WordPress wins for most SEO-serious businesses because you own the code, can customize anything, and have access to 60,000+ plugins that solve real problems. You're not locked into a platform's hosting or pricing changes. For agencies running large portfolios like ours, WordPress lets you build once and deploy across hundreds of domains without per-site fees. Webflow's visual editor is genuinely good if your team prioritizes design speed and you're building 5-20 marketing pages that don't need complex functionality. The designer interface produces clean code and handles responsive layouts better than most page builders. But you hit walls fast: limited dynamic content options, expensive hosting that scales per project, no real plugin ecosystem, and you're renting rather than owning. WordPress gives you actual control over technical SEO. You can edit .htaccess files, manage server-level redirects, control caching exactly how you want, and use tools like Rank Math or Yoast that are battle-tested on millions of sites. Webflow's SEO features are decent but surface-level. You can't run custom PHP, install analytics beyond their integrations, or migrate away cleanly if you outgrow them. Cost matters too. A WordPress site on quality shared hosting runs $8-15/month Canadian. Webflow starts at $18 USD per site per month, and you're paying that forever. Scale to ten sites and WordPress is maybe $120/month total; Webflow is $180+ USD monthly just for hosting. At Ottawa SEO, we run WordPress for 500+ domains because it's the only platform that makes economic sense at scale and gives us the technical access SEO requires. We've used Webflow for a handful of design-forward clients who valued the editing experience over everything else, but they understand the tradeoffs. If you're building a business asset you'll own for years and want maximum SEO capability, WordPress isn't even a close call.