Webflow vs WordPress: which should I use?
For most marketing and business sites, Webflow is the better choice: it's fully custom, fast, secure, and has no plugins to update or break. WordPress makes more sense if you need a large content operation, specific plugins, or a membership or forum system Webflow can't do natively.
The honest trade-off is real, so here it is both ways. Webflow gives you a fully custom design, fast load times, strong security, and nothing to maintain, but it has a monthly hosting cost and a smaller ecosystem of add-ons. WordPress is free to start and endlessly extensible, but it needs ongoing updates, can slow down as plugins accumulate, and is a bigger target for security issues.
My rule of thumb: if your site is mainly there to explain what you do and turn visitors into enquiries, Webflow is almost always the right call. If you're running a large publication, a store with complex logic, or a membership community, WordPress or a dedicated platform may serve you better.
If you're already on WordPress and it's become a maintenance headache, moving to Webflow is straightforward and safe when it's done properly, with your rankings kept intact.