Wix alternatives
Seven alternatives to Wix, including the ones that aren’t us
Most lists like this are written by whoever wants to sell you the second item. This one puts the question you’re asking first: do you want a better tool to build a website with, or do you want to stop building websites? Those are different lists, and everything below is sorted by that answer instead of by price.
wix.com/plans read September 3, 2026Today you pay $1 for the website plus your first month of hosting. After that hosting is $8.99 a month, billed on the same date each month until you cancel, and you can cancel in any month. The .com is included on the Complete plan at $18.99 a month. On Basic at $8.99 a month the name is registered in your own name and run for you, and the registry’s own annual fee for it, about $12 a year, is billed separately at cost.
Start here
The question that decides the whole list
People leave Wix for three reasons, and each one points at a different half of the table below.
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The bill
Wix Light is $17 a month and the plans page prices are yearly subscriptions paid in full at purchase, so the first payment is a whole year. wix.com/plans read September 3, 2026 If the bill is the problem, look at Hostinger and IONOS, and read the renewal line before you sign.
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The editor
Some people find Wix finicky and some find it limiting, and those go opposite ways. Finicky points at Squarespace, which decides more for you. Limiting points at Webflow, which decides less.
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The evening
This is the most common one and the least often admitted. The site is half finished, it has been half finished since March, and no plan change fixes that. This is the half of the list where someone else does the building.
The third one is the only reason we exist. A builder subscription is the price of the software. The website is the week someone spends choosing a template, writing the services, finding the photographs and laying out eight pages. Website Builder Expert prices that labor separately at $50 to $200 an hour. websitebuilderexpert.com, page updated December 5, 2025 read September 3, 2026 Nobody puts that on the pricing page, because on most of these products you’re expected to pay it in evenings.
Side by side
All seven, with the price and the labor in the same row
Read the price column and the building column together. A cheap plan where you do the work and an expensive one where someone else does aren’t two points on the same scale.
| Option | What it costs | Who does the building | Source |
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| DEVIQOBuilt for you | $1 once, then $8.99 a month | Our designer and our copywriter. You answer a questionnaire and the finished site comes back in seven days. | our own price table |
| SquarespaceBuilder you drive | $21 a month, or $16 billed annually | You do, inside a tighter and more opinionated editor than most. | squarespace.com/pricing, currency set to USD read September 3, 2026 |
| WordPress.comBuilder you drive | $4 a month on Personal for the first term, renewing at $5, or $9 billed monthly | You do, and on the self-hosted version you also own the updates, the plugins and the security. | wordpress.com/pricing, country set to US read September 3, 2026 |
| HostingerHost with a builder | $18.99 a month on the one-month term, $4.99 on a twelve-month term, renewing at $16.99 | You do, with an AI-assisted builder on top of shared hosting. | hostinger.com/web-hosting read September 3, 2026 |
| WebflowDeveloper tool | $25 a month on the Basic site plan, $15 billed annually | You do, or the designer you hire. It’s closer to a design tool than a builder. | webflow.com/pricing read September 3, 2026 |
| UENIBuilt for you | $79 setup, then $24.99 a month | They do. It’s the same idea as ours: you answer questions and a site comes back. | ueni.com/pricing read September 3, 2026 |
| B12Built for you | $199 a month on the done-for-you tier | They do, with an AI draft first and then a designer. | b12.io/pricing read September 3, 2026 |
Every figure above was read from the vendor’s own public pricing page on September 3, 2026, in USD, and the source is printed in the row. Prices move, and a vendor can change one the day after this was written, so check the source before you rely on it. Anything we couldn’t read from a United States connection is marked not verified instead of guessed at. The DEVIQO row comes from the same price table the rest of this site reads.
One at a time
Who each one is for
Including the catch, because every product on this list has one and a list that pretends otherwise is an advertisement.
DEVIQO
Best for. A small business that wants the site to exist without spending a weekend on it, and wants one number instead of a quote.
The catch. You aren’t driving the first build. If designing it yourself is the part you enjoy, a builder is the better buy and we’ll say so.
On this list because. It’s the one on this list where you don’t build anything. We’re including ourselves because leaving ourselves off a page called Wix alternatives would be silly, not because we think we win every row.
Squarespace
Best for. Design-led businesses that want a site that looks good with very little effort and are happy inside a fixed set of templates.
The catch. The advertised rate needs annual billing, and the included custom domain is a first-year arrangement rather than a permanent one.
On this list because. The straight swap. If you like Wix but want fewer decisions and a tighter house style, this is the move most people make.
squarespace.com/pricing, currency set to USD read September 3, 2026WordPress.com
Best for. Anyone who wants to own the platform, publish a lot, and either has a developer or is willing to become one.
The catch. The cheap headline is the first term billed annually and it renews higher. Self-hosted WordPress is free software with a real maintenance bill behind it.
On this list because. The answer if the reason you’re leaving Wix is that you want to own the platform and take the site somewhere else one day.
wordpress.com/pricing, country set to US read September 3, 2026Hostinger
Best for. People who want the lowest possible headline price and are comfortable paying for several years in one payment to get it.
The catch. The advertised rate needs the long term bought up front, and it renews at a different number. A .com renews at $19.99 a year.
On this list because. The answer if the reason you’re leaving Wix is purely the bill, and you’re willing to pay for years in advance to get the headline rate.
hostinger.com/web-hosting read September 3, 2026Webflow
Best for. Designers, and businesses with a designer, who want full control of layout without writing the front end by hand.
The catch. The learning curve is real and the plan price is only the software. Most Webflow sites are built by someone who was paid to build them.
