--- title: "Leiho vs Webflow (CMS): headless CMS comparison" description: "SaaS visual website builder and host with a built-in CMS for collection-based content. Leiho takes another route: your content stays in WordPress, and editors click the real page of your own front end to change it." url: https://leiho.dev/compare/webflow lang: en updated: 2026-11-04 --- Compare # Leiho vs Webflow (CMS) SaaS visual website builder and host with a built-in CMS for collection-based content. Leiho takes another route: your content stays in WordPress, and editors click the real page of your own front end to change it. | | Leiho | Webflow (CMS) | | --- | --- | --- | | Hosting | Your own WordPress, on any PHP host. Your front end stays wherever it is. | SaaS only (sites hosted by Webflow; content also available via the Data API). | | Open source | Yes, GPL-2.0-or-later (plugin and bridge). | Proprietary. | | Pricing | Free. No seats, no usage limits. | Free plan: yes (Starter site plan). Entry plan with CMS: Premium site plan, $25/month billed yearly or $39/month monthly (20,000 CMS items, 40 collections); Workspace seats billed separately. | | Visual editing | Yes: editors click text and images on the real front end, inside wp-admin, and it updates as they type. | Yes, for Webflow-built sites: content and design are edited visually on the canvas; it does not edit a separate Next.js/Astro front end. | | Content model | Leiho Collections (schema builder or leiho.schema.json), or your existing ACF fields. | UI (CMS Collections in the Designer). | | AI | Writing with your brand context on every text field, through WordPress’s own AI connectors (WordPress 7.0+). | Webflow AI Assistant, AI site builder, and generation of sections, copy and CMS items (credit-based). | | MCP server | Yes, through the official WordPress MCP Adapter: agents read content and write drafts only. | Yes, official Webflow MCP server. | | Localization | Built in, field by field: one entry holds every language, fields are translatable or shared, and AI or agents (MCP) translate what is missing. | Yes, via paid Localization add-on (from $9/month per locale). | | SEO and AI search | Built in: each collection maps its fields to schema.org, description and FAQ. Leiho serves JSON-LD, llms.txt and every page as Markdown, in every language. | Built-in SEO and Open Graph settings per page and CMS template, and schema markup per page. llms.txt is a file you upload in Site settings, not generated. No Markdown version of pages. | Checked on 5 November 2026 from each vendor’s site. Prices and plans change: follow the sources below. - Design, hosting and CMS in one tool with no code required. - Pixel-level visual design control for designers. - Managed hosting, SSL and CDN included. - Your content stays in a WordPress you host, not in a vendor’s cloud. - Free and GPL for every site: no seats, plans or usage limits to watch. - Editors keep WordPress: their login, roles, media library and plugins. - Publishing follows your deployment, from a build hook to GitHub Actions or a self-hosted Coolify. ### Choose Webflow (CMS) if… Designers and marketing teams who want to build and host a site visually without a separate front-end codebase. ### Choose Leiho if… Your team or your clients already know WordPress, you want them to edit the real page of a Next.js, Astro, Nuxt or SvelteKit site, and you’d rather not pay per seat or move content to a vendor’s cloud. ## Can I move from Webflow (CMS) to Leiho? There is no automatic importer from Webflow (CMS). Leiho entries are WordPress posts, so content can be brought in with WordPress import tools or a script using Leiho’s PHP API. Your front-end components usually stay the same: only the data source and the annotations change. ## Do I need WordPress? Yes. Leiho is a WordPress plugin: WordPress stores the content and runs the back office. Any PHP host works, and your front end stays separate. Sources: [webflow.com/pricing](https://webflow.com/pricing) · [webflow.com/blog/simplified-plans-and-upd…](https://webflow.com/blog/simplified-plans-and-updated-pricing-2026) · [help.webflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/51059955082…](https://help.webflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/51059955082387-Updated-pricing-and-simplified-plans-for-May-2026) · [webflow.com/ai](https://webflow.com/ai) · [developers.webflow.com/mcp](https://developers.webflow.com/mcp) · [help.webflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/43240104183315](https://help.webflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/43240104183315). Something out of date? [Tell us](https://github.com/pixelersagency/leiho/issues/new?title=Comparison%20update). 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