COMPARED SEPTEMBER 2026
Best website builders for doctors and medical practices (2026)
We scored 5 website builders on the 9 things a medical practice needs, the same way for all of them, including Zarla, which is ours.
Free to build · Pay when you publish
Key takeaways
- Wix scored highest: 15 of 18 points across nine tests.
- Pick by what matters most: if getting found on Google matters most to you, Zarla.
- Zarla, which is ours, placed second of five, with 13 points; its weak spots are in the table like everyone else's.
- None of the five gets a tick on "Local search set up for you".
- Every competitor verdict comes from the builder's own pages, with the date we read it. When we asked ChatGPT, it named three of these builders, and not Zarla.
What's the best website builder for a doctor?
For most doctors, Wix is the best website builder: it scored highest, 15 of 18 across the nine tests we ran on five builders, and it does the most for booking, private patient forms and patient-only pages.
If getting found on Google matters most to you, pick Zarla.
The full scores are below, with every builder's weak spot, ours included.
What Zarla builds for a medical practice: Zarla's medical website builder.
Build the website
Start your medical website now
Add your practice's name and your town to the sentence, and Zarla builds the site. You edit it in chat and publish when you're ready.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.
Zarla for doctors, in plain facts
Zarla is an AI website builder for small businesses. Describe your medical practice in a sentence and it writes the whole site, every page and every word, in about 30 seconds; after that you change it by typing what you want.
- Customers book online or send you a request from your website, with no second booking subscription.
- Price: Free to build and preview. You pay when you publish, on the Premium plan, which includes booking, the leads inbox and invoices.
- Page speed: in our sample of real sites (Google PageSpeed, measured September 28, 2026), Zarla had the fastest median of the five builders here, 86 on phone and 99 on desktop. The samples differ (theirs are sites that rank on Google, ours random customer sites), as the method below explains.
No private pages yet: every published page is public, so after-visit instructions and membership details go out through your patient portal or by email.
No business associate agreement: the site's own form stays to a name, a phone number and a good time to call, and intake, medical history and anything clinical run in your patient portal, linked from the site.
In this comparison: second of five, with 13 of 18 points.
THE SCORES
How do website builders for doctors compare?
A tick is worth 2 points, a dash 1, a cross nothing, and every test counts the same, so the most anyone can score is 18.
| Test | Wix | Zarla | GoDaddy | Squarespace | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New patients book a visit online | Yes — Wix Bookings, from the Core plan | Yes — Online booking for a first visit or a physical | Yes — Online appointments | Partly — Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription | Partly — With a booking plugin |
| Patient forms kept private under HIPAA | Yes — HIPAA mode with a signed BAA, on Business plans and up | Partly — No BAA; embed or link a HIPAA-ready form or portal | Partly — BAA for its Microsoft 365 email only; embed a HIPAA form | Partly — Forms aren't HIPAA-ready; a BAA for Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription | Partly — HIPAA form plugins on paid plans; no BAA in its help |
| Pages only your patients can open | Yes — Password or members-only pages | No — No password-protected pages | Yes — Private pages for invited members | Yes — Page passwords or a member site | Yes — Password-protected pages |
| Finished first draft | Yes — Aria writes pages and starter copy | Yes — Whole site written in about 30 seconds | Yes — Airo writes a first site | Yes — Blueprint AI writes a multi-page site | Yes — AI builder on paid plans |
| Edit by chat, new pages by AI | Yes — Aria edits and adds pages by chat | Yes — Type a change; ask for a new page | Partly — AI writes text; chat editing is a separate product | Partly — AI chat edits text and images; no new pages | Yes — The WordPress Agent creates and edits content by chat, on any paid plan |
| Local search set up for you | Partly — Google reviews via apps; no town pages | Partly — Google reviews, map with directions; no town pages | Partly — Google reviews section; no town pages | Partly — One-pin map; Google reviews by embed | Partly — Only with plugins |
