Wix, Squarespace, and Durable work well for daycares and preschools that want built-in scheduling and custom domains from $17 to $22 per month. Heya and Wix both offer $0 free plans for publishing a simple site, and Heya Pro Lite costs $3 a month. This guide compares Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites, Durable, and Heya on hours, programs, and tour booking.
Heya is ours, so read its row with that in mind. Every other number comes from each company's own pages, checked on October 28, 2026.
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Here is how Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites, Durable, and Heya compare on pricing, custom domains, tour booking, and parent contact tools.
| Builder | Free plan or trial | Cheapest paid plan | Custom domain | Tour booking & scheduling | Forms, chat & CRM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wix | $0 Free plan on Wix subdomain | $17/month (Light, billed yearly) | Included for 1 year on annual paid plans | Built-in online scheduling and event RSVPs | Built-in CRM, forms, chat, unified inbox |
| Squarespace | 14-day free trial (no credit card) | $19/month (Basic) | Free custom domain on Basic | Acuity Scheduling for appointment booking | Advanced lead capture tools on Core ($29 per month) |
| Google Sites | Not stated | Not stated | Up to five custom domains (requires www subdomain) | Not stated | Links with Google Docs, Sheets, Presentations |
| Durable | $0 Free plan (private preview only) | $22/m (Launch, 15% off billed yearly) | Free on paid plans ($20 credit on Launch) | 24/7 online booking with intake questions on Launch | CRM included; custom forms on Launch ($22/m) |
| Heya | $0 Free plan (up to 3 sites, up to 5 pages per site at yourname.heya.bio) | $3/mo (Pro Lite) | On Pro Standard ($6/mo, up to 5 sites, 1 custom domain per account) | Embeds Calendly scheduling page | Link a button to a Google Form or Tally form; phone, email, and social links |
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Not stated means the product's provided documentation did not specify this detail.
Wix has a $0 Free plan with a Wix domain and over 2000 templates. You get online scheduling, event RSVPs, a CRM, and a unified inbox. Paid plans start at $17 per month (paid yearly in full) with the Light plan.
Squarespace gives you a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. To go live with a custom domain, the Basic plan is $19 per month with 2 contributors, and Core is $29 per month. You also get Acuity Scheduling for bookings, invoicing, and email campaigns.
Google Sites has a drag-and-drop editor with an automatic grid layout and templates, so you don't need programming experience. It links with Google Docs, Sheets, and Presentations, and lets you connect up to five verified custom domains to one site.
Durable's $0 Free plan only gives you a private preview, 300 total AI credits, and 10 CRM customers. Going live with a custom domain takes the $22/m Launch plan (with a 15% discount when billed yearly), which includes 24/7 online booking.
Heya is our no-code builder for one-page and small sites, with 68 templates to choose from. Heya Free is $0 for 3 sites (5 pages each) at yourname.heya.bio, and Pro Lite is $3 a month without the Heya badge.
Parents looking for childcare usually check three things first: your operating hours and location, the age groups or programs you offer, and how to book an in-person tour. Putting your drop-off and pick-up hours, street address, and phone number near the top of the page saves parents from hunting around for basic details, and each age group or classroom program can have its own section or page for its daily schedule and requirements.
For tour booking, you can pick a builder with a built-in scheduling calendar like Wix, Squarespace with Acuity Scheduling, or Durable, or embed a Calendly scheduling page on a Heya site. A map helps parents check their daily commute too. Our embed block on Heya supports Google Maps alongside Calendly, YouTube, and Vimeo.
A simple informational site isn't enough for every childcare center. If you want a custom domain today, Wix ($17 per month Light plan), Squarespace ($19 per month Basic plan), Durable ($22/m Launch plan), and Google Sites all support them, and Heya Pro Standard ($6 a month) includes up to 5 sites and 1 custom domain per account.
For tour bookings with custom intake questions and custom forms, Durable's $22/m Launch plan has 24/7 online booking. If you serve multilingual families, Durable's $41/m Grow plan translates your site automatically with a language switcher. And if you need built-in tuition payments, a parent blog, contact forms, or a unified inbox with chat, look at Wix or Squarespace; on Heya, you can link buttons to a Google Form or Tally form, your payment page, or an external blog.
Not every free tier lets you put a live website in front of parents. Squarespace has a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and Durable's $0 Free plan is just a private preview, so both need a paid plan to go live publicly.
Wix and Heya both have $0 Free plans that publish a live site on a subdomain without a credit card. Wix Free uses a Wix domain and shows Wix branding until you upgrade to a Premium plan starting at $17 per month. On Heya Free, you get up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages each at yourname.heya.bio with a small Made with Heya badge, and Heya Pro Lite is $3 a month to remove the badge and get up to 20 pages per site.
You can start building on Heya without an account using one of 68 templates, and your draft saves in your browser. With our 10 block types, you can add text for hours and age-group programs, upload up to 200 images per site (up to 20 MB each, resized to 2048 pixels on the long edge and converted to WebP), and set a countdown for open enrollment.
To let parents book a tour or find you, drop in an embed block with Calendly and Google Maps, then link your phone, email, and social profiles in the socials block. You can edit on your phone and sign in with Google to publish at yourname.heya.bio over HTTPS, with its own sitemap.xml and robots.txt included.
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We compared Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites, Durable, and Heya using their published plan prices, domain rules, scheduling tools, and communication features for daycare and preschool websites. The facts come from durable.com/pricing, workspace.google.com/products/sites, support.google.com/sites/answer/9068867, squarespace.com/pricing, squarespace.com/websites, wix.com/plans, wix.com, heya.page/pricing, heya.page/docs.
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Yes, Heya and Wix both have $0 Free plans that let you publish a live site on a subdomain with no credit card. With Heya Free, you get up to 3 sites and 5 pages per site at yourname.heya.bio. Durable's $0 Free plan is just a private preview, and Squarespace only has a 14-day free trial.
On Heya, you can embed a Calendly scheduling page right on your site or link a button to the booking page you already use. You can also use built-in online appointment scheduling on Wix, Squarespace (through Acuity Scheduling), or Durable (on its $22/m Launch plan).
Heya Pro Lite costs $3 a month, which takes off the Made with Heya badge and gives you up to 20 pages per site. Taking branding off Wix starts at $17 per month (billed yearly), while Squarespace starts at $19 per month and Durable starts at $22/m (with a 15% discount when billed yearly).
Yes, you can connect a custom domain today with Heya on the Pro Standard plan at $6 a month (1 custom domain you already own per account, with up to 5 sites), as well as with Wix (from $17 per month), Squarespace (from $19 per month), Durable (from $22/m), and Google Sites (up to five custom domains per site).
Durable's Grow plan ($41/m) is the pick here, since it automatically translates your whole website and SEO metadata and gives visitors a language switcher. On Heya, you can set your site's language in the settings and publish up to 3 sites on the Free plan or up to 5 sites on Pro Standard ($6/mo).
Yes, on Heya you can build and edit your whole site on a phone. You can use Heya's text, heading, or countdown blocks to put up schedule updates or count down the days and hours to an upcoming date.
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Start building your daycare or preschool site on Heya with one of 68 templates for $0 with no account required until you publish, or upgrade to Pro Lite for $3 a month.