Website Builders
A small business needs a site that looks credible, takes payments or bookings, and can be updated by whoever is free on a Tuesday. These three balance a professional result against the reality that nobody has time to learn a design tool.
Best for small businesses and creatives who want a designed site and online store in one plan
Squarespace is a hosted website builder for small businesses, creatives and service providers, with designed templates and selling tools on every plan. Each plan covers one site, and Basic adds a 2% fee to online store sales that Core and higher plans don't charge.
$19/mo
14-day free trial
Best for small businesses that want free-form layouts and built-in bookings or a store
Wix is a drag-and-drop website builder for small businesses and individuals, with stores, bookings, blogs and member areas built in. The free plan shows Wix ads on a wixsite.com address; Premium plans are priced per site and paid upfront, and taking payments starts on Core.
Free plan
paid from $17/mo
Best for bloggers and small businesses that want WordPress plugins without managing hosting
WordPress.com is Automattic's hosted version of WordPress for bloggers, publishers and small businesses, with plugins and third-party themes on every paid plan. Yearly plans carry an introductory price that renews higher, and its fee on payments falls from 10% on Free to 0% on Commerce.
Free plan
paid from $4/mo
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Website Builders by the numbers
$17/mo
Median starting price
67%
Offer a free trial
67%
Have a free plan
3
Products tracked
Computed from the published pricing of the 3 Website Builders products in this list. Pricing last checked against vendor pages October 5, 2026.
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