European Alternatives to Webflow
Looking for a European alternative to Webflow? Webflow, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in San Francisco that hosts your site and your CMS content, and its terms send disputes to the California courts.
Eleven European tools cover the job: three visual builders for designers, five headless or file-based CMS options for teams with developers, and three simpler builders for small business sites, from companies in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Latvia.
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11 European Alternatives to Webflow
Framer
Amsterdam design-first site builder with a free plan, CMS collections and staging on Pro
Storyblok
Austrian headless CMS with a visual editor, free Starter plan and Austrian law
Nordcraft
Danish visual website builder with an AI agent, free plan and a free self-hosted option
Hygraph
Berlin GraphQL-native headless CMS with a free Hobby plan and German law
DatoCMS
Milan headless CMS with a free plan, a GraphQL API and fixed Professional pricing
Vev
Norwegian visual editor for interactive content, sold per team size with no public prices
Umbraco
Danish open-source .NET CMS, with Umbraco Cloud from EUR 45 per month on Azure
Kirby
File-based CMS that stores content as text files, from EUR 99 per site with no subscription
Webador
Dutch builder for small business sites, with EUR 5 per month for the first year on Pro
Webnode
Swiss-registered builder run from Brno, with a free site and AI builder, owned by team.blue
Mozello
Latvian builder with a free plan, built-in online store and Premium from EUR 9 per month
Key takeaways
- Webflow, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in San Francisco, and its terms send non-arbitrated disputes to the California courts. Starter is free, Basic is $15 a month and Premium with CMS is $25 a month, all on annual billing.
- Framer (Framer B.V., Amsterdam, Dutch law) is the nearest visual equivalent, with a free plan, Basic at $10 and Pro at $30 a month on annual billing, and staging and branching on Pro.
- Storyblok (Austria) is the one that adds a Visual Editor to a headless CMS, with a free Starter plan; a developer still builds the front end.
- Nordcraft (Denmark) pairs a visual editor with an AI agent and has a free plan and a free self-hosted option. It is young, so check that your use case is covered.
- Hygraph (Berlin), DatoCMS (Milan), Umbraco (Denmark) and Kirby (Germany) are content systems for developers, not drawing tools: choose them if a developer builds your front end.
- Vev (Norway) targets enterprise teams building interactive content and publishes no prices. Webador, Webnode and Mozello are simple builders for business sites. None of these three matches Webflow's layout control.
Why people leave Webflow
Webflow is the most complete answer to a question designers have asked for a decade: how do I build a real website, with real layout control and a CMS behind it, without handing it to a developer? You draw the page on a visual canvas, Webflow writes the code, and the site is hosted for you. Its Starter plan is free, Basic costs $15 a month on annual billing, and the Premium plan with a full CMS is $25.
It is also a US company: Webflow, Inc. is a Delaware corporation at 398 11th Street in San Francisco, and its terms send disputes that are not settled by arbitration to the state and federal courts in San Francisco. Webflow has a data processing addendum built on EU standard contractual clauses, so transfers are lawful, but what it holds is your design, your CMS content and your hosting, under Californian contract law.
This page is about builders and content platforms for teams and designers, not every kind of website. Squarespace and WordPress have their own pages on this site. Below are eleven European tools that each answer a different half of what Webflow does: three visual builders, five content systems for teams that have developers, and three simpler builders for sites that never needed Webflow's depth.
- Your site and its CMS content live in a US platform Webflow is not a thin tool you can swap out in an afternoon. The design, the CMS collections and the hosting are one product from one company, and the terms of service name Webflow, Inc. of San Francisco as the provider, with the California state and federal courts in San Francisco hearing disputes that are not arbitrated. Webflow offers EU standard contractual clauses in its data processing addendum, so the transfer is lawful. The point is about contract and jurisdiction, not about whether Webflow handles data carefully.
- The price rises with the CMS, and the free plan is narrow Webflow's Starter plan is free but allows only two static pages, a webflow.io address and a limited CMS. Basic is $15 a month on annual billing and has no CMS. Premium, for content-rich sites, is $25 a month on annual billing. That is reasonable for one site, and it multiplies for an agency or a team that runs several. The European tools here price differently: per project, per seat or as a one-off licence, so the comparison is worth doing on your own numbers.
