What replaced classic Google Sites?

Google Sites is still available

You can still build a website with Google Sites. Open it with your Google Account to create a site, though accounts managed by parents can't use it.

It's free with a personal Google account. Google doesn't list a separate price for Sites, and it's also included in paid Google Workspace plans and Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which is available at no cost to qualifying schools.

The name hasn't gone away. But the current builder and classic Google Sites aren't the same product.

If you're considering the current Google Sites for your replacement, you can organize subpages up to 5 levels deep, connect up to 5 custom domains per site, and make up to 20 domain mappings a week.

Google Sites doesn't have a built-in online store or blog. Keep that in mind if either was part of what you wanted from your replacement.

Google stopped allowing new classic sites in 2021. Editing for existing classic sites ended on January 30, 2023, and the new Google Sites replaced that builder.

The Business Profile website shutdown came later. Those websites were turned off on March 5, 2024, then sent visitors to the business's Google Business Profile until June 10, 2024. That redirect period is over.

Here's how those products fit together, including Google Domains, which was a separate service for domain names:

So if your old address ended in business.site, don't confuse its shutdown with the end of classic Sites. They were separate changes, even though both involved a website provided by Google.

Build a small replacement with Heya

Heya publishes this guide, and it's another option for building your replacement site. It's a no-code website builder at heya.page, and you sign in with Google to publish.

You can start free. Heya Free costs $0, with no credit card and no time limit. It includes 3 sites with up to 5 pages per site, all 68 templates, and a yourname.heya.bio address with HTTPS. Your site has a small Made with Heya badge.

Want to remove the badge? Heya Pro Lite is $3 a month and includes 3 sites with up to 20 pages per site. Links are no longer marked nofollow on that plan, either.

For a custom domain, Heya Pro Standard is $6 a month. It includes 5 sites and 1 custom domain per account with HTTPS.

Heya Pro Plus is $15 a month, with 25 sites, up to 10 custom domains, and the option to download your site as a ZIP of HTML files.

Heya doesn't sell domain names (you bring one from a registrar). Custom domains start on Pro Standard, while the free plan gives you a heya.bio address. That's a separate choice from which builder you use: Google doesn't sell domains anymore, either.

Check the pages and features you need

Before choosing a replacement, compare your pages with what each builder supports. Google Sites allows nested subpages, while Heya's plans have page limits and its editor has limits within each page.

In Heya, you can have 40 sections per page and 60 blocks per section. There are 10 block types, and images can be up to 20 MB.

For embedded content, Heya supports YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, SoundCloud, Calendly and Google Maps. Its search and sharing settings include a title of up to 120 characters, a description of up to 300 characters, a favicon and a share image.

Neither Google Sites nor Heya has a built-in store. Heya also doesn't have a built-in checkout or form builder.

For a Heya site, link a button to your checkout or store page. You can also link to a Google Form or a Tally form, and use the Calendly embed for bookings.

Related guides: Google Business Profile website, Google Sites alternatives, Google Sites limitations and Is Google Sites free?.

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