| Search coaching | Partly — SEO Assistant; Search Console shown as charts | Yes — SEO coach; page ideas from your Search Console | Partly — SEO wizard; Search Console rankings only | Partly — Search Console keywords shown as data | Partly — Search Console verification; SEO via plugins |
| Fast pages, measured | Partly — Phone 65, desktop 77 | Partly — Phone 86, desktop 99 | Partly — Phone 56, desktop 80 (7 phone, 6 desktop sites) | Partly — Phone 56, desktop 74 | Partly — Phone 51, desktop 69 (10 WordPress sites, any host) |
| Leads, quotes, invoices and payments together | Yes — Contacts, price quotes clients accept online, invoices, payments | Yes — Leads inbox, online quotes, invoices, payment links | Partly — Inbox, invoices, payments; no quotes built in | Yes — Contacts, estimates clients accept online, invoices with no Squarespace transaction fee, payments | Partly — Payments block; quotes and invoices need a plugin |
| Score | 15 / 18 | 13 / 18 | 12 / 18 | 12 / 18 | 12 / 18 |
Checked on each builder's own website and help pages on September 28, 2026, and the patient forms kept private under HIPAA test on October 24, 2026, and the pages only your patients can open test on October 12, 2026, and the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on October 4, 2026; speed measured on September 28, 2026. When two builders tie on points, the one with fewer crosses goes first.
WHICH ONE FITS
Which builder fits your business?
For each kind of business, the builders that scored highest on the tests that matter most to it, from the same table. Where three or more are level, we list them as level rather than pick one.
| Your business | Top scorers | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Practices winning new patients from searches in their own town | Zarla | 4 of 6 on "Local search set up for you", "Search coaching" and "Fast pages, measured", the top score. |
| Clinics that want new patients booking the first visit online | Wix | 6 of 6 on "New patients book a visit online", "Patient forms kept private under HIPAA" and "Pages only your patients can open", the top score. |
| Doctors opening a first practice who want the draft written for them | Level: Wix, Zarla, WordPress.com | Three builders score 4 of 4 on "Finished first draft" and "Edit by chat, new pages by AI", so pick on what else matters to you; the table shows the differences. |
| Practices sending self-pay estimates and taking a payment for a membership plan | Level: Wix, Zarla, Squarespace | Three builders score 2 of 2 on "Leads, quotes, invoices and payments together", so pick on what else matters to you; the table shows the differences. |
THE LIST
The best website builders for doctors, ranked
- 1
Wix
Best forOwners who care most about online booking, HIPAA-ready patient forms and patient-only pages.
What it costsCore, the cheapest plan with bookings, is $29/mo billed yearly. Light is $17/mo without bookings, and there's a free plan on a wixsite.com address. (their pricing page, checked 28 Sept 2026)
Features- An AI builder that writes your pages from a description
- Aria, an AI agent in the Harmony editor that edits the site and adds pages by chat
- Wix Bookings with online payments and deposits
The CatchBookings need the Core plan rather than the cheapest one, and pages for each town you serve are yours to write.
- 2
Zarla
Best forOwners who care most about getting found on Google.
What it costsFree to build and preview. You pay when you publish, on the Premium plan, which includes booking, the leads inbox and invoices.
Features- Describe your practice in a sentence and Zarla writes a complete first draft in about 30 seconds, services, an insurance section and your doctors included
- New patients book a first visit or a physical online, synced to your Google Calendar, with a call button for the ones who can't wait
- Type changes in plain words, or ask for a page per service you offer, and the site updates
The CatchBuild my medical website — freeZarla doesn't sign a business associate agreement, so patient forms live in your portal and the site's own form stays to a name, a phone number and a good time to call; there are no password-protected pages yet, so after-visit instructions go through the portal; and the medical first draft comes with a map but no town pages. It's also the newest name here.
- 3
GoDaddy
Best forHandy if you already get your domain and email from GoDaddy.
