SiteGround vs Webflow

Likelihood to Recommend

If you've got a WordPress site and are unhappy with the performance, support or price of your current hosting service, SiteGround is well worth checking out as it excels in all those areas. From a single one-off blog, to more robust hosting packages, they offer a range of options that are well-suited to any budget or service need.Everybody, from noobs to experienced developers needs support from time to time, and SiteGround's team is the best I've seen. Not only are they easy to communicate with and highly proficient to solve any issue I've thrown their way, they're also easy to reach with multiple access options with minimal wait times.

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Gary Gray

Founder

Tech HavenEntertainment, 1-10 employees

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Webflow is great for designing pages and creating a really nice looking website, without needing to be a pro designer. However, trying to scale a company blog for SEO leaves a lot of room for desire. There are various SEO-related shortcomings (like how canonical tags are added to pages) and I also need to add a lot of custom code elements to blog posts to get the desired control. This means adding new posts and getting them looking the way we want takes way more time than it should do. Also doesn't support next-gen images, which is impacting our page speed scores and leaving us behind when it comes to Core Web Vitals update. Finally, the fact that only one person can enter the designer at one time is really annoying. I get that the Editor should be the solution to this, but it's so so so slow and jumpy that this is essentially unusable.

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Michael Glover

Content Marketer

ConvertFlowComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

SiteGround

Webflow

Role-based user permissions

SiteGround

Webflow

API

Internationalization / multi-language

SiteGround

Webflow

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

SiteGround

Webflow

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

You get a number of page views as a guide to your bandwidth, and a fixed amount of disk space on the server. So you know what you have to work with. No hazy promises of “unlimited” resources.
If you pay more, you’re allocated a server with fewer accounts, so there’s less chance you’ll be slowed down by your neighbors.
Its self-help material is pretty good — close to InMotion Hosting for knowledgebase quality.
SiteGround tackles slow speeds from all angles, using SSD storage, Nginx, SuperCacher, CloudFlare CDN, and HHVM.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Product Management

Consumer Goods Company, 501-1000 employees

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Easy to use and customize CMS.
Develop engaging CSS interactions and JavaScript animations visually.
Several competitively priced hosting tiers are available and all use AWS servers and Fastly CDN.
Code can be exported to be used with other CMS platforms such as WordPress, or E-Commerce platforms such as Shopify.

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Adrien Lexington

Creative Director

AudiveloInternet, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Business model and clarity about prices after the second year
Server Performance when it's stressed or under a big volume of traffic
Upgrading model. Sometimes I felt like it was mandatory to update and pay more for basic needs, even with low traffic volumes

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Emanuele Pagani

Creative Director

Cloud4WiTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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pricing is a little high
pretty steep learning curve
have to use 3rd party form vendor if you want to export and host yourself

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Verified User

Project Manager in Marketing

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

No score

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Webflow 8.3

Based on 3 answers

It is extremely easy to use, especially with available templates and guides. It is used primarily by accounts and creative rather than dev. It is also easy to import/export projects or duplicate them for re-use and modification for another client. While it is rarely the end platform for a deliverable, it is often instrumental in pitching.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

SiteGround 9.7

Based on 7 answers

I don't feel stress about the website and emails hosted with SiteGround. I like the customer/tech support, the agents are always polite and ready to find a solution. My websites are secure and has a free SSL certificate - I can get on with my business. The boost in speed to the webpage loads is a big bonus especially when designing and developing websites online. They also provide tips and how to videos on various topics which is valuable learning tool.

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Laura Glover

Creative Director

The Pixel ZooOnline Media, 1-10 employees

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Webflow 6.3

Based on 3 answers

We pay hundreds of dollars a month to Webflow, yet their support is worse than a typical free SaaS product. We were prevented from deploying changes to our site because of how Webflow structures its support. It delayed a product launch for the whole company. Support options? Beg for help on community forums, it took a threat to email the CEO to finally get movement. If there were easy alternatives, we would switch. But for now we just pray nothing breaks and that we don't need to interact with Webflow support.

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Hugh Geiger

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Verbz.aiComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Sadly, most web hosting companies are either not user-friendly or lack necessary features. No other web hosting company I've used has provided the level of reliability, features, and affordability that I've found with SiteGround with the exception of WP Engine which is a specialized WordPress host. SiteGround provides literally everything I want and need and does so at a very reasonable price.

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Cameron Renfro

Owner

Memaddog, IncOnline Media, 1-10 employees

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The code quality and speed can't even be compared to Elementor; Webflow is simply a much better tool. Instapage has a cool feature for dynamic landing pages, which changes according to Google Ads Keyword, which I miss; however, amazing webflow community members recreated that functionality with a custom script.For the majority of users, it's a safer bet than WordPress in terms of speed and code quality. WordPress could provide amazing results if hosted properly (nginx, caching configuration) and requires best practices to maintain code quality. Webflow solves these issues out of the box at a fraction of cost.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Real Estate Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

All the sites I've set up at SiteGround are performing faster than they did at their previous hosting provider. This yields a superior customer experience and higher Google/SEO rankings.
Their service has been rock solid, necessitating little support (which is admittedly less than ideal for my support business, but a boon for my clients bottom line) and zero downtime.
Easy to get new sites up and running, which speeds creation of new businesses and rapid deployment of conceptual campaigns.

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Gary Gray

Founder

Tech HavenEntertainment, 1-10 employees

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It allowed us to go from earning hundreds to thousands
We were able to expand our services
The only negative would be that we cannot really use it as a Shopify substitute yet, nor a big blog site.

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Ivanska Carrillo

Lead Designer

Bee Hexa BrandingMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

SiteGround Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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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

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Feature Rating Comparison

Role-based user permissions

API

Internationalization / multi-language

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

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Cons

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Usability

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Alternatives Considered

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Return on Investment

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Webflow

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

SiteGround Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Webflow Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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