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WebWave

Score9.5 out of 10

56 Reviews and Ratings

What is WebWave?

WebWave — an alternative for agencies and freelancers for creating custom websites for clients with the support of CMS.

Using CMS with no sacrifices
WebWave is a CMS platform that gives a designer precision up to 1 px in every single detail just like in more sophisticated graphic programs such as Photoshop while remaining a drag and drop software. This is to make creating websites much faster without loosing on details.

Spend less time talking
WebWave also helps users to communicate with clients. Instead explaining how things work, the user can show clients an already working website, so they learn about it through their own experience.

Improve collaboration
Users can work on a website with clients using many accounts. For that, first chooses which elements can be edited so a customer won't mess up the design. It's also helpful for beginners who need help from design mentors.

Enhance branding
Users can turn on the white label option so clients will only the brand's logo, and every time a customer signs in they get to see the user's own brand mark. Creating projects independently (with no coding) with the help of a structure helps users grow faster as a web designer.

Media

Customize the interface
Edit desktop website
Edit mobile website
Free stock images
Interface
Layers panel

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A Promising Website Builder with Room for Improvement

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a video marketing business owner, I use WebWave to create and manage my company's website. I switched to WebWave from Wix because I found WebWave's interface to be more user-friendly and the load times to be faster.

WebWave addresses the business problem of creating a professional-looking website without coding knowledge. As a video marketing business owner, it's essential to have a visually appealing website that showcases my services and previous work. WebWave's customizable templates and drag-and-drop features allow me to create a website that meets my needs without having to hire a web developer.

The scope of my use case is focused on creating a website to showcase my business and services. I use WebWave's hosting services and content management system to manage website content and keep it up-to-date with my latest work and services. Additionally, I've used WebWave's SEO tools to optimize my website for search engines, which has helped increase my online visibility and attract more clients.

Overall, WebWave has been a valuable tool for my video marketing business by providing an easy-to-use solution for creating and managing my website. It has helped me save time and money by avoiding the need to hire a web developer while still allowing me to have a professional-looking website.

Pros

  • Customizable templates: WebWave offers a variety of pre-designed templates that can be customized to fit your needs. The templates are modern, visually appealing, and cover a wide range of industries and purposes. Users can easily change the layout, fonts, colors, and images to match their branding and style.
  • Drag-and-drop interface: WebWave's drag-and-drop interface is intuitive and straightforward, making it easy to create a website without any coding knowledge. Users can add and arrange elements such as text, images, buttons, and videos by simply dragging them to the desired location on the page.
  • Responsive design: WebWave's templates are designed to be mobile-friendly and responsive, which means they adapt to different screen sizes and devices. This is important because a growing number of users are browsing websites on mobile devices, and having a website that is optimized for mobile devices can improve user experience and search engine rankings.

Cons

  • Steep learning curve: even though I'm an advanced Wix user with some knowledge in photoshop (WebWave's editing flow resembles it) it may take some time to take over and do exactly what you intend to.
  • Limited native app integrations: WebWave currently has limited app integrations compared to other website builders. Yes, you can add a custom code but it's too cumbersome to pull off in comparison to Wix.
  • To WebWave's defense - the good documentation makes it easier.

Return on Investment

  • Cost-effective: WebWave is a cost-effective option for creating a website. It offers affordable pricing plans, and users can create a website without the need for a web developer or designer.

Alternatives Considered

Wix

Finally, a Web Builder for the Creatives

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm so glad I recently discovered WebWave. It is an amazing

website-building platform geared toward designers and creators who enjoy the

simplicity of a WYSIWYG editor but with granular control over element

placement, layering, and properties. It’s also one of the few builders that

include an email address if you subscribe to their Pro plan, as well as provides

options for you to export a site and host it elsewhere. Blog and lightweight e-commerce

are also included.

While the template library is smallish, what is included

looks great. Since WebWave is more akin to Photoshop than Wix, the uninitiated should

take advantage of building their first few projects from templates to learn the

ins and outs. There is a learning curve with this system, but once you get the

hang of freehand design, the sky is the limit. It is immensely helpful that

WebWave is an established product, so you can count on finding answers in the

company’s robust knowledge base, very responsive tech support, and in their

active Facebook community.