What it costsWebsites + Marketing plans are priced by country, and GoDaddy's page didn't show us a US price, so check it for yours. (their pricing page, checked 28 Sept 2026)
Features- Airo writes a first website for your business in Websites + Marketing
- Online appointments with a deposit
- Photo attachments on the contact form
The CatchEditing by chat, and asking the AI for new pages later, happen in Airo AI Builder, a separate GoDaddy product with its own credits; in Websites + Marketing, pages for each town you serve are yours to write.
- 3
Squarespace
Best forGood if polished design matters most and you don't mind adding a separate booking tool.
What it costsBasic is $19/mo and Core $29/mo, billed yearly, after a 14-day free trial. Online booking is a separate Acuity Scheduling subscription. (their pricing page, checked 28 Sept 2026)
Features- Blueprint AI writes a multi-page starting site
- Design-led templates
- Invoices and online payments on every plan
The CatchThe first visit books in Acuity Scheduling, a second subscription on top of the website plan, and Squarespace's own help says its form blocks aren't for patient information, so intake goes to Acuity's Powerhouse or Premium plan or your portal.
- 3
WordPress.com
Best forFor owners who want full control and don't mind choosing and looking after plugins.
What it costsPersonal is $4/mo billed yearly; form file uploads need Business, $25/mo billed yearly. Plugins can add their own cost. (their pricing page, checked 28 Sept 2026)
Features- An AI website builder on paid plans
- An AI assistant that edits and creates pages, on every paid plan
- Thousands of plugins
The CatchBooking, reviews and invoices each come from a plugin you choose, may pay for and keep updated, so the setup and upkeep are on you. Photo uploads on forms need the Business plan.
What should a medical practice website include?
A new patient is asking three things before they call: do you take my insurance, can you see me this week, and who will I see. The site answers all three on a phone, then keeps the medical history off the website.
- Insurance and self-pay fees. The plans you're in network with, what a visit costs without insurance, and whether you offer a membership or concierge plan, in plain numbers.
- Your services, one page each. Annual physicals, sick visits, chronic care, vaccines, sports physicals and telehealth, written the way your front desk explains them.
- Your doctors and clinicians. Board certification, training, the languages they speak and a real photo of each, so a patient can choose who they see.
- How soon, and how to book. Same-day availability, evening or Saturday hours, and a Book button for the first visit on every page, with a call button beside it.
- The portal, not the website, for forms. A link to your patient portal for intake, results and messages, so the website's own form never asks a health question.
How did we score the website builders?
The 9 tests, and what it takes to get a tick:
- New patients book a visit online. Somebody with a sick child or a prescription running out books whichever practice shows an opening, usually from a phone. Tick: the appointment books on your site, on the website plan. Dash: it needs a second subscription, a plugin or your practice software's scheduler.
- Patient forms kept private under HIPAA. In the US, a website form that asks about symptoms, medications or insurance collects protected health information, and whoever stores it needs a business associate agreement with the practice. Tick: the builder signs one and its own forms can carry the details. Dash: no agreement for the website, so intake runs in your patient portal or a HIPAA-ready form you link or embed. Cross: no way to add one.
- Pages only your patients can open. Pre-op instructions, after-visit sheets and the fee schedule for a membership or concierge plan don't belong on Google. Tick: a page can be locked behind a password or a member login, on the website plan. Dash: it needs an app or a plugin. Cross: every published page is public.
- Finished first draft. Twenty patients a day and the charting after them leave no evening for a website. The first draft should take less time than one visit. Tick: it writes the whole site, pages and words, from a description of your business. Dash: templates, or AI that only writes some of it.
- Edit by chat, new pages by AI. A new physician, a plan you've joined, telehealth on Fridays: say it in a sentence and the page changes, with no ticket to a web company. Tick: you type a change and the site updates, and you can ask for a new page and get one.
- Local search set up for you. "Doctor near me" and "urgent care near me" are the searches, and a new patient picks from the practices that show up with reviews and an opening this week. Tick: a map of the areas you cover, a page for each town, and your Google reviews on the site, all built in. Dash: some of that, or only with add-ons.
