After five years on Webflow, we rebuilt coldiq.com on Next.js, Vercel, and Payload CMS — and now anyone on the team can ship a page in hours instead of days. Here's every reason we switched, the tool that replaced each piece, and how to decide if you should do the same.
Webflow was the right tool for our first five years, and it's still one of the best website builders out there. We didn't leave because it was doing a bad job — we left because of what we'd outgrown, and what AI tooling now makes trivial. Before rebuilding we tried the obvious fixes: we brought in an agency and tested Framer. The real problem was the ceiling of the platform, not the execution.
Below is every reason we made the switch, the tool that replaced each piece of Webflow, and an honest take on whether you should do the same.
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ColdIQ rebuilds marketing sites and GTM tooling on a modern, AI-assisted stack — the same one behind this guide. Tell us what you're running on and we'll point you to the right setup.