Pros

  • Place elements anywhere on a page
  • Granular control of settings and animations using layers
  • Export your creations and host elsewhere if you choose

Cons

  • Site speed is a little sluggish
  • UI is initially overwhelming
  • User must manually adjust layout settings to achieve true responsive design

Return on Investment

  • Ability to create more flexible websites has allowed me to pitch my design services to a higher caliber of client
  • Exporting websites allows my clients to host their site wherever they want
  • Significant time savings by no longer needing to search for static HTML templates as a starting point

WebSaviour

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a 100% remote, online business, I entrust WebWave to create and manage my website, which is the most important element of my online presence. Given that I'm not a web developer, I don't have any use for WebWave's extensive agency features. I'm primarily concerned with being able to create/edit web pages and blog posts, whilst also needing the flexibility of being able to add an online store to my website in the future. As someone without any background in web design, I have struggled with previous low/no-code solutions in the past (e.g., Webflow, Wordpress, and SiteJet, etc.). WebWave has completely eliminated these issues because it enables me to approach web design in the same manner as design tools such as: Figma, Affinity Designer, Illustrator, and Photoshop, etc. As a result, WebWave's builder is easily the most intuitive that I've had the pleasure of using. The layer-based approach feels a lot more instinctive than the grid-based approach of other platforms, thereby allowing me to realise my designs more efficiently and effectively. In truth, I've never found it easier to create responsive web pages. Some of my favourite features include:

<ul><li>Quickly being able to create animations and interactive elements.</li><li> Easily being able to design and launch responsive landing/web pages, blog posts, forms, and popups.</li><li> Effortlessly add business elements (online store, multiple payment gateways, and email) to my web page.</li></ul>Most exciting of all is the fact that WebWave is still in the early stages of its development. That so many well-thought out features have already been launched bodes well for the future of this platform. I'm really happy that I discovered WebWave, as it has already benefitted my life as a remote business owner.

Pros

  • WebWave's site builder is the platform's truly innovative feature. I've never come across another service that deploys a layer-based approach in web design, as most of them usually deploy a grid-based system. This is an incredible alteration that ensures WebWave behaves much like a traditional graphic design tool, thereby resulting in an experience that is a lot more intuitive and instinctive. I believe this has the potential to radically change the way people approach no-code web design.
  • WebWave provides automatic, daily backups and a free SSL certificate for every website. This results in excellent security.
  • WebWave's support team is first-class! I had some teething-issues in the beginning, but the support team quickly got me back on track.
  • WebWave's community/forum is an excellent place to vote and request new features. This proves the development team is committed to making WebWave better by listening to their users.

Cons

  • I would like to see more scroll-based animations and interactive features to rival Webflow. WebWave is well-equipped in this area, but I believe there is room for expansion. Animation and interactivity is going to feature more heavily as web-design evolves so constant reinvention is needed to stay on the cutting edge.
  • I would like to see more analytical and conversion rate optimisation tools added directly into WebWave, such as: Heatmaps, Site Replay, Conversion Funnels, and Sales Performance.
  • Ability to turn your website into an app for the Apple and Google stores.

Return on Investment

  • I'm able to attract more clients.
  • I'm able to build increased trust with my existing clients by offering useful materials that enhance my service.
  • I'm able to improve my rank higher on Google with the built in SEO tools.

Alternatives Considered

Webflow and WordPress

Other Software Used

Switchy.io, TexAu, Deskera

Bye bye Wix/Wordpress, hello WebWave!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My first contact with WebWave was 10y ago, as free plan subscriber. Then migrated to premium plan and Im still using it - instead of Wordpress or Wix. I need a simple website builder but with power to change HTML/JS/CSS when needed. It should be simple and fast. WP was lack of it (before Gutenberg era), Wix was too simple then. Only WebWave meet my expectations.

Pros

  • 1st class WYSIWYG - but with code editor when you need it
  • great support (human and docs)
  • great features for agency (billing your customers)
  • well SEO optimized templates code and a lot of integrations with 3rd party apps
  • ecommerce support (you can run your own e-commerce store)
  • mailbox (email) support included

Cons

  • more templates for websites categorized by business type
  • more ecommerce functionalities (subscription support, more payment gateways, shipping support)

Return on Investment

  • saved 30 hours per year per site (previously I had to manually run updates and check if everything is fine)
  • earns money for me without a touch (thanks to automatic billing of my customers for hosting and support) - additional (ca.) 120 USD per year per site
  • no negatives so far

Alternatives Considered

Wix, WordPress, Joomla! and TYPO3 CMS Website Development

Other Software Used

Wix, WordPress, Joomla!

WebWave is awesome!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use WebWave for Landing Pages

Pros

  • Drag & Drop
  • Customer Service
  • Landing Pages
  • Forms

Cons

  • Runs a little slow
  • Would love for a blog feature
  • Easy interface with LMS and Tribe.so

Return on Investment

  • No web developer is needed.
  • The software costs less than its competitors.

Alternatives Considered

WordPress

Other Software Used

Vbout, Tribe Community Platform, Plutio