Start with the job
Commerce, publishing, marketing and product websites create different platform requirements before design begins.
Free website platform recommendation tool
Find the right platform for your website.
Compare WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Shopify and Next.js through the decisions that actually affect delivery—not a generic feature list.
5 practical questionsNo email requiredAbout 2 minutes
Question 1 of 5
What the website must do
What is the project primarily being built for?
Select an answer to continue
How the recommendation works
A decision model built around delivery consequences.
Account for ownership
Editing, maintenance, hosting and engineering responsibility continue long after the launch date.
Expose the trade-offs
The result includes an alternative and a risk to check so the recommendation does not pretend there is one universal winner.
The quick comparison
Five platforms. Five different reasons to choose them.
Use this as orientation. The recommendation above accounts for how the factors combine in a specific brief.
WordPressPublishing depth and ecosystem flexibility
WebflowDesign-led marketing sites with visual CMS control
FramerFocused, expressive marketing sites delivered quickly
ShopifyCommerce operations, catalogue and checkout
Next.jsCustom products, integrations and application logic
Is one website platform always better than the others?
No. The right platform depends on what the website must do, who will operate it, the required integrations and how much ongoing technical ownership the project can support.
Does the recommendation replace technical discovery?
No. It creates a useful shortlist. Complex commerce, migration, security, integration and application requirements still need to be reviewed before a platform and scope are confirmed.
Can Oncreation work from an approved agency design?
Yes. Oncreation can work from an approved Figma design or support the project from structure and responsive UI through development, QA and launch.
Is this tool only for UK agencies?
Anyone can use it, but the guidance and delivery routes are written primarily for agencies planning client website projects and working with a remote UK-hours delivery partner.