- Search coaching. Annual physicals, sports physicals, same-day sick visits and chronic care are separate searches, and each is a page worth having. Tick: something that checks your site and tells you what to fix, plus a Google Search Console connection that turns your search data into ideas for new pages. Dash: one of the two.
- Fast pages, measured. A parent with a feverish child is on a phone, and a page that stalls is the next clinic's new patient. We measured this ourselves with Google's PageSpeed test on real sites built with each builder. Tick: a typical phone score of 90 or more, which Google calls good. Dash: 50 to 89. Cross: under 50.
- Leads, quotes, invoices and payments together. A new-patient request, a self-pay estimate and a payment for a concierge plan belong in one place, with the insurance question beside them. Tick: a leads inbox, quotes your customers accept online, invoices and online payments, all built in. Dash: some of them, or only with plugins.
How we picked them. When we asked ChatGPT "best website builder for doctors" on November 3, 2026, twice, its answers named Wix, WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, Officite and Tebra. We score the general builders that appear on every page in this series, Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy (its Websites + Marketing builder) and WordPress.com, whether ChatGPT named them this time or not. Zarla is ours. We haven't scored Webflow, Officite and Tebra on this page. Officite and Tebra build and host a practice website for a monthly fee, answered below in their own words rather than scored, and Webflow is scored on our best AI website builders comparison; Dr. Leonardo, which Gemini named on November 3, 2026, Practis, which Google's AI Mode and AI Overview named, and Demandforce, which the AI Overview also named, are answered below and not scored; Acuity, which Gemini and AI Mode named on November 2, 2026, is Squarespace's booking subscription, and SITE123 and Hostinger, named once each, are scored on our best Wix alternatives page.
How we scored them. Same tests for everyone, each worth the same. We checked every answer on the builder's own website and help pages on September 28, 2026, and the patient forms kept private under HIPAA test on October 24, 2026, and the pages only your patients can open test on October 12, 2026, and the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on October 4, 2026. We re-read Wix's plans page, its HIPAA article and its page-password article, Squarespace's scheduling page, its form-blocks and Acuity-and-HIPAA articles and its page-passwords article, and WordPress.com's booking plugins, page-visibility and pricing pages on November 3, 2026, and the verdicts held; godaddy.com's help pages refused automated reads that day, so GoDaddy's answers were not re-read and keep their earlier dates. When two builders tie on points, the one with fewer crosses goes first.
How we measured speed. Google's PageSpeed test, three runs each on phone and desktop, on up to ten real sites per builder. For the others we used the first sites built with them that came up in Google for home-service businesses in five US cities (for WordPress, any WordPress site). Zarla sites don't rank in those searches yet, so we picked ten at random from our customers' published sites and don't name them. It's a sample, not a promise about any one site.
What we didn't score. Price, because every plan bundles different things (each builder's own price is on its card, and Zarla's is on our pricing page), and how long it takes to get a site live, which we plan to time and add here. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Other trades. The same tests for cleaning businesses, junk removal companies, car detailing businesses, pressure washing businesses, plumbers, pet sitters and dog walkers, handyman businesses, construction companies, moving companies, remodelers, towing companies, tree service companies, painters, electricians, HVAC companies, roofing companies, landscapers, Christmas light installers, window tinting businesses, mobile mechanics, pool service companies, home care agencies, blinds and shutters companies, hair salons, restaurants, auto repair shops, barbershops, gyms, dog groomers, daycares, solar companies, life coaches, appliance repair businesses, notaries, consultants, tutoring businesses, laundromats, IT services companies, day spas, locksmiths, artists, nonprofits, therapists, musicians, car washes, gutter cleaning companies, wedding planners, food trucks, jewelry businesses, farms, tax preparers, churches, DJs, insurance agents, marketing agencies, videographers, architects, engineering firms, luxury real estate agents, bars, car dealerships, graphic designers, online stores, foundations, tattoo artists, software companies, retail stores, gymnastics clubs, photographers, massage therapists, dentists, chiropractors, yoga studios, pharmacies, financial advisors, web designers, content creators.
