Webstudio Cloud
Open-source visual builder with cloud projects, CMS connections, and hosting
The visible visual website builder loop is buildable, but a credible replacement needs more than the first screen. Webstudio Cloud earns its keep through editor, CMS, hosting, polish, so expect a weekend or multi-day build and a narrower personal scope.
Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability
What you give up
- CMS collaboration and client handoff
- managed hosting, forms, and analytics
- general-purpose visual editing
- large template and component libraries
Why people still pay
Webstudio Cloud: A single site is easy to code. People pay for safe ongoing edits, templates, publishing, domains, collaboration, and no-maintenance hosting.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- Node, a selected output folder, licensed content/assets and a user-owned deployment target. DNS, email delivery and any server-side forms require separate configuration.
- Implementation components: Eleventy, Markdown content and typed JSON section manifests for a static website. A local Node editor/build command with Sharp image processing; generated files publish to a user-owned host.
- Scope boundary: CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Optional external skill: frontend-design — Create intentional web layouts, typography, component styling and responsive frontend interfaces. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: seo-audit — Investigate crawlability, indexing, page metadata, internal linking and on-page content issues. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: web-design-guidelines — Review web interfaces for accessibility, keyboard focus, forms, navigation and interaction quality. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Project rule — data model: page trees, semantic components, design tokens, responsive breakpoints and asset references
Project rule — preserve this invariant: Visual edits preserve meaningful document order; generated forms need a separately configured backend and secrets never enter the bundle.
Project rule — acceptance evidence: Reorder a section and preserve sensible keyboard reading order; a clean static export loads all assets without the editor server.
Implementation plan
Phase 1
Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Build a focused visual editor for semantic sections and responsive styles, then export an accessible static site. Offer a source preview and avoid claiming compatibility with all Webstudio project formats. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics
Phase 2
Durable model. Model page trees, semantic components, design tokens, responsive breakpoints and asset references Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: Visual edits preserve meaningful document order; generated forms need a separately configured backend and secrets never enter the bundle.
Phase 3
Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Build into a new output directory from a saved content revision. Preview at narrow and wide widths and deploy the complete artifact atomically; retain the previous release.
Phase 4
Permissions and integration failure. Escape content, sanitize Markdown, constrain asset paths and never embed API secrets in the static output. Private content requires a real authenticated server rather than a hidden URL. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results.
Phase 5
Portable handoff. Export source Markdown/JSON and original assets alongside the generated site. A clean build from that archive must not depend on an editor database. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README.
Phase 6
Acceptance scenarios. Reorder a section and preserve sensible keyboard reading order; a clean static export loads all assets without the editor server. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder.
WORKING SLICE Build a focused visual editor for semantic sections and responsive styles, then export an accessible static site. Offer a source preview and avoid claiming compatibility with all Webstudio project formats. Build this scoped Webstudio Cloud-inspired workflow with a documented data model and visible failure states. Architecture - Eleventy, Markdown content and typed JSON section manifests for a static website. - A local Node editor/build command with Sharp image processing; generated files publish to a user-owned host. Prerequisites and limits Node, a selected output folder, licensed content/assets and a user-owned deployment target. DNS, email delivery and any server-side forms require separate configuration. Outside this release: CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics Data model and correctness page trees, semantic components, design tokens, responsive breakpoints and asset references Invariant: Visual edits preserve meaningful document order; generated forms need a separately configured backend and secrets never enter the bundle. Build into a new output directory from a saved content revision. Preview at narrow and wide widths and deploy the complete artifact atomically; retain the previous release. Security and privacy Escape content, sanitize Markdown, constrain asset paths and never embed API secrets in the static output. Private content requires a real authenticated server rather than a hidden URL. Recovery and export Export source Markdown/JSON and original assets alongside the generated site. A clean build from that archive must not depend on an editor database. Implementation order 1. Phase 1 — Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Build a focused visual editor for semantic sections and responsive styles, then export an accessible static site. Offer a source preview and avoid claiming compatibility with all Webstudio project formats. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics 2. Phase 2 — Durable model. Model page trees, semantic components, design tokens, responsive breakpoints and asset references Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: Visual edits preserve meaningful document order; generated forms need a separately configured backend and secrets never enter the bundle. 3. Phase 3 — Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Build into a new output directory from a saved content revision. Preview at narrow and wide widths and deploy the complete artifact atomically; retain the previous release. 4. Phase 4 — Permissions and integration failure. Escape content, sanitize Markdown, constrain asset paths and never embed API secrets in the static output. Private content requires a real authenticated server rather than a hidden URL. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results. 5. Phase 5 — Portable handoff. Export source Markdown/JSON and original assets alongside the generated site. A clean build from that archive must not depend on an editor database. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README. 6. Phase 6 — Acceptance scenarios. Reorder a section and preserve sensible keyboard reading order; a clean static export loads all assets without the editor server. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder. Acceptance Reorder a section and preserve sensible keyboard reading order; a clean static export loads all assets without the editor server. Use real source data or clearly labeled fixtures. Explain unsupported input and provider failures; do not fabricate analytics, delivery receipts, accuracy claims or security guarantees. Optional agent guidance Optional external skill: [frontend-design](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md) — Create intentional web layouts, typography, component styling and responsive frontend interfaces. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission. Optional external skill: [seo-audit](https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills/blob/main/skills/seo-audit/SKILL.md) — Investigate crawlability, indexing, page metadata, internal linking and on-page content issues. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission. Optional external skill: [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — Review web interfaces for accessibility, keyboard focus, forms, navigation and interaction quality. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission. Project rule — data model: page trees, semantic components, design tokens, responsive breakpoints and asset references Project rule — preserve this invariant: Visual edits preserve meaningful document order; generated forms need a separately configured backend and secrets never enter the bundle. Project rule — acceptance evidence: Reorder a section and preserve sensible keyboard reading order; a clean static export loads all assets without the editor server.
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Webstudio Cloud pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| hobby | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | Unlimited projects, pages and collaborators; 1 wstd.io subdomain; 250 MB assets; 300 form submissions/month; no custom domains or published dynamic CMSThe open-source self-hosted product is separate from this managed Cloud plan. |
| pro | — | $15/workspace | Unlimited custom-domain sites, projects, pages and collaborators; 20 GB assets; 100,000 pageviews/month; unlimited forms; backups, staging and CMSAnnual effective price. The current live page offers a monthly toggle but did not expose its monthly amount in accessible markup. |
| team | — | $35/workspace | Pro usage limits plus team workspaces, roles and 5 included seatsAnnual effective price. Extra-seat and monthly-billing amounts were not exposed in accessible first-party markup. |
free tierUnlimited draft projects/pages/collaborators, 1 wstd.io subdomain, 250 MB assets and 300 form submissions/month; no custom domain, backups or published dynamic CMS
billingfree + monthly/annual paid plans; annual pricing shown and advertised as saving up to 30%, but monthly amounts were not exposed in accessible markup
hidden costs$20 for each extra 100,000 pageviews after the included 100,000; additional Team seats have an unpublished price; custom-domain registration and external CMS/service charges are separate
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Questions about Webstudio Cloud
Can you build your own Webstudio Cloud with AI?
Partly. The visible visual website builder loop is buildable, but a credible replacement needs more than the first screen. Webstudio Cloud earns its keep through editor, CMS, hosting, polish, so expect a weekend or multi-day build and a narrower personal scope.
What does the Webstudio Cloud build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Build a focused visual editor for semantic sections and responsive styles, then export an accessible static site. Offer a source preview and avoid claiming compatibility with all Webstudio project formats. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics; general-purpose visual editing. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the Webstudio Cloud prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this Webstudio Cloud project take?
The catalogue estimate is weekend to multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing Webstudio Cloud?
CMS collaboration and client handoff; managed hosting, forms, and analytics; general-purpose visual editing; large template and component libraries. Webstudio Cloud: A single site is easy to code. People pay for safe ongoing edits, templates, publishing, domains, collaboration, and no-maintenance hosting.
What can I use instead of building Webstudio Cloud?
Webstudio: The same open-source builder on your own server; the subscription disappears and the cloud chores move in. Plasmic: Hosted visual projects, CMS and custom domains on a permanent free plan; a Plasmic badge replaces the bill. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.