Deep dive

If you're deciding between Webflow and Framer in 2025—especially for SEO-driven pages, CMS collections, or syncing content from tools like Notion or Airtable—this post is your deep dive. Let's break down how Webflow CMS stacks up against Framer CMS across five key factors that truly matter.

💡 The Criteria:

- CMS Limits (collections & items)

- Plugins & Integrations

- User Interface (UI/UX)

- Supported Field Types

- Rich Text Fields and Editing

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📊 CMS Limits: A Technical Tie

When you’re building at scale (think blogs, changelogs, or product catalogs), CMS limits become critical. Webflow offers 20 CMS collections and up to 20,000 items on most plans. Framer starts lower—2 collections and 1,000 items—but scales up to support 30,000 items on higher-tier plans. While Framer wins slightly at the enterprise level, for most users this one’s a draw. It depends more on your specific pricing tier than the platform itself.

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🔌 Integrations & Plugins: Webflow Wins Hands Down

Here’s where Webflow pulls ahead. With over 250 integrations and the powerful Whalesync plugin, it connects seamlessly with Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, and Superbase with two-way sync—crucial for managing live content across platforms.

Framer is gaining ground with lightweight integrations like Notion and Google Sheets, but lacks features like multi-table support or dynamic 2-way sync. Translation: Webflow is more enterprise-ready in this area.

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🎨 UI/UX: Framer Feels Fresher

Open both CMS interfaces, and the difference is immediately clear. Framer delivers a sleek, modern CMS experience that feels faster and more intuitive than Webflow’s more utilitarian setup. Especially for beginners or those used to Notion-like environments, Framer is more inviting.

Still, Webflow’s design is functional and familiar—especially within larger dev teams already integrated with the platform.

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🧩 Field Types & Rich Text: Webflow Offers More Power

Webflow supports a broader range of field types, including multi-image fields, video embeds, and rich content references—features that Framer currently lacks.

While Framer’s Rich Text editor is nicer to type in, Webflow’s ability to embed actual code or HTML in CMS fields (especially for advanced blog pages or custom layouts) makes it a winner for power users.

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🏁 Final Verdict: Webflow CMS Wins—but Framer Is the Future for Some

Today, Webflow is the stronger CMS, especially for large-scale projects, integrations, and robust field support. For marketers and developers who need content syncing, SEO-ready templates, and full control over data structures, Webflow is still the king of no-code content platforms.

But don’t sleep on Framer. With its snappy UI and modern editing experience, it's building quickly and likely to become a top contender—especially for lean teams that prioritize speed.

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👋 Your Next Step? Go Build It

Whether you’re team Webflow or team Framer, remember that CMS power used to be locked behind custom WordPress dev or expensive Shopify dev hours. No-code CMS tools in 2024 are part of a bigger trend: putting professional publishing power in the hands of creators.

So pick your tool—and go build something amazing. Plenty of great visual examples on Allgasnocode.com!