On this list because. The answer if you found Wix limiting rather than difficult. Different problem, different tool.
webflow.com/pricing read September 3, 2026UENI
Best for. A very small business that wants someone else to do the first build and is comparing done-for-you services rather than builders.
The catch. The setup fee sits on top of the first month, and it’s advertised against a list setup of $599.
On this list because. The closest thing on this list to what we do, and the fair comparison if you have decided you don’t want to build it yourself at all.
ueni.com/pricing read September 3, 2026B12
Best for. Professional service firms that want the website bundled with scheduling, intake and invoicing under one monthly.
The catch. The build is folded into the monthly instead of paid once, so you keep paying for it. The custom domain is free for the first year.
On this list because. The answer if you want the website bundled with scheduling, intake and invoicing and you’re pricing that as one line.
b12.io/pricing read September 3, 2026Staying put
When Wix is the right answer and you should stay
If you enjoy building things, if you have the evenings, and if you want to move a block three pixels at one in the morning, Wix is good at that and switching to a different builder won’t feel like an upgrade. The template library is the biggest in the market and the app ecosystem is real. Nothing on this page is an argument that Wix is a bad product.
The argument is narrower than that. A builder sells you the tool. If the tool was never the problem, changing tools is a lateral move that costs you another weekend, and the site is still going to be half finished in March. That’s the only case we’re making, and if it doesn’t describe you then stay where you are.
The displayed prices are for yearly subscriptions paid in full; the final price is shown on the purchase page.
Wix, read from its own plans page. wix.com/plans read September 3, 2026If you have decided you want someone else to do the build, the fair comparison is us against UENI and B12, and that’s a comparison about the setup fee and what the monthly is buying. If you’re still weighing the builders, DEVIQO vs Wix takes the two of us row by row, and the Squarespace alternatives page covers the other half of that market.
Questions
What people ask next
What is the closest alternative to Wix?
Squarespace. Same idea, same kind of buyer, tighter templates and a stronger house style, at $21 a month or $16 billed annually. squarespace.com/pricing, currency set to USD read September 3, 2026 If what you disliked about Wix was the amount of choice, that’s the swap. If what you disliked was having to do the work yourself, no builder on this list fixes it.
Is there a free alternative to Wix?
There are free tiers, and for a business they’re a false economy. They put someone else’s name in your web address, which is the single fastest way to look like you aren’t a real company, and they usually can’t take a custom domain. Website Builder Expert prices the realistic entry range for a builder at $1.99 to $299 a month. websitebuilderexpert.com, page updated December 5, 2025 read September 3, 2026
Which alternative is cheapest over two years?
On headline rate, Hostinger’s long-term price at $4.99 a month, but that needs the term bought in one payment and renews at $16.99. hostinger.com/web-hosting read September 3, 2026 On a real two-year total with the domain counted, the arithmetic is set out row by row on what a small business website costs. Cheapest and best value aren’t the same question, because most of these numbers buy software rather than a finished website.
Can I move my Wix site somewhere else?
Not as a file you can lift and drop. A Wix site is built on Wix, so moving it means a rebuild, not a migration. The one thing that does move cleanly is the domain, provided you’re the registrant. Here the name goes on the register in your own name from day one, and the domains page explains why that matters more than it sounds.
Do I have to build the site myself on any of these?
On Wix, Squarespace, WordPress.com, Hostinger and Webflow, yes. On UENI, B12 and here, no. That’s the fork in this list, and it matters more than the monthly rate, because the gap between a plan and a finished website is someone’s week. Website Builder Expert prices that labor at $50 to $200 an hour when you pay for it separately. websitebuilderexpert.com, page updated December 5, 2025 read September 3, 2026
How does DEVIQO compare with Wix specifically?
Head to head, on price, on who does the work and on what happens to the .com in year two, it is set out on DEVIQO vs Wix. Wix Light is $17 a month billed yearly and buys you the software. wix.com/plans read September 3, 2026 Here it is $1 once and then $8.99 a month, and it buys you the finished site.
The offer
Or skip the builder entirely
Answer a questionnaire and our team designs, writes and builds the site, live in seven days, for $1 once and then $8.99 a month for hosting. You still get the dashboard, so you can change anything yourself afterwards. You just don’t have to do the first build.
Today you pay $1 for the website plus your first month of hosting. After that hosting is $8.99 a month, billed on the same date each month until you cancel, and you can cancel in any month. The .com is included on the Complete plan at $18.99 a month. On Basic at $8.99 a month the name is registered in your own name and run for you, and the registry’s own annual fee for it, about $12 a year, is billed separately at cost.
The same build is openly sold at $1,500, which is what a US agency charges for a small business site of this size. No contract, no minimum term and no exit fee: cancel in any month from the dashboard.
The other comparisons
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What a website costs
The real US range, sourced, against a build here for $1.
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Pay monthly websites
Who charges what per month, and which "no contract" offers have a term underneath.
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The .com, year one and year two
Whose included domain lapses after twelve months, and what ours does instead.
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DEVIQO vs Wix
A builder you drive yourself, against a site drawn for you.
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DEVIQO vs Squarespace
Templates and an annual bill, against seven days and a monthly one.
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DEVIQO vs GoDaddy
What we can verify, what we can’t, and where the upsells sit.
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DEVIQO vs WordPress
Free to download, and someone still has to run it. The upkeep, priced.
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DEVIQO vs UENI
Two done-for-you services, compared on the setup fee and the monthly.
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Squarespace alternatives
Six of them, judged on the year instead of the advertised month.
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GoDaddy alternatives
Six of them, counted at renewal rather than at the introductory price.
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Our own price list
The build, the two hosting plans and the charges that won’t appear later.
All of them are indexed on the comparisons page, together with every source we read and the date we read it.