Webflow vs. X-Cart

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Webflow
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Webflow 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
X-Cart
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
X-Cart is an eCommerce and shopping cart platform built through PHP code.
$199
per month
Pricing
WebflowX-Cart
Editions & Modules
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
Platform
Starting at $199
per month
Auto
Starting at $299
per month
Marketplace
Starting at $399
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
WebflowX-Cart
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUp to a 30% discount available for annual pricing.—
More Pricing Information
Features
WebflowX-Cart
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
7.1
7 Ratings
13% below category average
X-Cart
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
7.0
4 Ratings
9% below category average
X-Cart
-
Ratings
API7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
9.2
9 Ratings
17% above category average
X-Cart
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
7.9
9 Ratings
7% above category average
X-Cart
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
-
Ratings
X-Cart
7.7
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Bulk product upload00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
-
Ratings
X-Cart
9.5
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Checkout user experience00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
-
Ratings
X-Cart
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
-
Ratings
X-Cart
8.7
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Webflow
-
Ratings
X-Cart
9.2
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Multi-site management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Custom functionality00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
WebflowX-Cart
Small Businesses
Divi
Divi
Score 10.0 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
WebflowX-Cart
Likelihood to Recommend
6.4
(12 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
WebflowX-Cart
Likelihood to Recommend
Webflow
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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
X-cart uses Smarty Templates in a PHP environment which means there are many developers who could probably pick it up relatively quickly to provide new features. The smarty template engine is very robust and well documented, and the cost of x-cart is very low which makes it easy for anyone to get started with their e-commerce business. It is a really great e-commerce software and suitable for every business. I actually cannot find any serious objection to what it does. They regularly update it, add new features, fix flaws, offer support. The software itself offers many integrations for shipping and payments, everything you need for sales. Although it covers many things, there will always be something missing, because many things happen in between customer visit and final delivery. Therefore, if you plan to expand your business, also plan to expand your X-Cart - but do not worry, it won't be hard.
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Pros
Webflow
  • 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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
  • For everyone. From small to huge business you get everything out of box. Just setup company details, payment and shipping methods and you are ready to go.
  • Upgradable. There are many plugins one can integrate with X-Cart. Over time, many of them became part of the software, and you are one click away to enable them.
  • Well organized code. It uses Smarty template engine, which I find great, specially for debugging (famous Webmaster mode).
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Cons
Webflow
  • The Content Management System needs improvement. In my experience, it's very difficult to organise all our content at big volumes. We want to create a resources section where we can categorize our content but there isn't an easy or intuitive way to do it
  • In my opinion, it's incredibly difficult to create tables in an article
  • You have to do custom coding for anchor links within an article and it's time consuming and, in my opinion, super annoying
  • Website designs are not responsive we need to keep designing a separate mobile version
  • In my opinion, Formatting content in articles is annoying compared to other CMSs like Wordpress, Shopify, Wix, Blogger, etc. Worst experience I've had.
  • Changes to the nav bar on the homepage do not reflect universally, we needed to do the same changes all over again for our blog and mobile
  • Content editors need to keep logging in every time they add content
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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
  • Creating new plugins the way X-Cart wants is maybe not complicated, but hard to implement because there are no hooks. One has to manually change each file. This is similar to patching the core and therefore one has to know basics of web development.
  • Even if you get everything styled correctly with base skin, there is a bunch of unused styles you have to cope with. Start skin should be much cleaner. You may find thousands excess lines of code.
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Usability
Webflow
Simple, intuitive interface that is continually improving. The tools and styling of the panels are well-designed, and you quickly get used to the components, variables, styles, assets, etc. There is lots of support for training, and plenty of resources and templates are available. Being able to use this through the browser is great, and this enables straightforward collaboration with colleagues, even more so when they are working remotely.
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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
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Reliability and Availability
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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Webflow
We loved the feature set and extensibility. It's a little pricey but when we have the time to devote to a project it shows why Webflow is such a good fit. Of course there are lots of other things you can use it for, but it's been working for us for one-off marketing projects.
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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
No answers on this topic
Scalability
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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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Webflow
  • Dramatically improves the speed of developing landing pages
  • Super intuitive even for less tech savvy users, which allows them to customize the needed blocks without requiring dev support
  • Saves $80 per month compared to Unbounce or InstaPages, while having almost 99% of the important features
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Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
  • Flexibility in presentation as well as functionality
  • Full open source software allows for unlimited possibilities with the store function, though some developers who create modules do encode their modules which have errors in their code which therefore can't be fixed
  • A fully functional professional level application at a fraction of the cost of similar applications such as magento.
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