Wix
Free ($0); paid from $17/month billed yearly
Wix has a $0 Free plan with no credit card required and over 2000 templates. Light starts at $17 per
month (for yearly subscriptions paid in full at purchase), while Core ($29 per month) adds
eCommerce. All plans include AI creation tools, and Wix provides free web hosting with 99.99%
uptime.
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eCommerce in one dashboard, plus online scheduling, blogging, courses, events, email marketing,
and a built-in CRM.
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- Displayed monthly prices require paying for a yearly subscription in full at purchase.
Squarespace
14-day free trial; paid from $19/month
Squarespace starts with a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and paid plans run from
$19 per month on Basic to $99 per month on Advanced. Every plan includes built-in AI tools, secure
hosting, unlimited bandwidth, and selling functionality, and the platform offers the Fluid Engine
drag-and-drop editor, Blueprint AI site generation, and Acuity Scheduling.
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Built-in ecommerce, email marketing, analytics, and custom domains without separate plugins,
plus portfolios, paywalled blogs, invoicing, and Acuity Scheduling.
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- No permanent free plan, and Basic has a 2% online store transaction fee.
WordPress.com
Free plan; paid from $2.75/month billed every 3 years
WordPress.com has a free plan with no expiration date, 1 GB of storage, and a yoursite.wordpress.com
subdomain. Paid plans start at $2.75 per month when billed every 3 years or $4 per month when billed
annually, adding over 60,000 plugins and custom domains.
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Access to over 60,000 plugins, unlimited pages and posts, and built-in newsletters on paid
plans.
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- Free plan shows ads to visitors and does not allow custom domains or plugins.
Shopify
3-day free trial ($1/month for 3 months); Basic from $29/month billed yearly
Shopify gives you a 3-day free trial, then $1 per month for 3 months, plus a $0 per month Agentic
plan for AI channels. Full store plans start with Basic at $29 USD per month billed yearly ($39 USD
per month billed monthly) and include unlimited products and Sidekick AI.
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Purpose-built for ecommerce with unlimited products, multi-location inventory, B2B catalogs, and
POS options.
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- Charges third-party transaction fees from 0.2% to 2% alongside card processing rates.
Webflow
Free Starter plan; paid from $15/month billed yearly
Webflow's free Starter plan on a Webflow.io domain gives you 2 static pages, 1 GB bandwidth, and 50
form submissions. Basic costs $15 per month billed yearly for 300 static pages without a CMS, while
Premium at $25 per month billed yearly adds the full Webflow CMS and site search.
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Deep CMS capabilities, 300 static pages on Basic, and optional add-ons for localization and
optimization.
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- Free plan is limited to 2 static pages, and the Team plan jumps to $2,500 per month.
Framer
Free ($0, non-commercial); paid from $10/month billed yearly
Framer has a $0 Free plan for non-commercial use on a Framer domain with 1,000 pages and 500 AI
credits. Basic starts at $10 per month with yearly billing and includes a custom domain, 2 CMS
collections, and 50 GB bandwidth, while Pro costs $30 per month.
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- Built-in CMS, staging environments on Pro, and AI translation locales for $20 per locale.
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Free plan is for non-commercial use, and additional editors cost $20 per month (or $10 per
content editor).
Hostinger Website Builder
14-day free trial; paid from $2.49/mo (48 months upfront)
Hostinger Website Builder has a 14-day free trial and 30-day money-back guarantee. Premium starts at
$2.49/mo ($119.52 upfront for 48 months, renewing at $10.99/mo) for 3 sites. Unlimited is $3.49/mo
($167.52 upfront for 48 months, renewing at $16.99/mo) and adds unlimited sites, free AI email
marketing for 1 year, and ecommerce with 0% transaction fees.
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Low promotional monthly rate, 1 year free custom domain on yearly or longer plans, and 0%
ecommerce transaction fees.
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Requires paying upfront for multi-year terms to get the lowest monthly rate, and mailboxes renew
at $0.59/mo.
Carrd
Free Basic plan; Pro from $9/year
Carrd has a free Basic experience and a 7-day Pro trial with no credit card required. Pro Lite is $9
/ year for 3 sites on .crd.co URLs, Pro Standard is $19 / year for 10 sites with custom domains and
forms, and Pro Plus is $49 / year for 25 sites.
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Custom domains, contact forms, payment widgets, and custom code embeds for $19 / year on Pro
Standard.
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Pro Lite ($9 / year) does not include custom domains, and HTML download requires Pro Plus ($49 /
year).
Google Sites
Pricing not stated
Google Sites is a drag-and-drop builder with pre-built templates, an automatic grid layout, and no
programming required. It connects with Google Workspace so you can link Google Docs, Sheets, and
Presentations, and you can connect up to five custom domains per site through a third-party
registrar.
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Tight integration with Google Workspace, Google Docs permissions, and high simultaneous visitor
capacity.
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Custom domains require a subdomain like www, a Search Console DNS TXT record, and admin
involvement on work or school accounts.
Heya
Free ($0); Pro Lite $3/mo; Pro Standard $6/mo
Ours, Heya, is a no-code builder for one-page and small sites that you can edit on a phone without
an account. Heya Free is $0 for up to 3 sites, 5 pages per site, and 68 templates. Pro Lite is $3 a
month, and Pro Standard is $6 a month with up to 5 sites, up to 20 pages per site, no badge, and 1
custom domain per account.
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- 68 templates on every plan, no-account drafting in your browser, and full phone editing.
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Custom domains require Pro Standard ($6 a month) with a domain you already own, Free sites show
a small "Made with Heya" badge and allow up to 5 pages per site, and publishing requires Google
sign-in.