- Leaving means rebuilding, whichever tool you choose A visual builder stores your layout in its own model. You can export code from some of them, but the design logic, the CMS structure and the hosting stay behind. This is true of every builder on this page, which is why the real question is which lock-in you are comfortable with. Kirby and Nordcraft's self-hosted option leave the files in your hands, and the headless CMS tools keep content separate from the front end, which makes a later change of front end cheaper.
- No European tool is a clone, and some are not visual at all Framer is the closest in feel, and Nordcraft and Vev are visual too. Storyblok adds a visual editor to a headless CMS but needs a developer to build the front end. Hygraph, DatoCMS, Umbraco and Kirby are content systems, not drawing tools: a developer builds the site and editors fill it in. Webador, Webnode and Mozello are far simpler than Webflow and suit a business site, not a design-led marketing site with custom interactions.
What you have to replace, not just match
Start by deciding who builds the site. If designers build it and publish it themselves, Framer, Nordcraft or Vev are the candidates, and Framer is the one to try first. If developers build the front end and editors manage content, the choice is between Storyblok (visual editing included), Hygraph and DatoCMS (clean headless APIs), Umbraco (a full .NET CMS) and Kirby (files and a panel, no database).
Run the new tool next to Webflow before you cancel. Rebuild one real page, check the CMS structure, and publish it on a staging domain. Export your Webflow CMS items as CSV first, because that is the part of your content that moves cleanly; layouts and interactions have to be rebuilt by hand in any of these tools, and the redirects from your old URLs are what protect your search ranking.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | Framer | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Free tier / from $5/month | EU (Netherlands) |
| #2 | Storyblok | Linz, Austria | Free tier / from about €99/month for teams | EU (Austria) |
| #4 | Hygraph | Berlin, Germany | Free Hobby plan / Growth from $199/month / Enterprise on request | EU (Germany) |
| #5 | DatoCMS | Milano, Italy | Free plan (2 editors, 300 records) / Professional from about €149/month (annual) or €199/month (monthly) / Enterprise on request | EU (Italy) |
| #7 | Umbraco | Odense, Denmark | Free and open source self-hosted / Umbraco Cloud from about €45/month (Starter) up to about €730/month (Professional); Enterprise on request | EU (Denmark) |
| #8 | Kirby | Berlin, Germany | Free for local development / €109 one-off per production site | EU (Germany) |
| #9 | Webador | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Free tier / paid from about €5/month | EU (Netherlands) |
| #10 | Webnode | Brno, Czech Republic | Free tier / paid from about €4/month | EU (Czech Republic) |
| #11 | Mozello | Riga, Latvia | Free tier with a store / paid from about €7/month | EU (Latvia) |
How each alternative compares to Webflow
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Designers and small teams who build, publish and update marketing sites themselves
Framer is run by Framer B.V., a Dutch limited liability company at Rozengracht 207B in Amsterdam, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under 59920637. Its terms of service are governed by Dutch law, with the courts of Amsterdam having exclusive jurisdiction, which is the clearest contrast with Webflow's California courts.
The product is a visual canvas for designing pages and publishing them, with CMS collections, built-in SEO controls and AI credits for generating layouts. The free plan gives you a Framer domain and 1 GB of bandwidth, Basic costs $10 a month on annual billing with two CMS collections, and Pro costs $30 a month with ten collections, staging and branching with previews.
We could not verify where Framer hosts published sites, so we do not claim European hosting. Its terms are the European part. It is a hosted platform like Webflow, so the same lock-in applies: layouts do not move to another tool.