Questions owners ask
The insurance plans you take and your self-pay fees, your services with a page each, how soon a new patient can be seen and your hours, your doctors with their board certification and a real photo, a link to your patient portal for intake and results, real reviews, your address with parking, and a Book button and a call button on every page. The booking, HIPAA and private-pages tests above show which builders do those without another tool. Our doctor website builder page covers what Zarla's first draft includes and what it doesn't.
They do a different job: a company builds and hosts the site and runs the marketing for a monthly fee, a builder gives you the tools. Officite's doctors page says "Trusted by top associations and over 8,000 healthcare professionals, Officite can build a personalized professional medical website design for doctors.", lists a "Company Business Associate Agreement" in its footer, and its packages-and-pricing page names "PREMIUM", "PREMIUM PLUS", "ADVANTAGE", "ADVANTAGE PLUS" and "ELITE" packages behind "REQUEST A CONSULTATION" with no website price printed. Tebra is practice software first, "EHR and practice management software built for private practices", with "Practice Websites" among its products, "Custom website that reflects your brand", and says it "provides a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) where applicable."; it prints no website price. Practis's pages timed out when we fetched them on November 3, 2026, so we quote Google: its AI Mode's reference summary of practis.com reads "First-year minimum starting at $5,000; build time ranges from 30 days (small/medium practices) to 90 days (large groups/hospitals)", and its AI Overview puts the medical agencies at "often starting around $5,000+ in the first year". Demandforce's page is headed "Medical Websites For Doctors" and "Attract and convert patients with mobile-friendly websites for veterinary, chiropractic and vision care practices", behind a "Get pricing" button with no price shown. Dr. Leonardo, which Gemini named, prints its prices: "PROVIDER-SITES" at "$ 35.00" "per month" "+ One Time Activation Fee of $ 95.00" and "PRACTICE-SITES" at "$ 75.00" "per month" "+ One Time Activation Fee of $ 495.00", "With more than 8,800 topics featured in the Dr. Leonardo Library". PatientGain's site refused automated reads, so we quote the lists: Rose Benedict Design records "PatientGain offers different service tiers ranging from $799/month (Gold Service) up to $5,000/month (Enterprise Service)." and by Crawford says "Unlike general builders, it signs a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with every customer." None of them is scored here. The trade-off is the one every assistant drew: a builder gives you the tools and the keys, a company understands medical marketing and intake out of the box and charges every month for it. The table above shows what each builder does on its own, and your patient portal carries the forms either way.
Wix and Squarespace on every answer, WordPress on most, and none of them named Zarla. When we asked ChatGPT "best website builder for doctors" on November 2, 2026, twice with web search on, it named Wix, WordPress, Webflow and Squarespace, without naming Zarla in either answer; Gemini named Wix, Squarespace, Acuity, Webflow and WordPress, reading seven lists, four of them HIPAA-builder roundups; Google's AI Mode named Wix, Squarespace, Acuity and Site123, reading Website Planet's healthcare list and Practis. Asked again on November 3, 2026, ChatGPT put Wix Studio first in both runs, "(Best overall for many private practices)" and "(Best overall for small practices)", with WordPress "(Best for SEO and long-term growth)", Webflow "(Best for premium design)" and Squarespace behind it, then Officite in one run and Tebra in the other, and warned in the second that "Never assume a standard contact form is HIPAA compliant."; Gemini named Squarespace "Best Overall for Small-to-Midsize Practices", WordPress "Best for Large Clinics & SEO Dominance", Wix "Best Balance of Ease and Custom Design" and Dr. Leonardo "Best Niche/Industry-Specific Builder"; AI Mode sorted Wix Studio and Squarespace under "1. Best General/DIY Builders (For Solo Practitioners & Small Clinics)", WordPress and Webflow under "2. Best for Advanced Customization & Scaling (For Growing Practices)" and Practis under "3. Best Specialized Medical Industry Builders (Turnkey & Compliant)". Google's AI Overview the same day named Wix "(Best Overall)", Squarespace "(Best for Visual Design & Portfolios)", "Hostinger / WordPress" "(Best for Scalability & Customization)" and "Specialized Medical Agencies (e.g., Practis or Demandforce)" "(Best Done-for-You Option)". The lists behind the answers each pick a different winner. MedElite's "Best Healthcare Website Platforms for Medical Practices in 2026" (Marta Alexandrovna) opens "Wix Studio, WordPress, Webflow and Squarespace can all produce excellent healthcare websites."; Doctive's "What Is the Best Website Platform for a Small Medical Practice?" ("Prasad from Doctive", "Sep 24") says "There is no platform that is automatically the best for every medical practice." and that "Wix now offers PHI protection and Business Associate Agreements for eligible U.S. customers using supported plans and configurations."; Doctor Rank's "Best Website Builder for Medical Practices: What Actually Works in 2026" (Artem Saribekyan, March 23, 2026) is subtitled "Avoid WordPress for a new practice site. Build on an AI builder." and builds on Lovable; iTechGuides' "Best Medical Website Builders in 2026: Researched & Ranked" ("22 tools ranked", "Updated Oct 2026") puts Brighter Vision first and FrontDesk second and says "Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages"; Website Planet's "6 Best (Cheap) Healthcare Website Builders in 2026" (Dawn Prevete, "First published: October 08, 2018") ranks Wix, SITE123, Squarespace, Webador, IONOS and Shopify; Clinics Soft puts Squarespace first, "From $18 per month; 14-day free trial"; Rose Benedict Design (Rose Benedict, a Showit design partner) says "Best Overall: Showit"; by Crawford (Sam Crawford, a Squarespace design agency) ranks Squarespace, Hostinger, PatientGain, iMatrix, WordPress and Yola; Ghost Medical (Hannah Sether, June 25, 2024) and Keragon (January 21, 2026) compare the general builders for healthcare. We read them all on November 3, 2026; practis.com timed out, patientgain.com and reddit.com refused automated reads, and launchadvisor.co answered with a rate limit. Webflow, Officite, Tebra, Practis, Demandforce, Dr. Leonardo, PatientGain, Acuity, SITE123, Hostinger, Showit, Brighter Vision, FrontDesk and iMatrix aren't scored here. On this page five builders are scored on the same nine tests, Zarla included, and the order above is computed from them: Wix first on points, Zarla two behind, and the fits table says which one leads on each priority.
Wix, on these tests: 15 of 18 to Squarespace's 12. The private page is even, Wix in its page settings ("If you choose to password protect a page, this also prevents search engines from crawling and indexing that page.") and Squarespace in its page passwords ("You can hide individual pages behind passwords in page settings to prevent them from being publicly accessible."); Wix's three extra points come from the booking (Wix Bookings on its Core plan against Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription), the patient forms (Wix's help: "HIPAA compliance is available with Business, Plus, Elite, Business Elite and Enterprise plans."; Squarespace's help, of its own form blocks: "No. Form blocks sent over SSL-enabled domains are encrypted, but they can't be used as part of a HIPAA-compliant solution." and "To collect secure patient information, we recommend Acuity Scheduling.") and chat editing; all four pages read November 3, 2026. The assistants split the same way the lists do: Gemini called Squarespace the best overall for a small practice, and ChatGPT, AI Mode and Google's AI Overview put Wix first. Every mark is in the table; a practice that already books in Acuity can read it as 15 to 13.
In the US, usually, with conditions that vary by state. Florida's health-practitioner statute, for example, says "In any advertisement for a free, discounted fee, or reduced fee service, examination, or treatment by a health care practitioner" the ad must carry a statement in capital letters that the patient "HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT, OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREATMENT THAT IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT", and its medical practice act lists "False, deceptive, or misleading advertising." and advertising as a board-certified specialist without the qualification among the grounds for discipline (both read on November 3, 2026). Every builder here can put an offer on the page; make only claims you can back up, say what the offer covers, and check your state medical board's advertising rules before you publish.
