The CMS plan is now Premium
On May 13, 2026, Webflow combined the CMS and Business Site plans into one plan called Premium. For a site on the old CMS plan, the help center lists the new price as $25 a month on yearly billing or $39 monthly, static pages rising from 150 to 300, CMS items from 2,000 to 20,000 and Collections from 20 to 40. Existing sites move to Premium at their next renewal or billable change after the change reaches their account. [2]
So the real question today is Basic versus Premium. The pricing page describes Basic as for simple sites that do not need a CMS, and Premium as for content-rich sites with CMS and traffic needs. [1]
Plan limits side by side
Figures from Webflow's pricing page on the date in the sources list. The free Starter plan is included for reference; it publishes only to a webflow.io address. [1]
| Limit | Starter (free) | Basic | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, yearly billing | $0 | $15/mo | $25/mo |
| Price, monthly billing | $0 | $25/mo | $39/mo |
| Custom domain | No | Yes | Yes |
| Static pages | 2 | 300 | 300 |
| CMS items | 50 | None | 20,000 |
| CMS Collections | 20 | None | 40 |
| Bandwidth | 1 GB/month | 10 GB/month | 50 GB/month, add-ons up to 2.5 TB |
| Form submissions | 50 per site | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Form file upload and site search | No | No | Yes |
What Premium adds beyond item counts
The pricing comparison marks several publishing tools as unavailable on Basic and included on Premium: scheduled publishing of CMS items, publishing or unpublishing individual items without republishing the whole site, RSS feeds generated from Collections, using CMS data inside custom code embeds, and per-item control over search indexing. [1]
These matter more than the item count for most small sites. A 40-post library will never approach 20,000 items, but scheduling posts and generating a feed are daily workflow features. Premium also adds the content management API at 120 requests per minute, which matters only if you plan to push content in from another system. [1]
Worked example: a 10-page site adds a 40-post resource library
Hypothetical: a services firm has 10 static pages on Basic and wants to publish 40 guides, adding about two a month.
Staying on Basic is technically possible: 10 + 40 = 50 static pages, well under the 300-page limit. But each guide becomes its own hand-built page, the library index has to be edited by hand every time, and there is no scheduling or feed. On Premium, the guides become items in one Collection that share a single template, which uses 40 of 20,000 items and 1 of 40 Collections. [1]
| Line | Basic | Premium | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, yearly billing | $15 x 12 = $180 | $25 x 12 = $300 | +$120 a year |
| Plan, monthly billing | $25 x 12 = $300 | $39 x 12 = $468 | +$168 a year |
| Upgrade cost per guide, yearly billing | n/a | $120 / 40 guides | $3 per guide per year |
| Pages used | 50 of 300 static pages | 10 static pages plus 40 of 20,000 CMS items | Premium keeps static room free |
| Bandwidth included | 10 GB/month | 50 GB/month | 5 times the allowance |
Signals that collections justify the upgrade
Upgrade when at least two of these are true. Each one is a workflow the pricing page reserves for Premium or a limit that Basic hits first. [1]
- You publish the same kind of page repeatedly: posts, case studies, team bios, locations or listings.
- Someone other than the designer will add entries and should not touch layouts.
- You want posts to go live on a schedule or need an RSS feed.
- Your traffic or image weight puts you near Basic's 10 GB monthly bandwidth.
- You want site search or file uploads through forms.
Checklist for staying on Basic
Basic remains the cheaper plan for many small sites. Stay if all of these hold. [1] [3]
- Your page count is fixed or grows by a few pages a year, comfortably under 300.
- No page type repeats often enough to need a shared template.
- Content edits are rare and the person editing is comfortable in the Designer.
- Monthly bandwidth in Site settings, Site usage, stays well below 10 GB.
- You do not need scheduled publishing, RSS, site search or form file uploads.
- You pay yearly if the site will stay up all year: $180 versus $300 on monthly billing.
Questions before you decide
Does Webflow still sell a CMS plan?
Not for new purchases. Webflow's help center says the CMS and Business Site plans were combined into the Premium Site plan starting May 13, 2026, and existing CMS sites migrate at their next renewal or billable change.
Can I use any CMS features on Webflow Basic?
Webflow's pricing comparison lists no CMS items or Collections for Basic. The free Starter plan allows 50 items and 20 Collections for a site on a webflow.io address, but Starter cannot publish to a custom domain.
What changed for sites that were on the old CMS plan?
The help center lists the price moving to $25 a month yearly or $39 monthly, static pages to 300, CMS items to 20,000 and Collections to 40, applied at the next renewal or billable change.
Sources & verification
Product details and prices can change. Check the linked provider before buying.
- Webflow pricing: Site, Workspace, Ecommerce plans and add-ons Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Webflow Help: Updated pricing and simplified plans for May 2026 Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Webflow Help: Bandwidth overview Accessed 30 Oct 2026
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