The benefits of using Webflow for rapid prototyping in the social impact space

Lizzie Curtis
SIDE Labs
Published in
2 min readMar 23, 2023
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What’s rapid prototyping?

It’s getting prototypes in front of users, pronto.

Test, validate, iterate, repeat.

What’s the benefit of rapid prototyping in the social impact space?

Here’s 3 excellent benefits:

  1. Faster feedback: Get feedback from real users on your product or service quickly, so you can make improvements and iterations early in the development process. This is essential to make sure you’re not building on assumptions and beliefs that aren’t represented by the real user.
  2. Lower costs: Identify and fix potential problems early, reducing the cost of fixing them later in the development process, when there could be lots to unstitch. Charities and non-profits are often working on a tight budget.
  3. Greater flexibility and creativity: Experiment with different design and functionality options quickly — you might just come up with something amazing, that you wouldn’t have thought of without this process.

What are the benefits of using Webflow for Rapid Prototyping?

Webflow is our favourite no-code tool allowing us to create websites without the need for coding. Here’s 5 compelling benefits of using Webflow for rapid prototyping:

  1. Webflow makes things fast. Resources like Relume makes building in Webflow even fasterer.
  2. Webflow makes ideas real. Give users a tangible product, not just static images.
  3. Webflow gives us something to test (in browser!). So helpful when getting user insights to be able to share a URL.
  4. And you’re half way to building the live thing. Because you’re building in the production environment, once the prototype has finished being a prototype, voilà! You have a nearly finished website!
  5. It’s fun! Need I say more? We love using Webflow.

Closing thoughts

Overall, using Webflow for rapid prototyping can help you create and test your designs quickly, leading to better products and services in less time. A vital service in the social impact space.

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