Webflow vs WordPress.com
WordPress.com comes out ahead of Webflow on 4 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
WordPress.com takes it, 4–3 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, WordPress.com takes 4 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Webflow if…
- • You want Webflow's edge on what it costs to sell online and where you start designing
Choose WordPress.com if…
- • You want WordPress.com's edge on what it costs to start and what customers say on trustpilot
Round by round
- Round 1What it costs to startWordPress.com winsWordPress.com8/10
$4
Personal, per month billed annually ($2.75 on a three-year term)
Source: wordpress.com ↗
WordPress.com wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What it costs to sell onlineWebflow wins
Webflow wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3Where you start designingWebflow winsWordPress.com5/10
Thousands of themes
free and premium themes
- 1,000+ themes, against 7,000+ templates
Source: wordpress.com ↗
Webflow wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4What adding a store costsWebflow wins
Webflow wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotWordPress.com winsWebflow5/10
1.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 239 reviews on Trustpilot
- 1.5 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
WordPress.com wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 6Trying it before you payTieWebflow7/10
Free Starter plan
free, limited to 1,000 monthly visits, 50 CMS items and 2 static pages
Source: help.webflow.com ↗
WordPress.com7/10Free plan
free with no expiry: a wordpress.com address and 1 GB of storage
Source: wordpress.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 7How much traffic your site can handleWordPress.com wins
WordPress.com wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How many pages you can buildWordPress.com wins
WordPress.com wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- free and premium templates
- WordPress.com themes
- Support portal and AI assistant, against 24/7 chat and callback, plus phone and email
- +$14, against +$12
- 1.5 out of 5, against 3.4 out of 5
- $29, against $16
- $45, against $29
- Email; live chat from Premium, against 24/7 chat and callback, plus phone and email
- 1,000+ themes, against 2,000+ templates
- +$41, against +$12