Webflow Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying

The Webflow free plan gives you 2 pages, 50 CMS items, and a webflow.io subdomain at $0. What it includes, its hard limits, and when to upgrade to Basic.

By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-09T01:34:26+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-09T01:34:26+00:00

Webflow Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying

The Webflow free plan, called Starter, costs $0 and never expires. You get the full visual Designer, 2 static pages, 50 CMS items, 1 GB of monthly bandwidth, and a site published on a webflow.io subdomain. You cannot connect a custom domain, remove the Webflow badge, or sell online. It is a learning and prototyping tool, not a home for a live business site. This guide covers exactly what it includes, where it stops, and when to pay.

Webflow free plan: what you get

The free Starter Workspace adds more. Every account gets 2 staging sites, 1 full seat, and 200 AI credits a month. You can build and publish up to 2 staging sites while you learn, and you can invite reviewers and commenters for free.

Webflow free plan limits that matter

Two pages is the hard limit. A homepage and a contact page fill the plan. A blog, an about page, and a services page need a paid plan. Fifty CMS items is also tight. A small blog with 50 posts hits the ceiling fast, and there is no way to buy more items without upgrading.

The subdomain is the visible limit. Your site lives at yourname.webflow.io, with the Webflow badge on every page. You cannot remove the badge, add custom code, or connect your own domain. Form submissions stop at 50 for the life of the site, not per month. There is no ecommerce, no site search, and no code export on the free plan. Code export needs a Core Workspace plan at $19 a month billed yearly.

Bandwidth is the quiet limit. One gigabyte a month covers a light portfolio with small images. A site with large photos or steady traffic can pass it quickly. Webflow allows a one-month overage on bandwidth, then asks you to upgrade.

What to build on the free plan

The free plan fits four jobs. First, learning Webflow. The Designer, CMS, and interactions are all available, and Webflow University teaches the platform for free. Second, prototyping. Build a design, publish it to the subdomain, and share the link for feedback. Third, a tiny personal page. A one-page resume or a link page fits in two pages. Fourth, testing a template before you buy. Try the layout, then upgrade the same project when it is ready.

It does not fit a business site, a client project, a blog with more than a few posts, or anything that takes payments. Those need a paid Site plan from day one.

When to upgrade, and to what

Upgrade when you hit any one of these: you need a custom domain, a third page, more than 50 CMS items, or more than 50 form submissions. Basic costs $15 a month on annual billing and adds a custom domain, 300 static pages, 10 GB of bandwidth, unlimited form submissions, and password protection. Premium costs $25 a month annually and adds the full CMS, site search, form file uploads, and code components. Webflow merged its old CMS and Business plans into Premium in May 2026, so Premium now covers blogs and content sites at the lower price.

To upgrade, follow these steps:

1. Open your project settings and pick Site plan.
2. Choose Basic for a simple site or Premium for a blog or content site.
3. Connect your custom domain and set it as the default.
4. Publish the site and check every page on the new domain.
5. Cancel nothing on the free plan. The project upgrades in place, and your staging sites stay put.

Note the two plan types. A Site plan pays for one live website. A Workspace plan pays for staging and team seats. Most solo builders need only a Site plan. Agencies that manage client sites add a Workspace plan for more staging sites and seats.

Free plan vs Basic: the first upgrade

Basic is the upgrade for a simple site that does not need a CMS. The jump from 2 pages to 300, and from 1 GB to 10 GB of bandwidth, removes every limit that matters for a brochure site. Premium at $25 a month adds the CMS for blogs and content sites, plus site search and form file uploads.

Webflow free plan questions, answered

Can you stay on the free plan forever? Yes. There is no time limit. Your site stays published on the webflow.io subdomain as long as you stay within the limits.

What happens if you cancel a paid plan? The site falls back to the Starter plan. Pages beyond the 2-page limit and CMS items beyond 50 become unavailable until you upgrade again. Your project and designs are kept.

Can you use a custom domain on the free plan? No. A custom domain needs a paid Site plan, starting with Basic at $15 a month on annual billing.

Does the free plan include ecommerce? No. Selling online needs a separate ecommerce Site plan, starting with Standard at $29 a month on annual billing, with 500 items and a 2% transaction fee.

Do AI credits matter on the free plan? The free Starter Workspace includes 200 AI credits a month. Some AI tools, such as copy generation and SEO audits, need a paid Workspace plan when used on a Starter site. For most learners, 200 credits cover the basics.

Bottom line

The Webflow free plan is a real sandbox, not a trial. Two pages, 50 CMS items, and 1 GB of bandwidth on a webflow.io subdomain, free forever, with no card required. Use it to learn the Designer and prototype designs. Upgrade to Basic at $15 a month when you need your own domain and more pages, or to Premium at $25 a month when you need the full CMS. Check the live pricing page before you buy, since Webflow restructured its plans in May 2026.