RapidWeaver Elements Reviews & Product Details

Very fast and simple to use. Ideal for building simple websites you host yourself. Unlike online services (that you pay a subscription for and you have to do your hosting and domain name registration with them too) RapidWeaver provides more flexibility and independence. The websites RapidWeaver generates are 'static' with good quality markup. Modern and mobile responsive. The 'official' RapidWeaver community forums are a great resource for technical support and to get information about new / updated addons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The addons supplied with RapidWeaver are lackluster - very limited in functionality and somewhat outdated. You definitely will need to budget extra towards some better addons from third party developers, like 'Stacks' from Yourhead Software. Sometimes RapidWeaver has gone for long periods of time without receiving updates and bug fixes; often while Realmac (the parent company) has diverted interest into failed side projects, like online photo storage services, blogging, Mac apps and games. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick and easy way to get websites up and running! With "Stacks" and either the Foundation or Foundry "free-style themes", you can have a very nice. fully responsive website up, with pretty much any layout, running very quickly! I have built over 150 websites with Rapidweaver over the years! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monolithic file structure makes it a bit CMS unfriendly. You can make "client editable" websites, as there are several solutions, but they have missing features. In particular, the ability of the end user to add "pages". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the drag and drop features inside of rapid weaver that are useful for me as a graphic designer. It allows me to create elegant, modern, mobile friendly websites that my clients love. The developers of rapid weaver themes offer stellar resources and I have experienced a great deal of help from the rapid weaver community. It's easy to use for those of us whom are not very tech savvy. There are few thing that RW cannot do. Forms, pictures, pluggins, websites that are simple or complex can all be designed. It is an Outstanding product that is simple to use and incredibly user friendly. The developers continue to improve the softwares functionality and backend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish more people would use rapidwevear I would like to see more content management systems options and more options for better search engine optimization. I also desire more online editing options. The program does crash at times however RW continually improves with every new version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and helpful user base giving great advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mac only application. I dream of a cloud base application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RapidWeaver can be used by anyone with little code or design knowledge to design smart sites in a snap. I do think there are some limitations to it and the user interface is dated. It is a good tool for building basic websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I started building websites RapidWeaver was a great starting point. Now that my customers need more customization and content management systems I feel like RapidWeaver lacks on that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and many temples to use and plugins. And a button to post the changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A bit difficult to use our individual creativity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ease and usability of Rapidweaver. I also love the addons that are created by many developers. The addons really add a lot more functionality to the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact that most of the functionality that I use in rapidweaver requires me to purchase addition addons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RapidWeaver is my go to software when I need to get a simple professional website up FAST. Once you have a collection of 3rd party tools on your belt you and launch unique and stunning websites in often less than a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest complaint about RapidWeaver is that to create sophisticated features for your website you are often left needing to purchase 3rd party addons. While this is true, the cost is usually low, non-residual unlike many alternatives, and allows you to make an extremely robust amount of design and functionality changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Particularly enjoy the Stacks add-on that allows seamless placement of text, images, and objects onto the website. If you have a basic idea of coding (html, css, etc), you will be able to more aptly customize your web site without purchasing "pro" versions of the provided themes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Purchasing Add-on software is the only way to achieve maximal use out of RapidWeaver if you are looking to build a professional web site. You may be able to get away with the default options if you need a website for personal use or for a smaller scale application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use What You See Is What You Get web page building for the Mac Platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, honestly, this software works great as a replacement upgrade for the now-defunct iWeb and a great alternative to DreamWeaver for people who want to build their sites without knowing HTML or CSS! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.