Compare hidden costs: Webflow VS Wordpress for large organization websites.

Pay only you see? Opening the cost of the Webflow VS Wordpress that the big organization must know before choosing.

For executives or marketing teams in large organizations Choosing a platform for the main website of the company is not just about "beauty" or "features", but it is a strategic decision that directly affects the safety budget and business agility in the long run. You may be weighing between the two giants: WordPress that seems to "Easier and cheaper" with Webflow in the form of "All-in-One" that looks more premium. But the real question is ... How much is the "true cost" that is hidden behind the house of each platform? Many organizations have been in pain with the budget escalating from the expenses that have never been in the plan. Both the web correction when hacked The annual plug -in is rising. Or wages, developers to fix a small matter. This article will take you to surgery. "Hidden costs" or Total Cost of Ownership (TO) of both of them completely. So you can see the real image and make the most decisions

Prompt for illustrations: Infographic images, comparing two iceberg, one named "Wordpress", which has a small "Initial Cost" label, but under the water is full of large ice cubes that say "Maintenance", "Security Patches", "PLUGIN FEES", "another" webFLOPER ". Which emerged slightly out of the water But the underwater part is small and clear, saying "Predictable Subscription"

Why is the "hidden cost" is a nightmare that most organizations expect?

This problem arises because of the incorrect view in the cost assessment. Many organizations tend to look at "Starting price" (UPFRONT COST) but does not look at the overall picture of "Total Cost of Ownership - TO) throughout the service life of the website. Which is a very important idea to assess the Enterprise project according to the principles of Gartner: Total Cost of Ownership (TO), which indicates that the real costs include everything from purchase to maintenance and discarding.

For WordPress, which is an open source, "The main software" may be free, but this "free" comes with enormous responsibility that the organization has to bear all. Which is the source of these hidden expenses:

• Relying on plugin from Third-Party: For the WordPress website to have a complete function of Enterprise (such as Security, SEO, Performance, Forms). You must install a lot of plugin, each of which has different annual costs, and may work in different ways, and may work conflicting.
• The load of the Maintenance that is endless: You must be responsible for every update, both the core of WordPress, Theme, and all plugin. Each update is at risk of breaking the web. And takes time from the development team for testing and editing
• Safety vulnerability: Due to the popularity and open structure, WordPress is the number one target of hackers. The organization therefore has to invest with Plugin, safety, scale service, and the team that is ready to handle the emergency all the time.
• Personnel costs and time: every solution or complex modification Always have to go through the hands of developers Causing the marketing team to not be able to work flexibly And the cost of loss of enormous business opportunities Understanding the overview of Corporate website costs Therefore is very important

Prompt for illustrations: Complex and messy diagram There is a box in the middle, writing "WordPress Core (Free)" and has a line to find a small box. Many written "Hosting", "Security Plugin", "Performance Plugin", "SEO Plugin", "Theme License", "Developer Retainer", "Emergency Fixes" represents the complexity of management.

If left ... not just money But is the loss of business opportunities

Ignoring these hidden expenses and choosing a platform that is not suitable for the organization's scale in the long run. Will bring more serious consequences "Budget escalating" many times

• Safety and reputation risk: One hacked It may mean customer information or important information of the company, leak, legal adjustment (such as PDPA), and most importantly, the loss of credibility that has been created for many years in the blink of an eye.
• The cost of the opportunity is enormous: every time the website is slow, crashes, or does not work. Is to lose the opportunity to create Lead and close the sale at the entertainment level with high traffic. The damage may be as high as millions of baht per hour.
• Marketing lacking flexibility: Imagine that your marketing team has a new campaign that must be released urgently. But can't do it because you have to wait in the queue from the development team to create a landing Page or change banner. This delay makes you follow behind the competitors and miss out on business opportunities unfortunately.
• Unexpected budget: Emergency expenses occur at all times. Making the annual budget planning become impossible And affect the financial liquidity of the department and organization as a whole This is why many organizations are starting to look for new options and study why Thai organizations should use more

Prompt for illustrations: The executive image is holding the temples in front of the computer that shows the cost of the cost that is not expected. And there is a marketing campaign calendar that has been dumped beside

Change a new perspective: from "starting price" to "TO TO more worthwhile" with Webflow

The solution is not to find a way to fill the WordPress leak. "The cheapest thing on the first day" came as a selection "The most worthwhile thing in the long run" and this is the point where Webflow comes in to meet the large organization.