What Framer does better than Webflow
- Dutch company under Dutch law, where Webflow is under California courts
- A free plan that includes a Framer domain and design tools
- Pro adds staging and branching with previews for team review
- Prices are listed in full on the pricing page
Where Framer is a step down from Webflow
- Fewer CMS collections on lower plans: two on Basic, ten on Pro
- Hosting location is not stated on the pages we read
- Layouts cannot be exported to another builder
- A younger CMS than Webflow's for large content sites
Standout against Webflow. It is the only tool here that matches Webflow's visual canvas, CMS and one-click publishing from a Dutch company with a free plan.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Austria). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU region, default for European customers.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
Best for: Marketing teams that want to see the page while they edit it, with a developer building the front end
Storyblok is run by Storyblok GmbH. Its terms are governed by Austrian law with the court in Linz having exclusive jurisdiction. It describes itself as a Digital Experience Platform with a visual editor, and the Visual Editor is included in every plan, including the free one.
It is a headless CMS: content sits behind an API and a developer builds the website in a framework of their choice. That makes it a different thing from Webflow, but it keeps content independent of the front end and gives editors a live preview of the page.
The Starter plan is free with one seat and 100 GB of traffic, Growth is $99 a month, or $90.75 a month on annual billing, and a 45-day trial of a higher plan is offered. We could not verify the hosting location from the public pages.
What Storyblok does better than Webflow
- Austrian company under Austrian law, with courts in Linz
- The Visual Editor is in every plan, including the free Starter plan
- Content is separate from the front end, so you can change the front end later
- Free plan and a 45-day trial of a higher plan
Where Storyblok is a step down from Webflow
- It needs a developer: it does not build the site for you
- Starter allows one seat, extra seats cost $15 a month
- Growth at $99 a month is far above Webflow's $25 Premium
- Hosting location is not stated on the pages we read
Standout against Webflow. It is the only content system here where editors get a live visual preview on the free plan.
Nordcraft
a young Danish visual builder with an AI agent and a self-hosted option
Best for: Designers and developers who want visual building, AI help and the option to host the project themselves
Nordcraft is the trading name of Møller & Hansen EDB ApS, a Danish company with CVR number 43652125 at Æblehaven 15A in Valby, Denmark. Its terms are governed by Danish law with the Danish courts having jurisdiction. Nordcraft describes itself as a website builder for creative studios, combining a visual editor with an AI agent.
It is free to build with: the Free plan allows unlimited building with Nordcraft branding on a nordcraft.site address, Pro adds a custom domain and removes the branding from $9 per project per month, and a self-hosted option costs $0 if you handle the hosting. Collaborators are unlimited on every plan, which is unusual, since most builders charge per seat.
It is also the youngest tool on this page, so check that the features you rely on, such as a mature CMS or e-commerce, exist today. We did not verify its hosting location.
What Nordcraft does better than Webflow
- Danish company under Danish law, with the CVR number in the terms
- Unlimited collaborators on every plan, instead of per-seat pricing
- A self-hosted option so the project can run on your own infrastructure
- Pro starts at $9 per project per month
Where Nordcraft is a step down from Webflow
- Young product with a smaller ecosystem than Webflow
- The free plan carries Nordcraft branding
- Self-hosting means you run the hosting yourself
- Hosting location of the managed service is not stated on the pages we read
Standout against Webflow. It is the only visual builder here with unlimited collaborators on every plan and a free self-hosted option.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001-certified infrastructure (stated by Hygraph).
Best for: Development teams who want structured content behind a GraphQL API
Hygraph is run by Hygraph GmbH at Dircksenstraße 47 in Berlin, registered at the Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg under HRB 250696 B. Its terms of service are governed by German law, with the courts at Hygraph's registered office having jurisdiction for business customers.
It is a headless CMS built around GraphQL: you model your content, fetch it through one API, and a developer builds the front end. It is not a drawing tool and has no page designer, so it replaces the CMS half of Webflow rather than the canvas.
The Hobby plan is free for personal projects with three seats and two locales, and Growth starts at $199 a month with ten seats and three locales. Enterprise is quoted on request. We did not verify the hosting location of the service.
