Migration Check

Webflow site migration

Your Webflow design, without the Webflow bill.

Webflow builds clean, good-looking sites, but you pay for a site plan, editor seats and CMS limits, and the CMS only runs on Webflow. I move your site to Redline with the same design, bring over your collections, and keep every link working. Enter your address to see what your move would involve.

I look at your public pages and page list, the same way a visitor would. Nothing is saved unless you ask for a quote.

Typical level

A quick move for small, simple sites. Booking tools, several forms or many pages add some custom work.

Typical price

$1,800–4,000 for most Webflow sites, $4,000–6,000 for big ones. Hosting and care is $150 a month.

Time

Usually 1–3 weeks. Your current site stays live until the new one is ready.

After the move

Edit your pages yourself in a simple editor, or let me: an hour of edits a month is included.

Why people move off Webflow

To be fair to Webflow: its pages are well built and readable by search engines. The reasons to move are about cost and control:

  • Plans that add up. Site plans, workspace seats and CMS item limits each have their own price, and growing the site can push you into a bigger plan.
  • The CMS stays behind. Webflow's code export doesn't include a working CMS. Blog posts and other collections only come out as spreadsheets, so leaving means rebuilding.
  • Editing is a designer's tool. Changing text is easy, but anything more means working in a tool built for designers, or paying one.
  • Interactions add code. Animations and effects load extra scripts on every page, which slows phones.

On Redline your pages stay plain and fast, your posts and collections are edited in a simple editor, and if you ever leave, you get your whole site as standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files.

What moves over

Comes over

  • Every page, with your words and images.
  • Your design: same layout, colors, fonts and spacing, rebuilt as plain pages.
  • Blog posts and other CMS collections, from Webflow's export.
  • Forms, set up again in Redline.
  • Your domain, and every page address you have now.
  • Logins and free members-only pages: Redline supports sign-in and different access levels.

Needs a closer look

  • Pages behind a login, and who is allowed to see each one.
  • Complex animations and interactions, simplified or rebuilt where they matter.
  • Memberships and logic flows built with Webflow's own tools.
  • Payments, paid memberships and online stores, which aren't covered yet.

I can't see pages behind a login from outside, so for sites with logins I work with whoever built your site to list every one and who can see it. Each is tested before we switch over.

Webflow puts collection items under the collection's own address, like /blog/post-name or /team/person-name. Every one of those keeps working on the new site, along with any redirects you set up in Webflow, and I test them all before we switch over.

How the move works

  1. Check your siteEnter your address above. You'll see the level, and I'll reply with a fixed price.
  2. I rebuild itI start from Webflow's code and CMS export where it helps, and rebuild anything the export leaves out from your live site.
  3. You review itYou see the new site before anything changes, and I test that every old address still works.
  4. We switch overI connect your domain to the new site. Then you can cancel your Webflow site plan.

If you ever leave, here's what you take with you

Your website

As standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files that any web host can run.

Your data

If your site keeps records such as members, bookings or form entries, you get a complete copy in a format other tools can read.

Your code

Anything built just for your business is yours. I don't own it and I won't keep it.

Your domain

It was always yours, and it goes wherever you go.

The Redline engine stays with me. Everything else goes with you. Your files, data and code are always handed over free. If you'd like help setting them up somewhere else, that's billed at my normal rate.

Questions about moving from Webflow

Can I export my Webflow site?

Partly. Paid plans can export the HTML, CSS and JavaScript of static pages, and CMS collections export as spreadsheets, but the export doesn't include a working CMS, forms or site search. I use what the export gives and rebuild the rest.

Will my Webflow design look the same?

Yes. I rebuild the same layout, colors, fonts and spacing as plain pages. Heavy animations may be simplified, and I'll show you before anything changes.

How much does it cost to move a Webflow site?

Most Webflow sites are $1,800–4,000: a small, simple site is a quick move, and booking tools, several forms or many pages add some custom work. Big sites are $4,000–6,000. Hosting and care is $150 a month, or $1,500 a year, with an hour of edits a month included. The free check on this page shows your site's level.

Can my site keep its logins?

Yes. Redline supports sign-in and different access levels. Because pages behind a login can't be seen from outside, I work with whoever built your site to map every one and who should see it, then test each before we switch over. Paid memberships, where people pay for access, aren't covered yet.

Will my domain and links stay the same?

Yes. Your domain stays yours, and every page address you have now keeps working. I test each one before we switch over.

Who's behind this

I'm Brad Simon, and Coder B Dev is my one-person studio. I've been writing software for more than 30 years: enterprise systems, web applications and SaaS platforms, for companies from startups to large enterprises. Redline is the platform I built so small business sites can get that same engineering without the upkeep. I take on a small number of sites at a time, so each one gets my full attention.

I'd rather you stay because you want to. I've seen too many business owners stuck with a platform because leaving meant losing their site. I don't work that way. Your words, images and data are yours, and so is any code written for your business: I don't claim any rights to it. If you ever decide to move on, I'll hand you your site as standard files, a full copy of your data and all of your own code, with no runaround. The only thing I keep is the Redline engine itself.

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