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Stefan Rasmussen

Grid.studio (beta) - Build progressive websites with simple drag'n'drop 🚀

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Website builder reimagined from the ground up! Develop and design at the same time, while adding content by simply dragging in your files. Kind of like a hybrid of Webflow, Squarespace and Google Docs.

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Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
Hi makers! 👋 We've built a tool to give you the superpowers and expertise we've gathered for 14 years! As the name suggests it's heavily based on grids (CSS grids), and powered by reactive JavaScript (VueJS) underneath. Unlike other website-builders you will have the power to create single page JavaScript sites, that can also act as installable mobile apps (PWA). This also makes it possible to score a perfect benchmark score in Chrome’s Lighthouse! ⚡️ Here are some sample sites: https://portfolio.grid.studio/ https://homecookers.grid.studio/ https://flowerstore.grid.studio/ This is the future, and we hope you want to be a part of it!
Andu Potorac
@okydk Awesome, had no idea it's a single page site. This is cool when one wants to keep an audio player in the footer, playing at all times for example, while navigating away to other pages. Would this be something easily doable?
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@andupotorac Yes, without a problem. Header and footer stays the same on page navigation. ;)
Lisa Apers
Maker
Hi makers! We're so happy and excited to be online and can't wait to hear your feedback. 🙌🏻 🌐 🙌🏻 🌐 🙌🏻 🌐 🙌🏻
Ben Picard
Checked this out, considering moving my portfolio to a more easily editable format. Looks clean and is dead simple but it's definitely too pricey for me. Especially when you compare to something like webflow.
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@ben_picard Hi Ben, thanks for your feedback. Hosting-wise, we're similar to the 'Business hosting' from Webflow, but the outcome is quite different. Webflow generates static websites, where as with grid.studio you'll get a dynamic web-app. Would you be interested in a 'light' version?
Ben Picard
@okydk I think a just personal use (limited projects) would be a solution? For limited trafficed sites like mine it's just not worth 24 a month.
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@ben_picard If you have multiple sites the pro version will make sense (once ready). But you're right that a limit/light version could be a solution for small sites. Thanks again for your input!
Rita Radovics
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Sofie Apers

No hidden pricelist, what you see is what you get and what you get are limitless options to design the perfect website!

Pros:

Easy, intuitive, a lot of design options, straightforward

Cons:

None

Pernille Holm Rasmussen
So my website is available offline? 🙌🏼 looks amazing btw!!
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@pernille_holm_rasmussen Oh hi stranger! 😂 Yeah once your site have been visited it will be available offline!
Bowen Moody
Looks awesome for non-technical founders!
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@bowen_moody Our pro-version will satisfy even the technical ones as well. 😏 Freeing up time to spend on content or their actual product!
Sofie Apers
Hands down my favorite websitebuilder (and I've tried a lot of them, trust me 🙃). It's easy, intuitive and what I like most is that I don't have to compromise on the design!
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
Harry Tucker
Looks awesome guys, congrats! Are you able integrate data from REST APIs in this?
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@harrytucker Thanks Harry! Yes, our pro-version will allow for custom Vue/web-components where any functionality can be implemented. Quite powerfull!
Andu Potorac
This product is quite unique and it has become a favourite of mine in the DIY space. I'll put it right there with Readymag and CargoCollective, when it comes to how they all approach building a site. But hear me out - Grid is the simplest of all. With serious research comes serious opinions. :) Lots of potential, excited to see how it progresses! And always available to help. :)
John Foster
cool
John Palmer
this seems like a straight up ripoff of Universe, down to the tagline
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@john_c_palmer Hi John. Someone else mentioned this on Twitter as well. Have you tried the tool yet? 😉 Both solutions seems to be grid-based, but that's pretty much the only thing they have in common.
Hamish Maclean
That’s is what I am after! Excellent
Robert Hughes
Where are the docs?
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@rob_how_likely Hi Robert, this is SaaS so you don't have to worry about docs! ;)
Anna Filou
Hey guys, will you be adding a way to export code to this? That's a big advantage of Webflow at the moment (and they recently added CSS grid, making their builder similar to yours). I understand Grid Studio build PWA, not static sites (pretty cool!) but still, for someone who wants a static site but like the ease of use of your product, the price is prohibitive.
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@anna_0x Hi Anna, thanks for your feedback (also during the beta)! As mentioned in the reply to @ben_picard you'll have to compare to Webflow's 'Business Hosting'. We might offer a 'light' version later, and expect to offer export for our pro-version. Considering you get premium hosting and a built-in crossplatform app we think it's quite fair - but for small static sites you're currently right.
Anna Filou
@ben_picard @okydk yes of course, I'm only referring to those times when someone does not need premium hosting, small projects :) in Webflow, you can design the site for free for as long as you want, and then subscribe for one month in order be able to export the code. So for 20 Euro you can take your time to design the site, and only pay once you wanna export.
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@ben_picard @anna_0x I totally agree. 20€ for a quick export makes sense, for small static sites. But hosting dynamic PWAs sets certain requirements for the server, so it's simply to ensure the best performance and delivery that we do not offer export yet. Furthermore all images are tailored to the individual devices, meaning we would have to generate infinite images or decide on generic sizes resulting in overhead. Would love your input for the upcoming pro-version, as I think it will be a better fit for you. 😊
Anna Filou
@ben_picard @okydk Yes, I understand, in that case your pricing makes sense, again, I'm only talking about those small projects! :D
Sejal D'Souza
Any plans to expand the functionality for multiple pages or to allow different tabs?
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@sejaldsouza Hi Sejal, you can already create multiple pages! :) Give it a spin, and let me know if you have any other questions.
Dr. Davia Coutcher
I’m trying to figure it out
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@dr_davia_coutcher Cool, let me know if you need help 😄
Hamish Maclean
Very nice. I am impressed it works on ipad! what are the plans for dynamic CMS, ecommerce, user login type stuff? Thanks
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@hamaclean iPad support is still experimental 😄 but thanks! The plan is to connect with various sources such as Google Sheets, Airtable and Stripe, to simply pull your existing data and show it to the world. Kind of like a public view-layer of your business. 😉
Andu Potorac
@hamaclean @okydk Might want to check https://www.glideapps.com/ for the Google Sheet import -> mobile app, to research what they did well.
Ismail Pelaseyed
@okydk Hey Stefan, nice product you've got. One question, do you have some kind of API in which one could build own components for the editor? I also wrote to your support chat :)
Stefan Rasmussen
Maker
@pelaseyed Hi Ismail :) Thanks! Yes, custom blocks are launching very soon! Send me an email at stefan@grid.studio if you would like beta-access. ;)
Ismail Pelaseyed
@grid @okydk Done :)
Johann Valverde

Wait for improvements

Pros:

Very good Initiative and thinking about the future

Cons:

Problems saving changes, Preview mode doesn't work well.