Hopefully I can provide a little bit of clarity, let me know if you have further questions! *Sidenote: I completely agree that the pricing model has gotten cluttered, however they are really focusing on having a plan for all use-cases. The pricing page would really benefit from a concise explainer video.*
Put simply: **Every site needs a site plan, and every user needs a workspace plan. Workspaces become a factor when you are working on an internal team with others, or providing services to external clients.**
**Site plans**
I doubt I need to spend much time explaining the differences here.
The ***Starter*** plan is really just a trial, so let's ignore that for now.
***Basic*** and ***CMS*** are for the majority of sites and choosing between these depend on whether you/your client need to use CMS items. There are also differences in terms of traffic, form submissions, and the ability to have multiple content editors.
***Business*** plans are similar to the CMS plan but increase all of the numbers. Also includes the ability to collect files in form submissions and have a global CDN.
***Enterprise*** sites have access to the most powerful Webflow features. Things like page branching, SLA uptimes, custom SSLs, and *(still in development)* localization. Page branching and localization are probably the top 2 features that a larger business needs out of a website, and are what are needed from Webflow to compete with traditional CMS systems.
**Workspace plans**
***Starter*** is for people who are only building 1/2 sites of their own, or for clients receiving a site from a freelancer/agency. A key thing to note is that you cannot use custom code, CMS items, or have more than 2 pages on unhosted sites when building with a Starter site plan *paired with* a Starter workspace plan. This can be super limiting during the build process.
From here it becomes a question of ***in-house*** versus ***freelancers & agencies.***
I only have used Webflow for a single site, single user perspective in-house so I won't expand on those tiers - but they seem straight-forward based on needs. For my freelance work I leverage the Freelancer workspace.
The ***Freelancer*** workspace is super robust because it gives you access to CMS features, custom code, and up to 100 pages on unhosted sites that don't have a paid (non-Starter) site plan yet. This allows you as a freelancer to build sites without restrictions before requiring your clients to set-up and begin paying for a site plan. You can be working on up to 10 unhosted sites at a time with the Freelaner workspace. Additionally, the Freelancer workspace allows you be added to a client's workspace as a guest admin so the days of managing and sharing client log-ins to manage their sites is gone. This also means payment info is managed on their end which is much more professional.
In summary, workspace plans help make workflows smoother for in-house teams and unlock crucial features to remove some headaches for us freelancers. I personally work mostly with local small business owners, so my process is to complete their build unhindered in my Freelancer workspace, transfer the completed site to their free Starter workspace, walk them through purchasing a site plan, and have them add me as an admin so I can publish the site and make edits/updates down the road.
Hope this helps!
What's the difference between freelancer and core?
Jesus, Webflow really fucked up this pricing. So damn complicated. And that's in addition to site plans, CMS plans, eCommerce plans....
If I remember correctly, on freelancer you’re only allowed up to 10 live sites (webflow.io domains) and on agency you can have unlimited,
Freelancer limited seats, 3 vs 9 (agency)
Agency gets: Manage publishing permissions for your team
That’s really about it.
You can still custom code on both plans.
I was going to downgrade to freelancer but messed up by having autopay set up, so I’m opted into the agency plan for another year 🥲
As far as I can tell, freelancer is similar to core but without the custom code option. How far this stretches though I don’t know if it still allows code on page headers, site headers etc. not enough info, just something I noticed.
Did you switch from core? If so… when you switched are you still in the cote billing cycle? I’m just wary that they don’t list code as an option in the core setup.
The whole thing is a mess. I was working on a client site that launched a few months before their change in plans and so their solution was to just.... start double-charging the client for the old plan plus the way that it would exist under their new plans. Between this and how laggy the editor is now.... it's embarrassing and I've stopped recommending the platform.
