2026 Wix alternatives
Wix's free plan puts a banner ad on every page, and your own domain starts at $17 a month billed yearly. Heya gives you 3 free sites with a small badge instead of an ad, removes it for $3 a month, and lets you download your site as plain HTML on Pro Plus at $15 a month.
Heya is ours, so read its row with that in mind. Every other number comes from each company's own pages, checked on October 26, 2026.
Wix is the first row, so you can compare each alternative against it.
| Builder | Free plan | Ads or branding on free | Own domain from | Take your site with you |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wix | $0, 500 MB storage | Top banner ad and tab icon | Light, $17/mo yearly | Not stated |
| Google Sites | $0 with a Google account | Not stated | $0, connect up to 5 you own | Google Takeout export |
| WordPress.com | $0, 1 GB storage | WordPress.com ads | Personal, $4/mo yearly | Export tool |
| Carrd | $0, 3 one-page sites | Made with Carrd | Pro Standard, $19/yr | Pro Plus, $49/yr |
| Squarespace | No, 14-day trial | N/A | Basic, $19/mo yearly | Not stated |
| Webflow | $0, 2 static pages | Made in Webflow badge | Basic, $15/mo billed yearly | Code export on Core, $19/mo yearly |
| Framer | $0, 1 GB bandwidth | Made in Framer banner | Basic, $10/mo yearly | No HTML export |
| Strikingly | Unlimited sites, 5 pages each | Strikingly branding | Limited, $8/mo yearly | Not stated |
| Heya | $0, 3 sites, 5 pages each | Small Made with Heya badge | Pro Standard, $6/mo | ZIP on Pro Plus, $15/mo |
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Prices are in US dollars and billed yearly. Wix and Strikingly prices were last confirmed on October 23, 2026.
Google Sites is completely free with a Google account. You can connect up to 5 domains you already own to each site without paying a cent, as long as your site is public. It lets you nest subpages up to 5 levels deep, and you can export your work through Google Takeout.
WordPress.com has a free plan that never expires, giving you 1 GB of storage and unlimited pages and posts, though it puts ads on your site. Moving up to the Personal plan at $4 a month billed yearly removes the ads and gives you a free domain for the first year. There's also a built-in export tool.
Carrd lets you build 3 one-page sites on its free plan with Made with Carrd branding. If you want to drop the branding, Pro Lite is $9 a year. Pro Standard costs $19 a year and adds custom domains and forms, while Pro Plus at $49 a year lets you download your sites.
Squarespace doesn't have a free plan, just a 14-day trial that doesn't ask for a credit card. Their Basic plan runs $19 a month billed yearly, or $25 if you pay month to month, and takes a 2% cut on online sales. If you pick an annual plan, you get a free domain for the first year.
On Webflow's free Starter plan, you get 2 static pages, 1 GB of bandwidth, and 50 form submissions per site, along with a Made in Webflow badge. Connecting a custom domain takes the Basic plan at $15 a month billed yearly. If you want to export your code, you'll need a Core Workspace at $19 a month billed yearly.
Framer's free plan gives you 1 GB of bandwidth, 500 AI credits, and up to 1,000 pages on a name.framer.website address with a Made in Framer banner, which Framer recommends for non-commercial use. Custom domains start on the Basic plan at $10 a month billed yearly. You can't export HTML for self-hosting.
With Strikingly, you can make unlimited free sites with up to 5 pages each on a mystrikingly.com address, complete with Strikingly branding. Their Limited plan is $8 a month billed yearly and gives you a custom domain, a free domain for a year, 1 GB of storage per site, and 50 GB of bandwidth.
Heya is ours. You can build right away from 68 templates without an account, and only sign in with Google to publish. The free plan needs no credit card and gives you 3 sites at name.heya.bio with 5 pages each and a small Made with Heya badge. Pro Lite is $3 a month for no badge, 20 pages, and followed links. Pro Standard is $6 a month for up to 5 sites and 1 custom domain, and Pro Plus is $15 a month to download your site as HTML in a ZIP.
If you use Wix's free plan, your site gets a Wix banner ad right across the top of every page, plus a Wix tab icon in the browser. Getting rid of that and hooking up your own custom domain means paying for their Light plan, which costs $17 a month when billed yearly ($204 a year) or $24 if you pay month to month. And if you need to take payments on your site, you have to jump up to the Core plan at $29 a month.
There isn't a free trial for Wix's paid plans, either. Instead, you pay upfront and get a 14-day money-back guarantee. Also, when you look through Wix's plan pages, they don't mention any way to export your site if you decide to leave later.
If you want to skip paying for a domain plan altogether, go with Google Sites, since it lets you connect up to 5 domains you already own for free. If you just want the lowest yearly price that supports a custom domain, Carrd's Pro Standard plan is $19 a year. For a blog, WordPress.com gives you unlimited pages and posts on its free tier.
Maybe you want more control over how things look. For design freedom, check out Webflow, where the Basic plan is $15 a month billed yearly, or Framer, which has its Basic plan at $10 a month billed yearly. If you're after a polished paid site and don't mind paying from the start, Squarespace starts at $19 a month billed yearly. And if you just want a few small sites with 5 pages each and 68 templates, try Heya, which is free for 3 sites.
We checked each builder on October 26, 2026 from a US connection, so prices are in US dollars. Wix and Strikingly show their prices only after the page runs in a browser, so we kept the figures we confirmed on October 23, 2026. The facts come from wix.com/plans, Google Sites Help, wordpress.com/pricing, carrd.co/pro, squarespace.com/pricing, webflow.com/pricing, framer.com/pricing, Strikingly's pricing page.
Plans change often. If a number here is out of date, email hello@heya.page and we'll fix it.
It depends on what you're building. Google Sites is best if you want to use your own domain for free, letting you connect up to 5 per site. Heya is great if you want small sites without a big banner ad, giving you 3 free sites with 5 pages each and just a small badge. If you're starting a blog, go with WordPress.com, though its free sites do show ads.
Yes, several builders skip the top banner ad. On their free plans, Heya, Carrd, Webflow, and Framer only put a small badge or banner with their own name on your site: Made with Heya, Made with Carrd, Made in Webflow, and Made in Framer. WordPress.com's free plan is the exception here and does show ads.
We couldn't find any mention of a site export on Wix's plan pages, so you'll need to plan on rebuilding your pages in whatever new builder you pick. If you only have a small site, starting over from a template is the quickest way to get it done. If you rebuild on Heya, you can later download your site as plain HTML, CSS, fonts, and images anytime you want.
Yes, by a little bit. First off, Wix has a free plan and Squarespace doesn't. If you look at yearly billing for their entry-level paid plans, Wix Light is $17 a month while Squarespace Basic is $19 a month. Squarespace Basic also takes a 2% cut of your online sales, services, and donations.
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Build without an account, then sign in with Google to publish on name.heya.bio. 3 sites, up to 5 pages each, no credit card.