What Hygraph does better than Webflow
- German company with a published commercial register entry
- GraphQL-native API and structured content modelling
- A free Hobby plan for personal projects
- Content stays separate from the front end
Where Hygraph is a step down from Webflow
- No visual page builder: a developer must build the front end
- Growth starts at $199 a month, well above Webflow's CMS plan
- Hobby is limited to three seats and two locales
- Hosting location is not stated on the pages we read
Standout against Webflow. It is the only content system here built around GraphQL, with a published German commercial register entry.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Italy). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
Best for: Agencies and developers building many content-driven sites for clients
DatoCMS is run by Dato Srl, an Italian company at Via U. Visconti di Modrone 2 in Milan, with P.IVA 06969620480. The privacy policy names Dato Srl as owner and data controller. The terms of service page returned an error when we checked, so we have not confirmed a governing law from them.
It is a headless CMS with a content delivery API, a content management API and a plugin SDK. Like Hygraph it has no page designer. The free plan covers two editors and 300 records, with 10 GB of traffic and 100,000 API calls a month, and it has hard limits: the service stops responding when you exceed them, so it suits a small site, not a growing one.
Professional starts at EUR 149 a month on annual billing, or EUR 199 a month billed monthly, and an agency partner programme starts at EUR 39 a month. The privacy policy names PostHog, Inc. in California as an analytics processor for the product.
What DatoCMS does better than Webflow
- Italian company with a published VAT number and address
- A free plan for two editors with 300 records
- Professional pricing is fixed and in euros
- An agency programme from EUR 39 a month for client work
Where DatoCMS is a step down from Webflow
- No visual page builder: a developer builds the front end
- The free plan stops working when you hit its limits
- The terms of service page was unavailable, so governing law is unconfirmed
- It uses a US analytics processor, PostHog, Inc.
Standout against Webflow. It is the only content system here with fixed euro pricing from EUR 149 and an agency programme for client sites.
Vev
a Norwegian visual editor for interactive content, without public prices
Best for: Publishers and enterprise marketing teams building interactive pages, campaigns and microsites
Vev is run by Verdensvev AS, a private limited liability company registered in Norway with registration number 923 816 925. Its terms are governed by Norwegian law, and for EU and EEA customers disputes are first resolved in good faith. Norway is in the EEA, so GDPR applies, though it is not an EU member.
It describes itself as an AI-powered visual editor for enterprise teams, with design, layout and interaction tools, a dedicated CMS, SEO and accessibility settings, and developer tools. It is built for interactive content such as reports, campaign pages and microsites, not for a standard company website.
Its pricing page lists four plans by team size, from two users to nine or more, and shows no amounts, only a demo. We therefore quote no price. That is a drawback for anyone comparing costs on paper, and it signals an enterprise sale.
What Vev does better than Webflow
- Norwegian company with a published registration number, under Norwegian law
- Strong on interactive content and interaction design
- A dedicated CMS and developer tools in the plans
- Plans scale by team size rather than by page count
Where Vev is a step down from Webflow
- No public prices: you need a demo to learn the cost
- Aimed at enterprise teams, so heavy for a single small site
- Norway is EEA, not EU, so EU law applies through the EEA agreement
- Hosting location and free plan are not stated on the pages we read
Standout against Webflow. It is the only visual tool here built for interactive, campaign-style content, sold to teams by size.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Denmark). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Your own infrastructure, or Umbraco Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
- Source code. Open source, where Webflow is not: you can read what it does rather than take the description on trust.
Best for: Teams that already work in .NET and want a full CMS with a managed cloud option
Umbraco is made by Umbraco A/S in Denmark, and its general terms are governed by Danish law. The CMS is open source and free to self-host, and Umbraco Cloud is the managed version.
Umbraco Cloud starts at EUR 45 a month for Starter, with Standard at EUR 280 a month for teams that need an SLA, multiple environments and the Delivery API. Its pricing page lists Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting with five hosting regions, so choose a European region and remember that Azure is a US provider.
It is a traditional CMS with a headless option, not a visual canvas. A developer builds the templates and editors manage content in the backoffice, so it replaces the CMS half of Webflow for teams with .NET skills.
