Framer vs Webflow: 2h Build Challenge 

It's good to review what's out there, periodically

Thanks for the comment. We're hearing a lot of similar reflections to this.

Thanks Cris!!💜

If you will specialize in designing landing pages and sales funnels, which one do you prefer with your experience? If you will provide it as a service to customers, which tool is better?

@@zinzamailer1601 Either platform could easily work for landing pages. I typically build informational business websites and not "sales funnels" exactly, but my biggest differentiator when it comes to Webflow is the sheer power under the hood (classes that makes it SUPER easy to make global changes, components, a hugely flexible CMS) and the ease of hooking in custom JS and CSS to overcome most native limitations. Landing pages being just one page, it's not going to be as important to use a tool like Webflow because some of its biggest strengths lie in when websites become much more complex - Framer will easily work just as well if not even better depending on what you need to build. It's not without its frustrations (there are couple major headaches with it, such as its hosting costs especially compared to Framer, and native limitations with CMS collection nesting (only one nested collection per page, with a total max of only 20 CMS collections per page). Overall, one of the common threads with either platform is who's using the tool. Designers that are used to using software like Figma will very quickly find their feet with Framer, while Webflow has a steeper learning curve (which I think is actually one of its benefits) which is a bit more developer-oriented.

Thanks!

Exactly.

Mustach > Webflow + Framer.

You're such a flirt.

Absolute positioning

@@FluxAcademy Can we please get a tutorial for this 🥺

저도 웹플로우를 써요. 진짜 재밌어요. 아마 미래에 프레이머도 배우고 싶어요

As someone who has experience with both Webflow and Framer, and who is also part of the Flux community, I’ll answer your question by saying that it’s all a matter of preference in how you enjoy actually building a website. I did not have experience many years ago, and I wandered into Webflow before even using a design tool like Figma. Learning how to build in Webflow first made Framer seem alien because of how different it is. In Webflow you use the interactions panel for animations, and in Framer you use Figma style components which can be nested behind multiple pages. Framer has a canvas and Webflow doesn’t. Framer uses React and Framer Motion, Webflow is more traditional and is easily paired with GSAP. Both are advanced tools with steep learning curves for beginners, not just Webflow. You can learn any of this. Every tool has a learning curve and you of course need to learn the UI of whatever tool you use. If you like coding and have a more text input-based approach to building websites, Webflow will feel more comfortable. If you are more comfortable with design tools using a canvas, Framer is going to be more enjoyable. Most things you can do in both tools, so it all comes down to what you enjoy more.

"Every tool has a learning curve..." Exactly. Thanks for the detailed comment Ambrose.

@@AmbroseAndreanoYes, but I was wondering which one made the most sense to learn for an animator with 0 web design experience. Thanks

@@jippalippa try Framer and see if you’re overwhelmed. If you are, then it’s just the learning curve you don’t like and not the tool.

If you want to go into web development, yes. They're different tools than Photoshop and used for different things.

Photoshop is image editing software. Webflow and Framer are visual development tools for creating websites.

*cracks fingers, opens up Wordpress* Watch me build this in under 2 hours *computer freezes and blows up*

WP eats ass and is outdated bro.

​@AmbroseAndreano yeah, that checks out. 😂

HAHAHAHA

😂 Wordpress ! 👎🏽

Not at all. Matt actually accomplished more in these two hours.

Not at all!