Can you make a free landing page with Google?

What you get with Google Sites

To get started, open Google Sites with your Google Account. That's the starting point in Google's help center, with one restriction worth checking: accounts managed by parents can't use it.

You don't need a paid Google Workspace plan to use Sites with a personal Google account. Google doesn't list a separate price for Sites, though it's also included in paid Workspace plans. It's part of Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, too, which is available at no cost to qualifying schools.

For a landing page, you can keep your site to a single page. If you want to add more pages later, Google Sites supports subpages up to 5 levels deep. You don't have to use that structure, but you're not limited to a single page.

Using your own domain

Google Sites lets you connect a custom domain. You can connect up to 5 custom domains per Google Site, with up to 20 domain mappings a week.

The domain itself is a separate purchase. Google doesn't sell domains anymore; Google Domains was sold to Squarespace. You'll need to get your domain elsewhere if you don't already own one.

Already have a domain? Google Sites supports connecting it, rather than requiring you to buy another one from Google. The distinction here is between the site builder and the domain: using Sites with a personal Google account doesn't carry a separate Sites charge, while getting a domain is a separate transaction.

What Google Sites doesn't include

Google Sites has no built-in online store or blog. If either is part of your plan, don't mistake its support for extra pages for a built-in publishing or shopping system.

That's the main limitation to weigh before choosing it for your business. A landing page and an online store aren't the same thing, even if you want customers to reach both from the same address.

And check which Google product an older guide is talking about. Google stopped allowing new classic Sites in 2021, and editing classic sites ended on January 30, 2023. The new Google Sites replaced that version.

Google Business Profile websites were a different product again. The business.site websites were turned off on March 5, 2024, and their temporary redirects to Business Profiles ended on June 10, 2024. They're no longer an option for publishing your landing page.

Unbounce Starter is $29 a month, or $22 a month billed yearly. Unbounce offers a 14-day free trial, rather than an ongoing free plan.

Here's the comparison, including our builder, Heya.

Is a free plan what you need, or are you looking for a trial before paying? Keep that distinction in mind here. Unbounce's trial ends; Heya Free has no time limit.

Where Heya fits

Heya is our no-code website builder. You sign in with Google to publish, and Heya Free costs $0 with no credit card required.

The free plan includes 3 sites, up to 5 pages per site and all 68 templates. You get a yourname.heya.bio address with HTTPS, and your site carries a small Made with Heya badge.

There are page limits to keep in mind: 40 sections per page, 60 blocks per section and 10 block types. Images can be up to 20 MB. You can embed YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, SoundCloud, Calendly and Google Maps.

For search and sharing, Heya's settings include a title of up to 120 characters, a description of up to 300 characters, a favicon and a share image.

Heya Pro Lite is $3 a month, with 3 sites and up to 20 pages per site. It removes the badge, and links are no longer marked nofollow. Custom domains start on Pro Standard at $6 a month, with 5 sites and 1 custom domain per account with HTTPS. Heya doesn't sell domains (you bring one from a registrar).

Heya has no built-in store, checkout or form builder. Link a button to your checkout or store page, use a Google Form or Tally form for forms, or use the Calendly embed for bookings.

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