Webflow is a type of platform. Managed-Hosting Which includes everything that is necessary for the Enterprise website in one place, allowing TO to predict and is usually lower in the long run. Let's try to separate the components of the TCO to compare the clear images:

• Hosting and Performance:
  • WordPress: You have to find and pay. High-Performance Hosting, CDN, and there may be experts to adjust the server to support high traffic.
  • Webflow: A collection of world -class hosting (driven by AWS and Fastly CDN) in the package. Guaranteed uptime 99.9% and the speed that is ready to use immediately without any additional settings.
• Security:
  • WordPress: You have to install and pay the safety plugin, SSL Certificate, and always update the Patch.
  • Webflow: There is a strong security system, free SSL Certificate, and the Webflow's team takes care of all attack prevention. This burden therefore disappeared from you.
• Maintenance and updates:
  • WordPress: The burden of your team 100% to update everything. And accept the web risk
  • Webflow: The Webflow team manages to update all the platforms. You don't have to do anything. And do not be afraid that the website will break from the update
• Empowerment and Speed:
  • WordPress: The marketing team is often stuck and has to wait for the development team.
  • Webflow: With Visual Editor that is easy to use. Allowing the marketing team to create and edit the webpage, LANDING PAGE, or the block itself quickly. Increase the enormous flexibility of the business.

The change to use the webflow is not just changing tools. But is an investment in "Efficiency" and "peace of mind", which is consistent with the concept of FORRESTER: The Total Economic Impact , which looks at the return of investment in a wider angle than just money. But including strategic and strategic benefits Understanding the overall Webflow Enterprise will help you see these new possibilities.

Prompt for illustrations: The comparison table of TO CHECKLIST between Webflow and WordPress in 5 main areas: hosting, security, Maintenance, plugins, and Staff Costs. There are many compartments and there are many "$" signs.

[Case Study] "ABC Tech Solutions" Follow 40% of the TO business game after moving from WordPress to Webflow.

In order to see more clearly Take a look at the story of "ABC Tech Solutions" (fictional name). The large IT consultation company with customers nationwide.

The original problem on WordPress: ABC Tech Solutions website is the main door to create a Lead but is full of problems. The web loaded is frustrating, having to use 2 development teams to take care of the full time, over 20 plugin subscription values together up to hundreds of thousands of baht per year. And the worst is that they have been attacked by Ransomware, making the website not working for 3 full days, resulting in the loss of Lead and the confidence of customers heavily. The marketing team himself can't do anything by yourself.

The decision to move to Webflow Enterprise: After detailed TO, the management team decided to invest all the websites to Webflow Enterprise, with the goal of reducing complexity, increasing safety, and providing more marketing team power.

Amazing results:

• TCO decreased by 40% in the first year: all total expenses Including platforms, team fees, and others decreased significantly Because no need to pay hosting, CDN, Plugin, and separate maintenance fees
• The Security problem is zero: There has never been a safety problem.
• Lead Generation increased by 60%: at a better speed and a leaping UX, the Conversion Rate of the website is clearly higher.
• Time-to-Market is 10 times faster: the marketing team can launch a new campaign and Landing Page within one day. (Previously, it took 1-2 weeks) without having to rely on the development team.

This is an example that proves How to select the "yes" platform, how can it change the face and create a competitive advantage for your organization? The study of the movement from WordPress to Webflow may be your important step.

Prompt for illustrations: 2 graph images (WordPress Tco) start to be low but gradually Climb up to the continuous level and predict the webflow TCO (Webflow TO) starts to be higher but stable and is a straight line at a lower level than the first line in the long run. With a success icon such as a trophy, rocket graph On the webflow line

Checklist for you: Calculation of the current WordPress website in 5 minutes.

Want to know how much your organization is currently hidden with WordPress? Try to answer these questions and add numbers (assessed from the latest 12 months).

