Hi all,
I’m wondering if Webflow is considered a “headless” CMS. I could see that it does provide API to query CMS data, should that be enough to be regarded as a headless CMS?
Thank you.
Hi all,
I’m wondering if Webflow is considered a “headless” CMS. I could see that it does provide API to query CMS data, should that be enough to be regarded as a headless CMS?
Thank you.
Technically no.
A “headless” CMS is a standalone system which does not have a presentation layer. Webflow also has a presentation layer- and its CMS was designed primarily to support its own websites and publishing. They’re bound together. You can’t have a Webflow CMS without also having a Webflow website.
But, those are mostly lexical semantics.
Let’s look at some of the things a headless CMS would focus on, which are not central to Webflow’s current CMS.
From a practical standpoint, Webflow’s CMS is very website focused. It’s not designed to handle large images, auto, large video hosting, and so on. But it can do a lot.
For a small business, it might suffice as your main content store for e.g. press releases, blog articles, product catalog, and so on.