Published 12 months ago by sktch
Webflow VS Bubble VS Sktch.io - Which No-Code platform to choose?

Webflow
Pros
- Where Webflow shines is the animation features that it provides for making unique user experiences.
- Another pro of Webflow is the fact that you can export your project as a static HTML website. All resources are bundled so you can easily host it yourself if you want and further customize it through coding.
Cons
- The main limitations of Webflow are on the back-end side of things. Webflow recently added a very basic CMS feature allowing you to dynamically generate pages from a database, but that feature is still extremely limited.
- No possibility to natively do simple stuff like adding a comment section or have private member areas. For this kind of simple features, you'll have to embed code to your pages and rely on external plugins.

Bubble
Pros
- Possibility to create workflows and build dynamic websites.
- Bubble gives you access to a wide range of plugins and integrations. You can use these to quickly build something.
Cons
- Bubble is super slow (Google it and you'll see)! This usually happens if you use complex database queries or simply if you rely on too many external plugins/apis.
- Very steep learning curve! The goal of No-Code is to be able to develop software faster and more intuitively. Although all software needs some kind of training to be used effectively, for Bubble, you need a LOT of training which goes in contradiction with the whole concept.
- Workflows are very limited and the main reason is that they are linear. You cannot easily do things like loops for example, or just filter out the elements in a list.
- Doesn't provide a way to export projects and self-host them.

Sktch.io
Pros
- Clean user interface. Easy to use. Everything is done visually.
- Full Back-end capabilities. You can really do anything you want with Sktch.io's unique visual programming tool. You are not limited to linear workflows, you can add modules and connect them to build any logic you can think of. Create loops, conditions, database requests...
Cons
- New platform -> smaller community. (but that also mean that if you need help you can reach out more easily)
- Doesn't provide a way to export projects and self-host them. (this feature is in our roadmap though)

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