1. Hosting: How much do you pay for Server, VPS, or Dedicated Hosting? (Including CDN if any) = _______ baht
2. Theme & Plugins: including the theme and subscription of all plugin (Security, Performance, SEO, Forms, Backup ETC.) that pay annual payment = _______ baht
3. Developer & Agency: Do you pay monthly retainer or wages on hourly for Maintenance, updates, solving web problems, and how many small development? = _______ baht
4. Damage values from Downtime: Try to assess roughly. That if the website falls 1 hour, how much will the company lose business opportunities? Then multiplied by the number of hours that the web has crashed in the past year = _______ baht
5. Internal employee wages (Used with the web care): When your marketing team or IT has to lose with coordination, solutions to web problems, or ineffective operation because of the system limitations. How much do you think? = _______ baht

Approximate TOCO: _________________ baht/year

When you see this number Try to compare with the price of Webflow Enterprise Plan that combines everything in one place. You may be surprised by the results and see that comparing the total cost of Webflow and WordPress is deeper than you think.

Prompt for illustrations: large and beautiful checklist images that are easy to understand. There is a hole to fill out the numbers according to 5 items above and there is a TOCO box at the bottom. Clean design to use

Common questions (FAQ): Clear all questions. Webflow vs Wordpress for the organization.

Question: Webflow Enterprise looks much higher than WordPress. How can this be called TOCPress?
Answer: Correct that the webflow's initial subscription value is higher, but that number is the "prediction" and "almost all" cost that you have to pay, while WordPress "is only" software. But you have to pay high efficiency hosting, plugin, wages, developers, and safety risks that cannot be assessed. When including all the hidden expenses, the WordPress TOPRESS for large organizations is usually significantly higher than Webflow.

Question: Our organization has enormous traffic and really needs a function. Will the Webflow really handle it?
Answer: Absolutely handle. Webflow Enterprise is designed to support this, especially with infrastructure. The global level that uses the AWS and has Fastly Global CDN, allowing traffic tens of millions per month without problems. The complex function, although the Webflow does not have a WordPress plugress system, but has a strong API system, allowing the best service to each side. (Best-in-Class Services) such as Salesforce, Hubspot, or the unique system of your organization is stable and safer than using a variety of plugin from different developers.

Question: Move the information from the original WordPress website that is very large to Webflow. How long will it take?
A: Migration (Migration) is a project that requires a good plan. But not too complicated There are tools and partners who can help in this process. From the transfer of content, Blog Posts, to 301 Redirects to maintain the SEO ranking, which the expert team Can help plan and proceed as smooth as possible

Question: Our team is very familiar with WordPress. Will the change in webflow have to learn all again?
Answer: There is a learning period (Learning Curve) for sure, but for the marketing team or content maker, the Webflow Editor is easy to use and is very friendly. Can learn in no time The development team may have to adapt from the Theme/Plugin concept to a Visual Development concept that provides higher freedom. But there are excellent data sources and support

Prompt for illustrations: Image icon, large question mark And there are 4 text boxes surrounded instead of questions-answers for each item Clean and friendly design

Summary: It's time to choose "Sustainable value", not just "the cheap price on the first day"

Comparison between Webflow and WordPress for large organizations Not a fight between "Free platform" and "Platform payment" but it is the selection between "Complex ecosystem and unexpected hidden costs" (WordPress) and "center platforms, safe, and have clear costs and guessing" (Webflow).

For organizations that look far away and focus on safety, marketing speed, and the stability of the investment budget in Webflow Enterprise may be one of the most worthwhile strategic decisions. The power of the marketing team in the work itself without having to wait for the development queue, reducing safety risks to zero, and having a fast and stable website at all times. Is a return that is more than just money But it is a sustainable competitive advantage.

Don't let your hidden expenses eat your business and business opportunities anymore! It's time to calculate the true TCO of your website. And consider alternatives to provide the most peace of mind and efficiency to your organization.

Need experts to help assess the TO and plan the move from WordPress to Webflow or create an organization website. That is powerful, right? Consult the Vision X Brain team for free today! We are ready to help you decide with the most accurate and accurate information.

Prompt for illustrations: Powerful images Showing two hands, holding together One side has your company logo. The other side has a Vision X Brain logo, with a beautiful growing business backdrop. Conveys a partner to success

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