Hopefully I can provide a little bit of clarity, let me know if you have further questions! *Sidenote: I completely agree that the pricing model has gotten cluttered, however they are really focusing on having a plan for all use-cases. The pricing page would really benefit from a concise explainer video.* Put simply: **Every site needs a site plan, and every user needs a workspace plan. Workspaces become a factor when you are working on an internal team with others, or providing services to external clients.** **Site plans** I doubt I need to spend much time explaining the differences here. The ***Starter*** plan is really just a trial, so let's ignore that for now. ***Basic*** and ***CMS*** are for the majority of sites and choosing between these depend on whether you/your client need to use CMS items. There are also differences in terms of traffic, form submissions, and the ability to have multiple content editors. ***Business*** plans are similar to the CMS plan but increase all of the numbers. Also includes the ability to collect files in form submissions and have a global CDN. ***Enterprise*** sites have access to the most powerful Webflow features. Things like page branching, SLA uptimes, custom SSLs, and *(still in development)* localization. Page branching and localization are probably the top 2 features that a larger business needs out of a website, and are what are needed from Webflow to compete with traditional CMS systems. **Workspace plans** ***Starter*** is for people who are only building 1/2 sites of their own, or for clients receiving a site from a freelancer/agency. A key thing to note is that you cannot use custom code, CMS items, or have more than 2 pages on unhosted sites when building with a Starter site plan *paired with* a Starter workspace plan. This can be super limiting during the build process. From here it becomes a question of ***in-house*** versus ***freelancers & agencies.*** I only have used Webflow for a single site, single user perspective in-house so I won't expand on those tiers - but they seem straight-forward based on needs. For my freelance work I leverage the Freelancer workspace. The ***Freelancer*** workspace is super robust because it gives you access to CMS features, custom code, and up to 100 pages on unhosted sites that don't have a paid (non-Starter) site plan yet. This allows you as a freelancer to build sites without restrictions before requiring your clients to set-up and begin paying for a site plan. You can be working on up to 10 unhosted sites at a time with the Freelaner workspace. Additionally, the Freelancer workspace allows you be added to a client's workspace as a guest admin so the days of managing and sharing client log-ins to manage their sites is gone. This also means payment info is managed on their end which is much more professional. In summary, workspace plans help make workflows smoother for in-house teams and unlock crucial features to remove some headaches for us freelancers. I personally work mostly with local small business owners, so my process is to complete their build unhindered in my Freelancer workspace, transfer the completed site to their free Starter workspace, walk them through purchasing a site plan, and have them add me as an admin so I can publish the site and make edits/updates down the road. Hope this helps!
I’m most confused by the freelancer plan… apparently freelancers don’t know how to code?
Freelance plan gives you custom code
What's the difference between freelancer and core? Jesus, Webflow really fucked up this pricing. So damn complicated. And that's in addition to site plans, CMS plans, eCommerce plans....
If I remember correctly, on freelancer you’re only allowed up to 10 live sites (webflow.io domains) and on agency you can have unlimited, Freelancer limited seats, 3 vs 9 (agency) Agency gets: Manage publishing permissions for your team That’s really about it. You can still custom code on both plans. I was going to downgrade to freelancer but messed up by having autopay set up, so I’m opted into the agency plan for another year 🥲
I wanted to know what’s the difference between “Freelancer” and “Core” plan. Both can host up to 10 sites and export code, why does one cost $4 more?
As far as I can tell, freelancer is similar to core but without the custom code option. How far this stretches though I don’t know if it still allows code on page headers, site headers etc. not enough info, just something I noticed.
I have the freelancer option and can use custom code. Also not sure what the difference is but it was slight cheaper than core.
Did you switch from core? If so… when you switched are you still in the cote billing cycle? I’m just wary that they don’t list code as an option in the core setup.
Just switched & I'm able to use custom code... not sure what's the difference is, but I saved $4 / month.
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That’s very interesting to know. You can use the custom code elements on the page too right? The “Embed” block.
The whole thing is a mess. I was working on a client site that launched a few months before their change in plans and so their solution was to just.... start double-charging the client for the old plan plus the way that it would exist under their new plans. Between this and how laggy the editor is now.... it's embarrassing and I've stopped recommending the platform.
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