What is the extent to which I can develop a Food Delivery web app, including a Driver app and a Restaurant app, using Webflow?

You can use Webflow to develop the front-end (UI) of a Food Delivery web platform, but Webflow alone can’t support full app functionality—especially for complex features like real-time location tracking, multi-user accounts, order status sync, and driver dispatch logic.

Here’s a breakdown of what you can and can’t build directly within Webflow, and what integrations you’ll need.

1. What You Can Build with Webflow

• Marketing Website: Create visually polished homepages, landing pages, and restaurant promo pages.
• Customer UI: Design forms for users to browse menus, submit orders (via third-party forms or payment embeds), and view restaurant info.
• Restaurant Pages: Each restaurant can have a CMS-driven profile with dynamic content: menus, hours, contact info.
• Driver & Restaurant Portals (UI): You can design dashboard-style layouts for drivers/restaurants using Webflow CMS or Memberstack/Outseta for gated content.

2. What Webflow Can’t Do Natively

• User Authentication (Multi-Roles): Webflow doesn’t support native user roles like Driver, Customer, Restaurant.
• Real-Time Order Tracking / Dispatch Logic: Webflow has no built-in real-time data or WebSocket support.
• Database Operations: There’s no true backend—Webflow CMS is read-only in client view and limited in logic.
• Push Notifications, GPS, or Map Tracking: Native Webflow has no support for these mobile or interactive features.

3. Tools You’ll Need to Extend It

To simulate a full food delivery stack, you'll need to pair Webflow with external services:

• Memberstack / Outseta / Auth0: For login, role-based dashboards, and gated pages.
• Airtable or Xano: Backend database to store and update orders, dispatch statuses, etc.
• Zapier, Make (Integromat), or n8n: For automating logic between Webflow and services (e.g., submit a form → create order in Xano → notify restaurant).
• Custom JavaScript + REST APIs: Embed scripts for actions like sending data to backend, checking GPS position, or fetching delivery status.
• FlutterFlow, Bravo Studio or Glide: For companion native mobile apps for Drivers or Restaurants, connecting to the same backend (e.g., Xano or Firebase).

4. Feasible Architecture Example

Customer Side (Web):

• Built in Webflow (UI)
• Submit orders via form connected to Airtable/Xano
• Confirmation UI and dashboard via Memberstack login

Restaurant Dashboard (Web):

• Webflow dashboard UI
• Auth-controlled via Memberstack
• Backend order list from Xano pulled via API

Driver App (Mobile):

• Built with Glide or FlutterFlow
• Fetches new deliveries from backend (Xano)
• Sends updates (picked up, delivered) via REST API

Summary

You can build a highly functional front-end for a food delivery service with Webflow and use external tools like Xano, Memberstack, and a low-code app builder for the backend, authentication, and mobile apps. Webflow handles UI and CMS well, but it requires integrations for full functionality like GPS, multi-user systems, orders, and real-time updates.