This is vendor lock-in 101 unfortunately, and why I've always steered clear of VC-backed companies that offer "all-in-one" solutions that can't be migrated easily. Another company that does something similar (builds WYSIWYG landing pages with marketing analytics) is Unbounce, and they jacked up their prices too, but not to this level.
It was clear from Day 1 that Webflow's webpage building software with HTML export was a trial run for a hosted CMS. That's how they get ya.
>This is vendor lock-in 101 unfortunately, and why I've always steered clear of VC-backed companies that offer "all-in-one" solutions that can't be migrated easily
Webflow allows you to export your site and host somewhere else.
That's effectively useless if you're using Webflow CMS. All the export will provide is a bunch of blank template pages. The site data is on their DB, and that cannot be migrated. That's vendor lock in pure and simple.
Webflow is not portable the way WordPress is. You can host WP on anything that supports PHP, even a local development server on your computer. Webflow can only be hosted on Webflow's servers.
It was clear from Day 1 that Webflow's webpage building software with HTML export was a trial run for a hosted CMS. That's how they get ya.