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Re: WebFlow

#41
post #12

1000 form submissions per site and month in the top plan ($840 per year) and $0.01 for each after reaching the limit? They don't mean clicking on the submit button of a HTML form, do they? That would mean that a bot submitting a form every second for 24 hours would add $864 to the bill.

This was my understanding as well. And is by far the most restricting feature on Webflow. Makes even less sense considering the largest "cost" is simply db space.

Re: WebFlow

#42
I read the pricing FAQ but I'm still a bit confused.

Here's my use case:

I host my own web apps & sites.

I would like to use WebFlow to redesign one of them. Should take me about a month.

Do I only pay for a month, and then export, and then quit paying?

What happens when, 1 year from now, I want to tweak the site? Can WebFlow import old webflow projects? Or do I need to pay for every intervening month to preserve the ability to use WebFlow on that site in the future?

Re: WebFlow

#43

If the Webflow website was built and designed using only Webflow, then I would be impressed.

(Co-founder here...) The Webflow.com website was mostly designed in Webflow, but we had some limitations at the time that required us to hand-code things. A new version is in the works that is completely created in Webflow, so it's only a matter of time :) Pretty much all of our other sites (e.g. [1][2]) are already built/hosted/managed on Webflow. [1] http://tutorials.webflow.com/ [2] http://jobs.webflow.com

Your web site is actually pretty terrible. Why do you need those fancy effects? The result is that text starts to fade out if I'm scrolling while I'm reading it, and images don't appear until I've scrolled past where the top of the image would be, so I have to scroll back up to see the top of the image that just appeared. Please, designers, stop trying to be clever for the sake of it. You're guaranteed to make the browsing experience worse for some people.

Re: WebFlow

#44
post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nor does it imply quality in and of itself. >>"Responsive" is pretty factual - something either is or it isn't responsive. "Car" is pretty factual. There's all kinds of cars...

Sure, but if you want to drive on the road, it's still at least a bit helpful to know that the framework is not, in fact, a boat. (I wonder if someone could give a Devil's Advocate position on the advantages of a non-responsive framework...)

Advantages of a non-responsive framework: Less complexity. This leads to more speed and reliability in terms of development, deployment, and maintenance.

If I was building something that saw no significant advantages from being responsive (e.g. an ATM GUI) I'd definitely skip it.

Re: WebFlow

#45
I feel like this will bring forth a plague similar to the Dreamwaver one. And people fought so hard to purge that.

Re: WebFlow

#46

I love Webflow, and have used it for multiple projects, but I personally feel like it's way too expensive. As a student, I could literarily get the entire adobe creative suite for cheaper than the Webflow plan I would need would cost. And, as I only create a few static web pages a year, there's no way I can justify paying for Webflow.

+1, the individual plans are too expensive and also there is no support for the use case of just using the tool without paying for their hosting. I keep coming back to their website because I need such a tool and theirs is one the best but get totally disappointed as soon as I see their prices.

Re: WebFlow

#47
post #42

I read the pricing FAQ but I'm still a bit confused. Here's my use case: I host my own web apps & sites. I would like to use WebFlow to redesign one of them. Should take me about a month. Do I only pay for a month, and then export, and then quit paying? What happens when, 1 year from now, I want to tweak the site? Can WebFlow import old webflow projects? Or do I need to pay for every intervening month to preserve the…

yep, also disappointed/confused by their pricing model.

Re: WebFlow

#48
post #42

I read the pricing FAQ but I'm still a bit confused. Here's my use case: I host my own web apps & sites. I would like to use WebFlow to redesign one of them. Should take me about a month. Do I only pay for a month, and then export, and then quit paying? What happens when, 1 year from now, I want to tweak the site? Can WebFlow import old webflow projects? Or do I need to pay for every intervening month to preserve the…

I don't find the pricing confusing at all. Why would they allow users to build a complete website for $14? They make the money on the hosting.

Re: WebFlow

#49
post #42

I read the pricing FAQ but I'm still a bit confused. Here's my use case: I host my own web apps & sites. I would like to use WebFlow to redesign one of them. Should take me about a month. Do I only pay for a month, and then export, and then quit paying? What happens when, 1 year from now, I want to tweak the site? Can WebFlow import old webflow projects? Or do I need to pay for every intervening month to preserve the…

yep, also disappointed/confused by their pricing model.

Yes it's small beer, but I'm baffled that something they give you for free on the cheapest plan (custom domain), they want to charge you for on more expensive plans.

Re: WebFlow

#50
post #42

I read the pricing FAQ but I'm still a bit confused. Here's my use case: I host my own web apps & sites. I would like to use WebFlow to redesign one of them. Should take me about a month. Do I only pay for a month, and then export, and then quit paying? What happens when, 1 year from now, I want to tweak the site? Can WebFlow import old webflow projects? Or do I need to pay for every intervening month to preserve the…

Hi there, Webflow founder here! We actually have a free trial, which lets you design and export as many sites as you'd like in a 2 week period. If you're still working on your site after your trial is over you have the option of upgrading to the Personal plan which gives you the ability to export your sites. You can cancel at any time and we never delete your work, so you can come back a year later and redesign your site again.
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