Top website builders compared

About Top website builders compared

Website builders charge twice: once to start and again to keep going. This ranking of 309 brands pulls the entry price away from the renewal price, sets out what each plan includes, and notes the market each one runs from. The median entry price here is €7.89 and the median renewal price is €6.06, so the second payment deserves as much attention as the first. A free plan is common, with 39.3% of the brands offering one, and the median free trial is 14 days. Most members build a full site and most also build a store, while a few stick to a single job. The main trade-off is that focused tools cost less at entry and broader ones charge more, and some take a cut of every sale on top of the plan fee. Support ranges just as widely, from a phone line to a help centre alone.

How we picked

Ranking is scored on three weighted inputs: cost at 40%, offer at 40% and trust at 20%. Cost covers the entry price, the renewal price and any per-sale fee. Offer covers what the plan builds, whether a free plan or free trial exists, and how many support channels are open. Trust leans on published terms, company details and support pages rather than marketing copy. Prices come from each brand's own pricing and plan pages, free tier and fee terms from those same pages, company and legal names from terms or company pages, and support channels from contact and help pages. Every brand figure in a blurb comes from that brand's own pages, and the comparison figures come from the dataset behind this ranking, drawn from 309 brands across the category. Partners are listed first, in the order the ranking gives them, and the remaining members follow by score. Currency differences are flagged rather than converted, since each member sets its own price in its own market. Where a plan sits behind a partner, the same price and fee rules apply as for any other member.

What to look for

Entry price next to renewal price

Both numbers decide the real cost of a year. The median entry price in this ranking is €7.89 and the median renewal price is €6.06, so check what the second payment looks like before you sign up.

Free plan or free trial

A free plan lets a shop keep running after a trial ends, and 39.3% of the brands here offer one. The median free trial is 14 days, so a short trial means deciding fast.

What the plan actually builds

A full site builder is the most common type at 92.8%, with a store builder close behind at 80.2%. Landing pages are rare at 27%, so a store-only member is a narrower choice.

Per-sale fees on top of the plan

The median transaction fee in this ranking is 0% and the top of the range reaches 10%. A per-sale charge sits outside the plan fee, so read the fee before the plan price.

How you get help

A help centre is the most common channel here at 90%, with phone at 73.1% and chat at 67.6%. If you need a person rather than an article, read the channel list first.

Who the plan is built for

Small business is the main audience at 96.8%, with beginners at 73.9% and enterprise at 64%. Members aimed at larger teams usually cost more at entry in this group.

Frequently asked questions

Top website builders compared by country

• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• France
• Germany
• India
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Mexico
• South Korea
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States

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The data behind this ranking

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