Design synchronously with your team with real-time collaboration.
Important
Real-time collaboration is rolling out gradually, available now on all existing paid and multi-user plans. Access to real-time collaboration on free and single-user plans is coming soon. You’ll receive an in-product notification when it’s available for your site. You can check if you have access to real-time collaboration by going to Site settings > General > Real-time collaboration and checking if the toggle is turned "on."
Real-time collaboration lets teammates design and edit the same page at the same time in Webflow—no more waiting your turn or handing off control.
What you can do with real-time collaboration
- Design together, live on the canvas
- Track who’s working on what with presence indicators
- Edit elements, layouts, styles, and content simultaneously
- Use undo and redo independently
- Work on any site on any Workspace plan
How it works
If other teammates are working in your site, their avatar will appear at the top of the canvas toolbar. A colored outline appears around the element they’re working on, so you can avoid overlapping edits. Everyone can:
- Co-build and co-edit on the same or different pages
- View presence indicators (avatars) in the top bar
- Undo or redo their own actions
- Copy and paste between pages
For best practices, we recommend you use clear communication with teammates when editing shared elements and utilize roles and permissions to help structure access and editing rights. The last change that hits our servers is the one saved when edits overlap.
All edits are saved automatically. If you’re having trouble saving, please check your internet or server connection.
Note
When you initiate a site restore from backup, the site will be locked in Webflow for all users. You’ll receive a confirmation email when the restore is complete.
Supported plans and users
Real-time collaboration is a core feature and available on all Workspace plans. Any teammate with access to a site can collaborate in real time, based on their assigned roles and permissions.
Real-time is enabled per site, not per Workspace.
Important
For a limited time, site admins can opt sites in or out of real-time collaboration. To opt a site out, go to Site settings > General > Real-time collaboration and turn the toggle “off.” Once a site is opted out, no one can use real-time collaboration on the site. Those who have opted out will receive an email notification 2 weeks before the deprecation of this opt-out option.
Limitations
- No live cursors — presence is represented through canvas highlighting
- No keystroke syncing — text changes are synced after a user clicks out of the text block
- Real-time collaboration is not compatible with legacy interactions or comments
- The following features can be used on real-time enabled sites, but are single user only: Legacy Editor, classic interactions, page branches, and approvals
- Collaboration is limited to 25 concurrent users
Frequently asked questions
Why can’t I access real-time collaboration?
Real-time collaboration is rolling out gradually, available now on all existing paid and multi-user plans. Access to real-time collaboration on free and single-user plans is coming soon. If you do not have access, please reach out to our Support team. You’ll receive an in-product notification when it’s available for your site.
My changes aren’t showing on the canvas anymore. What should I do?
If you recently made changes but they’re no longer showing on the canvas, the change was either reverted due to a conflict or your changes may be taking a while to sync and save.
Conflicts occur when another user or a background task (such as a third party app update) makes a change that conflicts with your change. In these instances, we accept the last change that was made to the layout or element.
Slow syncing typically occurs for users in low bandwidth regions. This can cause your changes to save more slowly to our database, which increases the risk of conflicts or timeouts. We recommend working on a stable internet connection. If you continue to experience issues, please contact our Support team.
My recent changes aren’t showing up on my published site.
If your recent changes aren’t showing in your published site, this could mean some of your changes are still saving. We recommend publishing again to correct the issue.
I’m getting a broken wifi connection symbol in the top bar. What should I do?
You’re likely experiencing connectivity issues due to low bandwidth. We recommend checking your wifi connection or getting on stable internet before continuing to make changes.