What Umbraco does better than Webflow
- Danish company under Danish law, and an open-source core you can host yourself
- Umbraco Cloud pricing is listed in euros: EUR 45 and EUR 280 a month
- Five Azure hosting regions on Cloud, so you can pick a European one
- Content is managed in a backoffice that editors can use without code
Where Umbraco is a step down from Webflow
- No visual page builder: a .NET developer builds the site
- Umbraco Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure, a US cloud provider
- Standard at EUR 280 a month is far above Webflow's CMS plan
- Self-hosting means you run servers and updates
Standout against Webflow. It is the only option here that is open source, offers a managed cloud, and is built on .NET.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Your own server; content is files.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
- Independently checked. Source-available, commercial licence.
Best for: Designers who code and want to own their site as files on their own server
Kirby is made by Content Folder GmbH & Co. KG in Neckargemünd, Germany, with Bastian Allgeier named as the general manager responsible for data protection. Its own website is hosted on Hetzner servers in Nuremberg, according to its privacy policy.
It stores content as simple text files: folders are pages, and a Panel lets editors work in a browser. There is no subscription. A Basic licence costs EUR 99 per site for individuals and organisations with less than EUR 1 million in annual revenue or funding, an Enterprise licence costs EUR 349 per site, and each includes three years of feature updates. Three more years of upgrades cost EUR 59 or EUR 249.
It is a CMS for people who write templates in PHP, not a visual builder. The site lives on your server, and with a European host the whole stack is European. It is free to use for local development.
What Kirby does better than Webflow
- German company with a one-off licence, no subscription and no per-seat fees
- Content is plain text files on your own server
- Basic is EUR 99 per site, a fraction of a Webflow CMS plan over time
- Free for local development, so you can try it fully before buying
Where Kirby is a step down from Webflow
- No visual builder: you write the templates yourself
- You run and secure the hosting
- Basic is limited to organisations under EUR 1 million revenue or funding
- Updates beyond the first three years cost extra
Standout against Webflow. It is the only tool here with a one-off licence and no subscription, where your whole site is files you own.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
Best for: Small businesses that need a quick site with a store and an included domain
Webador is a trade name of JouwWeb B.V., established at Torenallee 20 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and registered with the Chamber of Commerce under 73261505. Its terms are Dutch, and we found no sign of a foreign parent.
It is a simple builder with an AI site generator, an online store, a domain free for the first year and a mailbox, not a tool for custom layout or interactions. On the pricing page Pro costs EUR 5 a month for the first 12 months and then EUR 10, and Business costs EUR 10 and then EUR 20, with annual billing and prices excluding VAT.
The pricing page shows no free plan, only a free trial period, and it sits far below Webflow in control. Choose it when Webflow was always more than you needed.
What Webador does better than Webflow
- Dutch company with a published Chamber of Commerce number
- Cheap to start: EUR 5 a month for the first year on Pro
- Domain free for the first year on the plans
- An online store and a mailbox in the plans
Where Webador is a step down from Webflow
- Far less control over layout, interactions and CMS structure than Webflow
- Prices double after the first 12 months
- No free plan on the pricing page
- Aimed at small business sites, not design-led marketing sites
Standout against Webflow. It is the cheapest first-year start here, with a domain included, for a plain business site.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Czech Republic). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
Best for: Small businesses that want a free start and an AI-built first draft
Webnode is operated by Webnode AG, a company incorporated under Swiss law with its registered office at Badenerstrasse 47 in Zurich. Day-to-day operations are run by Webnode s.r.o. in Brno, Czech Republic. Webnode was bought by team.blue, a European hosting group, in December 2020. Switzerland is outside the EU but has an adequacy decision from the European Commission.
Its homepage promises a free website, with an AI builder that drafts a site for a small business. It is a template-based builder aimed at contractors, freelancers and small shops, not a design tool for custom layouts.
We could not verify its prices: the pricing page is rendered in the browser and gave no figures to a standard request, so no amount appears here. Check the current paid plans before you compare it with Webflow.
