May I ask what the flaws with Webflow are that cause your frustration? As for Pinegrow, I stumbled upon it a few years back when I was looking for a replacement for Macaw, another visual editor I used a few years back.
Here is what I LOVE about Pinegrow:
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I can create my designs in pure html, css and js, or I can use Bootstrap, Foundation or Tailwind to create. (I personally do either vanilla or Bootstrap)
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The ability to visually design and build by dragging elements and “components” to the page is unmatched.
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Functionality to create HTML snippets and components that can be re-used is amazing
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I find it immensely helpful that i can click into elements, change copy or link urls and also have that affect links across the project.
Pinegrow gives me the ability to put on my designer hat, which I can design directly in Pinegrow, or base them off of some other artifact like Figma (visually speaking), and then switch to developer mode and create real, contextual and usable frontend code, that can then be used as templates in CMS projects I do (I use Craft CMS)
On top of that the animation features and Wordpress add-ons just add to the benefits.