Six of twelve models named Webflow first on the direct prompt; one named Sanity. Webflow was named by twelve of the twelve models and Sanity by eleven and Webflow carries 50 labels and Sanity 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2013. Named in two categories this edition.
San Francisco, founded 1995. Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content management systems for marketing sites page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Webflow and Sanity were named in the same answer fifty-one times, of the 193 answers naming Webflow and the 101 naming Sanity. In those answers Sanity took the first choice three times and Webflow twenty.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
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| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Traditional Website Builders (Wix, Squarespace, Webflow) Why to avoid:” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Webflow | $14–18/mo | Pro design control + full CMS | Hard (steep curve)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall Choice: Webflow ... offers the best balance of design quality, marketing team autonomy, scalability, and total cost of ownership” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“If you rely on generalist marketers, choose HubSpot or Webflow. ... HubSpot and Webflow offer the fastest deployment times.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Webflow is a design-led platform ... a good choice for businesses that want a custom look without writing custom code” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“may be less suitable for certain organizations or use cases, such as ... Sanity, WordPress VIP” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“it strips away marketer autonomy... headless may slow you down.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Contentful or Sanity as they balance ease of use with enterprise features” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Contentful/Sanity (Headless) | Dev-led marketing sites | Flexible APIs, fast scaling, marketer-friendly” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Contentful / Sanity: Best "Headless" options. Very high cost of entry, but extremely scalable.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.