What Webnode does better than Webflow
- Swiss-registered company with Czech operations, owned by a European group
- A free website to start with, according to its homepage
- An AI builder that drafts the first version of a small business site
- Fifteen years in the market with a large user base
Where Webnode is a step down from Webflow
- Limited design control compared with Webflow
- Prices could not be verified from the public page
- Switzerland is outside the EU, under an adequacy decision
- Aimed at very small business sites
Standout against Webflow. It is the only builder here that is Swiss-registered, run from the Czech Republic and owned by a European hosting group.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Latvia). Webflow is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Webflow is.
Best for: Small shops and sites that want a free plan with e-commerce and many languages
Mozello is provided by Mozello SIA, a Latvian company, and its terms of service name the SIA as the provider. We did not retrieve a registration number for this page.
It is a simple builder with a free plan and paid plans: Premium at EUR 9 a month on annual billing or EUR 11 paid quarterly, Premium Plus at EUR 18 or EUR 22, and Premium Pro at EUR 27 or EUR 33. Paid plans include free registration of a domain, and the interface is available in many languages.
It is a template-based builder with a store, not a tool for custom design systems or interactions. Pick it when you want an inexpensive multilingual shop or site, not when Webflow's layout control was the point.
What Mozello does better than Webflow
- Latvian company under EU law, with the SIA named in the terms
- A free plan, and a Premium plan from EUR 9 a month
- A built-in online store on its pricing structure
- Free domain registration with paid plans
Where Mozello is a step down from Webflow
- Limited design control compared with Webflow
- No registration number retrieved for this page
- Not suited to custom interactions or design systems
- Smaller ecosystem and fewer integrations than Webflow
Standout against Webflow. It is the only builder here with an openly priced ladder of paid plans that starts at EUR 9, and a free plan under it.
What actually breaks when you switch
The hard part of leaving Webflow is not the content, which exports as CSV, but the layouts, the interactions and the class naming you built up. Plan to rebuild each page rather than convert it, and budget the time as a redesign, not a migration. A site with thirty pages and a handful of CMS collections is a few weeks of part-time work in a visual tool, longer in a headless CMS where a developer builds the front end first.
Redirects decide whether you keep your search ranking. Before you switch, list every Webflow URL, map it to its new address and set permanent redirects at the new host. With Kirby or a self-hosted setup you control the server and can do this yourself; in the hosted builders, check that the plan you pick supports redirects, because Framer lists site redirects on Pro and not on Basic.
Headless tools split the work in two. Storyblok, Hygraph and DatoCMS give you a place to keep content and nothing to display it, so you also need a front-end developer and a host for the site. That is a better long-term architecture and a higher first cost than a hosted visual builder.
Is there a European tool that works exactly like Webflow?
No. Framer comes closest in feel: a visual canvas, a CMS, a free plan and publishing in one click, from a Dutch company. Nordcraft and Vev are also visual, but Nordcraft is much younger and Vev is aimed at interactive content for large teams.
The others cover the content half of Webflow. Storyblok, Hygraph, DatoCMS, Umbraco and Kirby give you a CMS and an editor experience, and a developer builds what visitors see. Each entry says which half it covers.
Which one is best for a designer who builds sites alone?
Framer, for most. Its free plan has a Framer domain and 1 GB of bandwidth, Basic at $10 a month on annual billing adds a custom domain and two CMS collections, and Pro at $30 a month adds staging and branching. Nordcraft is the alternative if you want AI-assisted building and the option to host the project yourself.
If you know how to code, Kirby is worth a look: a one-off licence of EUR 99 per site for small organisations, content stored as text files, and no subscription.
Which one is best for a marketing team with developers?
Storyblok, because its Visual Editor is part of every plan, including the free Starter plan, so editors see the page as they write. The developer builds the front end in a framework of their choice, and the content stays independent of it.
Hygraph and DatoCMS fit when editing is less visual and the content is structured, such as product data or documentation. Both have free plans and a GraphQL API. Umbraco suits a team that already works in .NET.
Where does my site end up hosted?
It varies and, for several of these, the vendor does not say on its public pages. We could not verify hosting locations for Framer, Storyblok, Nordcraft, Vev or Webnode, and say so rather than guess. Umbraco Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure with a choice of five hosting regions. Kirby and Nordcraft's self-hosted option run wherever you put them, so with a European host the whole stack is European.
