Webflow vs Wordpress — Platform Benchmark

55.0

Webflow

18 sites

WINNER

52.5

Wordpress

235 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

57.5 63.8

Avg Security

51.9 26.9

Avg Efficiency

55.4 57.4

Avg Total Score

55.0 52.5

Avg Structure

66.1 63.5

Avg Load Complexity

50.7 52.9

Avg Lighthouse

48.8 55.6

Best Site Score

66.4 83.9

Worst Site Score

31.6 28.4

Webflow Wordpress

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Webflow	Wordpress
Architecture	65.2 1 sites	48.3 19 sites
Content Creation	51.3 3 sites	55.0 3 sites
Corporate-personal	63.1 2 sites	53.0 25 sites
Design	56.6 2 sites	52.0 10 sites
Film & Video	—	64.7 1 sites
Photography	53.1 10 sites	52.8 177 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Webflow holds a modest 2.5-point lead over Wordpress. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

Webflow leads in: Security, Structure. Wordpress leads in: AI Readability, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Wordpress has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Webflow could target AI Readability, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to close the gap.
Wordpress could target Security, Structure to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Webflow wins in 4 of 6 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Wordpress has 13.1× more audited sites than Webflow. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.