Welcome to the San Diego (North County)
Webflow Meetup
WordPress, Shopify, SquareSpace vs Webflow
Wifi: e9c66319
Disclaimer
However...
WordPress 😁
- Open Source
- Cheap
- Huge community
- Lots of plugins and themes
- Medium learning curve
WordPress 😞
- Finding good hosting
- FTP updates
- Bloated code in the plugins and themes
- Need to code to customize the themes
- Confusing Admin tool for clients
- Constant updates to WP & plugins
Shopify 😁
- Starts at $29/month
- Hosting included
- No need to FTP for updates
- Big community
- Has plugins and themes
- Low learning curve
Shopify 😞
- Bloated code in the themes
- Need to code to customize the themes
SquareSpace 😁
- Starts at $16/month
- Hosting included
- No need to FTP for updates
- Big community
- Lots of plugins and themes
- Low Learning curve
SquareSpace 😞
- Bloated code in the themes
- Need to code to customize the themes
- Confusing Admin tool for clients
Webflow 😁
- Starts at $15/month
- Hosting included
- No need to FTP for updates
- No code needed to customize themes
- Start from a blank page
- Simple Admin tool for clients
Webflow 😞
- Confusing pricing structure
- High learning curve
- No plugins
- Few themes
Webflow 😞
- Confusing pricing structure
- High learning curve
- No plugins
- Few themes
Target markets
All platforms -> Marketers and Small Business Owners
Webflow -> Developers and Designers