The contracting company is the thing we checked in every case: where it is registered and which law governs the terms. Hosting is a separate question, so ask each vendor before you rely on a specific region.
Which one to pick
If designers build and publish the site themselves, try Framer first: it is the closest to Webflow in how it works and the only one here with a visual canvas, CMS and one-click publishing from a Dutch company with a free plan. Look at Nordcraft if you want AI help and a self-hosted option, and accept that it is young.
If developers build the front end and editors manage content, Storyblok adds a visual editor to a headless CMS and is the one to start with. Hygraph and DatoCMS fit structured content with a GraphQL API, Umbraco fits a .NET team, and Kirby suits a developer who wants a one-off licence and files on their own server.
Be realistic about the gap. Webflow is a mature product, and none of these eleven replaces it exactly. Switch if the US jurisdiction of your site and content matters to you, or if the price per site has become a problem, and keep Webflow running in parallel until the new site has been live for a few weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Framer is the closest like-for-like for designers who build and publish sites themselves: a visual canvas, CMS collections, a free plan and a Dutch contracting company. Storyblok suits teams with developers who want visual editing on top of a headless CMS. Nordcraft is the visual builder to watch if you want AI assistance and a self-hosted option. None is an exact copy of Webflow.
Yes. Its terms of service name Webflow, Inc., a Delaware corporation located at 398 11th Street, San Francisco, as the provider. Disputes that are not arbitrated go to the California state and federal courts in San Francisco. It offers EU standard contractual clauses in its data processing addendum.
On its pricing page, the Starter plan is free with a webflow.io address, a limited CMS, two static pages, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions. Basic is $15 a month on annual billing and has no CMS. Premium, aimed at content-rich sites with a full CMS, is $25 a month on annual billing. Higher plans exist for teams and enterprises, and prices can change.
Framer lists a free plan, Basic at $10 a month, and Pro at $30 a month on annual billing, with Pro adding ten CMS collections, staging and branching. Nordcraft has a free plan with its own branding, Pro from $9 per project per month with a custom domain, and a free self-hosted option where you handle hosting. Prices are shown in dollars and can change.
Framer, Storyblok (Starter, one seat), Nordcraft, Hygraph (Hobby), DatoCMS and Mozello list a free plan, and Webnode advertises a free site. DatoCMS's free plan has hard limits and stops responding when you exceed them. Umbraco is open source and free to self-host, and Kirby is free for local development and costs EUR 99 per site for a live one. Webador shows paid plans only on its pricing page.
Storyblok has a free Starter plan and Growth at $99 a month, or $90.75 on annual billing, with a 45-day trial of a higher plan. Hygraph has a free Hobby plan and Growth from $199 a month. DatoCMS has a free plan for two editors and 300 records, and Professional from EUR 149 a month on annual billing or EUR 199 monthly.
We left it out. Strapi's own terms call it "a US company" and its privacy policy describes a United States Delaware corporation, with Paris as a representative address. Tilda is also missing: its terms name Tilda Platform Cloud Services Co. LLC and refer disputes to the Dubai International Financial Centre. Prismic was left out because its terms are those of Prismic.io Inc. under Delaware law.
Your content can move; your layout cannot. Export the CMS items as CSV and import them into the CMS of the tool you choose. The pages themselves have to be rebuilt in the new tool, and the URLs should redirect from the old addresses so you do not lose search traffic. Plan for a parallel run rather than a switch over a weekend.
No. Its pricing page lists Basic, Growth, Scale and Enterprise plans by team size (2, 4, 8 and 9 or more users) and offers a demo, but shows no amounts. We therefore quote none. It targets enterprise teams building interactive content rather than a designer building a single marketing site.
Only for simple sites. They are builders for small business websites with templates, a store and a free or inexpensive start, and they do not give you Webflow's control over layout, interactions and CMS structure. Webador is run by JouwWeb B.V. in Eindhoven, Webnode by Webnode AG in Zurich with operations in Brno and owned by team.blue, and Mozello by Mozello SIA in Latvia.
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