When comparing Webflow vs Macaw, the Slant community recommends Webflow for most people. In the question“What are the best WYSIWYG responsive website design tools?” Webflow is ranked 1st while Macaw is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Webflow is:
Speed & Quality webdesign done in your browser.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Best in it's class
Speed & Quality webdesign done in your browser.
Pro Semi-collaborative development support
Webflow allows workload to be shared among multiple users. However, you can't leave comments for them.
Pro W3C-compliant HTML5/CSS3
Webflow generates W3C-compliant markup and stylesheets.
Pro Responsive web design with Bootstrap
Because it's based on Bootstrap, it works across all modern browsers & devices.
Pro Sets up a local preview server
Macaw provides a local preview server, allowing you to access your project from any device in the local network.
Pro Well designed UI
Macaw has a very intuitive, user-friendly interface.
Pro Can create responsive pages
Macaw allows adjusting layout based on screen size.
Pro Has a built-in browser
Pro Can do math for you
Any number input field can do basic math with operators such as + - * /.
Pro Multi platform
OS X and Windows
Cons
Con Based on Bootstrap
Bootstrap is rather old technology
Con Design tool is web-based, not a proper application.
The site doesn't state this explicitly.
Con Can't export your site for deployment unless you pay.
Not unreasonable, but something users should know before investing their time.
Con Uses JavaScript
Webflow uses JavaScript on its websites. Website visitors can have JavaScript disabled and be unwilling to enable it for the website they want to view, which would put a website created with Webflow out of their reach.
Con No way to collaborate on designs with comments
Forum post here.
Con No version control
Forum post here.
Con Fixed media queries
Webflow has four fixed breakpoints (desktop, laptop, mobile landscape & mobile portrait). The inability to set your own media queries can be limiting. If your layout breaks outside of these four options, you have to export the code and write them yourself.
Con No longer under active development.
Macaw was recently acquired by another company and has dropped support and development for Macaw (as well as the previously announced Macaw Scarlet application). Due to the highly dynamic nature of web development, dependencies and standards, it may be wise to move onto a more actively developed and supported platform.
Con Young and evolving project
Macaw was only released to the public in March of 2014. It's been under rapid changes since it's release, which includes product separation.
Con No Linux version
There is no native Linux version available.