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> Your current [plan] allots 400GB monthly ... your usage is 3-5x What I've never understood about Webflow is why do people host their site with Webflow (for e
by tiffanyh 2y ago
> Your current [plan] allots 400GB monthly ... your usage is 3-5x
What I've never understood about Webflow is why do people host their site with Webflow (for exactly the reasons above)
You can create/update your site with Webflow, but "publish" it to your own server (which might be a cheap $10/mo hosting provider that given large or unlimited bandwidth)
The website will likely be even faster hosting it elsewhere as well, it's radically cheaper, and you have more control yet don't lose any of the benefits.
https://university.webflow.com/lesson/code-export?topics=hosting-code-export https://university.webflow.com/lesson/code-export?topics=hos...
- evaneykelen 2y agoWebflow offers features like capturing form data, a CMS, and content translation, which some find convenient but make it harder to self-host the HTML/CSS that is generated by Webflow. But, granted, a static site can be designed in Webflow and hosted elsewhere easily.
- bspammer 2y agoBecause it's a one-click process to publish, which makes it easy for designers. It's not really more complicated than that, "just host it yourself" sounds an awful lot like "Dropbox is just rsync".
- diggan 2y agoWebflow's core user base are users who don't know words like "server", "hosting", "bandwidth" and such. They're just users who want to drag and drop some stuff together, click on "publish" and now have a website. This is what the price reflects as well.
- Dachande663 2y agoThe "publish to your own server" is a cruel joke. Anything remotely dynamic, even things like CMS pages that can be generated at build time, don't work. To be fair, webflow itself is a joke.
- rchaud 2y agoDo a Twitter search for Webflow, and you'll see why. They aren't targeting mature companies at all, it's all solopreneur hustle culture sites.