The best free website builders in 2026

Wix's free plan doesn't ask for a credit card. You get 500 MB storage and 1 GB bandwidth at siteprefix.wixsite.com/siteaddress, with a Wix banner ad at the top of every page. Moving up to Light costs $17 a month billed yearly ($24 month to month) and comes with a free domain for 1 year and a 14-day money-back guarantee.

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Business tools: payments, basic eCommerce and scheduling start on Core at $29 a month.

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The banner ad stays until you pay, and a custom domain means Light at $204 a year.

If you've got a Google account, Google Sites is free and publishes to a sites.google.com address. You can hook up to 5 domains you already own per site, provided the site is public. Google verifies the domain in Search Console, which can take up to 48 hours.

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Using your own domain without paying for a plan.

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Editing needs a computer, and buying a new domain needs Google Workspace.

WordPress.com's free plan never expires and needs no credit card. You get 1 GB storage, unlimited pages and posts, and 7-day stats at yoursite.wordpress.com, with ads on your site. Personal is $4 a month billed yearly, or $2.75 a month billed every 3 years, with a free domain for the first year on annual plans.

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Unlimited pages and blog posts for free.

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Ads on free sites, no custom domain on free, and plugins only on paid plans.

Carrd gives you 3 one-page sites for free on name.carrd.co, with up to 50 elements each and Made with Carrd branding. Pro Lite costs $9 a year and drops both the branding and the element limit. Pro Standard is $19 a year and adds custom domains with SSL, forms, embeds for up to 10 sites.

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Custom domains with SSL, forms and embeds for $19 a year.

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One page per site, and downloading your site needs Pro Plus at $49 a year.

With Canva Free you can publish up to 5 live sites on my.canva.site. Each page gets up to 10 sections and a Designed with Canva footer at the bottom. If you want to use your own domain or take off that footer, you'll need Canva Pro, which is $144 a year for one person.

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Making your site and your social graphics in the same tool.

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No cheap plan just for a custom domain.

Strikingly lets you make unlimited free sites with up to 5 pages each on a mystrikingly.com address. Free sites carry Strikingly branding and share 500 MB storage and 5 GB monthly bandwidth. Their Limited plan is $8 a month billed yearly, connects a custom domain with free SSL, and includes a free domain for a year.

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Unlimited free sites.

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The branding stays until Pro at $16 a month billed yearly.

SITE123's free plan has no time limit and doesn't need a card to start. It gives you 250 MB storage and 250 MB bandwidth on a SITE123 subdomain, and puts a SITE123 floating tag on your site. Connecting a custom domain takes the Premium plan, starting at $10.80 a month paid yearly upfront.

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A free plan with no time limit.

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Only 250 MB of bandwidth on free, and you can't download your site on any plan.

Webflow's free Starter plan comes with 2 static pages, 1 GB monthly bandwidth, 50 form submissions per site, and 50 CMS items at mysite.webflow.io, with a Made in Webflow badge. For a custom domain you'll need Basic at $15 a month billed yearly, while code export requires a Core Workspace at $19 a month billed yearly.

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Full design control, and 50 free form submissions per site.

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Only 2 static pages on free.

Framer's $0 free plan includes 1 GB bandwidth, 500 AI credits, up to 1,000 pages, and 10 CMS collections on a name.framer.website address with a Made in Framer banner. Framer recommends it for non-commercial use. Hooking up a custom domain takes the Basic plan at $10 a month billed yearly.

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Up to 1,000 pages and a full design canvas on free.

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Framer recommends the free plan for non-commercial sites only.