebflow
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of NVU and Webflow
    Feature
    NVU
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    89% below category average
    Webflow
    8.3
    13 Ratings
    6% above category average
    API3.01 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.311 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of NVU and Webflow
    Feature
    NVU
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    89% below category average
    Webflow
    8.1
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Page templates3.01 Ratings8.118 Ratings
    Library of website themes3.01 Ratings8.315 Ratings
    Form generator3.01 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings6.619 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.519 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of NVU and Webflow
    Feature
    NVU
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Webflow
    7.4
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Bulk management3.01 Ratings6.416 Ratings
    Community / comment management3.01 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings6.914 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of NVU and Webflow
    Feature
    NVU
    -
    Ratings
    Webflow
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
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    NVUWebflow
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NVUWebflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NVUWebflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    NVU is an easy self explanatory program that helps us edit the Landing Pages for the company for which I work. However, many of the features of being able to edit text & text boxes is out of date & very jumpy. I often have to rewrite sentences in order to fit better on a line because I can't adjust the text box without it messing up the entire Landing Page.
    Incentivized
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    Webflow
    Since the purpose in my case is to build a small professional looking site to present project outcomes and other research, I can create custom fields and design experimentations. Webflow builds sites that are super professional, with many amazing templates that don't look cheap. Additionally, I can test responsive layouts. Apart from this, I used 1-2 static pages to illustrate key findings for example what a multilingual site could look like with screenshots without needing CMS in free version, which are all the valuable skills to acquire. Compared to WordPress, Webflow is expensive with limited free features, although it has really cool additional features that will make the site I build stand out.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • It allows me to easily create the Landing Pages for my company. I can easily create a copy of an NVU file & then rename it in order to create a new file. Then once I've made the necessary changes to the new file, I just drag & drop the new file into our backend to automatically upload to our site.
    • It allows me to edit text fairly easily. I can drag & drop the text within a text box.
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    Webflow
    • Saves time- because I don't have to do double entry of content.
    • It saves money. I like that it is an all-in-one system, so I don't have to host elsewhere.
    • Flexibility - Webflow provides me with a lot of flexibility in my webpage design, allowing me to adjust pages as needed, depending on the content types.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • I can't widen a text box without it jumping & messing up the entire Landing Page.
    • I can't drag text from one text box into another.
    • The text settings change if I don't copy a word that already exists in a word box & paste it into the new line of text before starting to type a new sentence.
    • Sometimes I try to open a Landing Page to edit it & it says that NVU is unavailable & I have to close the program & try again.
    Incentivized
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    Webflow
    • Brand recognition is still behind WordPress, which can make it a challenging sell for clients looking to play it safe in their CMS decision.
    • The CMS is ideal for smaller datasets, but higher content sites introduce some minor challenges.
    • Alignment between designers and developers is key prior to implementation. The flexibility of the platform requires careful planning to avoid over-engineering.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    It's the perfect balance of GUI and code control
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    In my experience, their customer service is an absolute joke, I tried reaching out to them they took forever. I had to keep following up with them as if they never received it in the first place. It’s a new platform, so guidance is needed. Tried the university they offer, in my opinion, it is completely useless, I would just completely move on from this website.
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    Performance
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    In my opinion, it is horrible, the rendering takes forever. I have the newest MacBook and the platform will still lag and slow down on me. I’m not a developer, I am a designer which makes it worst because I am using the features they are providing not extra coding features. In my opinion, it is a horrible platform really, stay away.
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    A lot more design control and easier to create a custom site, and then also to scale that site going forward. There's a lot about WordPress I miss, though, when it comes to managing a blog—user permissions, SEO control, edit HTML version of posts.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Webflow
    I feel it doesn’t perform the way it’s supposed to and it doesn’t have any beneficial factors to it. In my opinion, there is no reason to use a platform like this when Wix and Shopify, and WordPress exist. I believe Webflow is a platform that shouldn’t exist and it’s only popular because of the hype it received. I tried it and hate it completely.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • I think my boss has actually decided to stop using NVU to create & edit our webpages because of it's lack of updates & features for editing text.
    • It takes me a lot of time trying to adjust text boxes to get them to fit on the Landing Page correctly with the entire desired content.
    Incentivized
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    Webflow
    • Webflow vast marketing makes it easy for me to sell the product
    • Webflow has been growing so much in recent year that more and more clients ask for it, and the demand is only increasing.
    • Big companies understand the power of Webflow and big companies tend to have a large budget for their web projects.
    Incentivized
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