Platform Comparison

Custom vs Webflow

Webflow leads
51.8
Custom
55.0
Webflow
WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability
52.2 57.5
Avg Security
37.2 51.9
Avg Efficiency
56.6 55.4
Avg Total Score
51.8 55.0
Avg Structure
47.1 66.1
Avg Load Complexity
67.6 50.7
Avg Lighthouse
54.9 48.8
Best Site Score
87.6 66.4
Worst Site Score
15.7 31.6
Custom Webflow

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry Custom Webflow
Architecture
Content Creation
Corporate-personal
Design
Photography

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Webflow holds a modest 3.2-point lead over Custom. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

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

Opportunities for improvement
  • Custom could target AI Readability, Security, Structure to close the gap.
  • Webflow could target Load Complexity, Lighthouse to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

The platforms split industry wins evenly across 5 shared verticals - the overall score gap may be driven by a few outlier sites rather than a consistent pattern.

Sample Size Consideration

Custom has 14.1× 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.