In the US, HIPAA covers the patient health information you collect, not the pages that describe your services, insurance and hours; the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services puts the covered providers as "Providers who submit HIPAA transactions, like claims, electronically are covered.", with doctors and clinics first on its list. A website needs no agreement as long as its forms take only a name, a phone number and a good time to call; the moment a form asks about symptoms, medications or insurance, whoever stores the answers needs a business associate agreement with the practice. Two of the five sign that agreement: Wix for the website itself, on its Business plans and up, and Squarespace only for Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription on Acuity's Powerhouse or Premium plans, which its help calls "the only Squarespace feature currently designed to offer services consistent with HIPAA obligations." (both read November 3, 2026). GoDaddy, WordPress.com and Zarla leave the intake to your patient portal, linked from the site. A practice outside the US answers to its own privacy and health-records law instead, the Privacy Act and the state health records acts in Australia, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act in the UK. Confirm the details with your compliance advisor.
On most of them. Zarla, Wix (from its Core plan) and GoDaddy take bookings on the website plan; Squarespace needs Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription, and WordPress.com a booking plugin. The booking itself asks for a name, a phone number and a time and nothing about symptoms; the medical history waits in your portal, and a same-day sick visit gets a call button next to Book.
Close, but each gets its own page. Dentists and chiropractors each get a guide of their own in this series, keeping the booking and HIPAA tests and swapping the private page for a smile gallery or for patients choosing their doctor, and a counselor or psychologist reads our best website builders for therapists, which scores a consultation booked online, intake kept private and a blog with a newsletter. A specialist practice, an urgent care or a group with several physicians reads this page, because the patient-only page and the choice of doctor are the tests that decide it.
With Zarla, the first draft takes about 30 seconds: every page, written for your medical practice, including an inquiry form and a map with directions. What's left is your insurance list, your doctors' photos and your hours. Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy and WordPress.com can also write a first draft with AI; how long the rest takes depends on how much you set up yourself. We haven't timed them side by side yet.
In the US, HIPAA covers the patient health information a practice collects, not the pages that describe its services, so the question is whether the builder signs a business associate agreement and lets its forms carry patient details. Wix signs a business associate agreement on the plans the table names, so patient forms can carry the details. There's no agreement for the website on Zarla (no BAA; embed or link a HIPAA-ready form or portal); GoDaddy (BAA for its Microsoft 365 email only; embed a HIPAA form); Squarespace (forms aren't HIPAA-ready; a BAA for Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription); WordPress.com (HIPAA form plugins on paid plans; no BAA in its help). We read each on the builder's own pages on October 24, 2026.
Wix, GoDaddy, Squarespace and WordPress.com have it built in. Zarla can't do it. We read each on the builder's own pages on October 12, 2026.
Building and previewing one can cost nothing on most builders; a live site on your own domain costs money on every builder here. Wix: Core, the cheapest plan with bookings, is $29/mo billed yearly. Light is $17/mo without bookings, and there's a free plan on a wixsite.com address. GoDaddy: Websites + Marketing plans are priced by country, and GoDaddy's page didn't show us a US price, so check it for yours. Squarespace: Basic is $19/mo and Core $29/mo, billed yearly, after a 14-day free trial. Online booking is a separate Acuity Scheduling subscription. WordPress.com: Personal is $4/mo billed yearly; form file uploads need Business, $25/mo billed yearly. Plugins can add their own cost. Zarla is free to build and preview, and you pay when you publish, on the Premium plan. Each price is the builder's own, read on its pricing or help pages (September 28, 2026); check it for your country before you buy.
Yes: Wix placed first of five here, with 15 of 18 points. Of the tests that are particular to doctors, it gets a tick on "New patients book a visit online", "Patient forms kept private under HIPAA" and "Pages only your patients can open". The catch: bookings need the Core plan rather than the cheapest one, and pages for each town you serve are yours to write.
See your practice's website before you decide.
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