COMPARED OCTOBER 2026
Best website builders for moving companies (2026)
We scored 5 website builders on the 9 things a moving company needs, the same way for all of them, including Zarla, which is ours.
Free to build · Pay when you publish
What's the best website builder for a moving company?
For most moving companies, Zarla is the best website builder: it scored highest, 17 of 18 across the nine tests we ran on five builders, and it does the most to get you found on Google.
Wix (15) is close behind.
The full scores are below, with every builder's weak spot, ours included.
What Zarla builds for a moving company: Zarla's moving website builder.
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Add your business name and your town to the sentence, and Zarla builds the site, with a page for each service and town you list. 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 moving companies, in plain facts
Zarla is an AI website builder for small businesses. Describe your moving company 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.
- A quote form that asks for the job details comes on the first draft.
- Customers can attach up to five photos to a quote request.
- Customers book online and pay a deposit, through your own Stripe account.
- 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.
In this comparison: first of five, with 17 of 18 points.
THE SCORES
How do website builders for moving companies 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 | Zarla | Wix | GoDaddy | Squarespace | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quote requests with the job details | Yes — Quote form on the first draft | Yes — Price-quote form template | Yes — Quote form in home-service templates | Partly — General form block; no quote template | Partly — Form templates; AI builds a custom form |
| Customers send photos with a request | Yes — Up to five photos on a quote request | Yes — File upload field (paid plans) | Yes — Attachments on the contact form | Yes — File upload field in forms | Yes — File uploads in forms (Business plan) |
| Book online, with a deposit | Yes — Deposit through your own Stripe | Yes — Deposits in Wix Bookings, from Core; still rolling out | Yes — Pay part up front, on paid plans | Partly — Deposits in Acuity, a separate subscription | Partly — With a booking plugin |
| Finished first draft | Yes — Whole site written in about 30 seconds | Yes — Aria writes pages and starter copy | 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 — Type a change; ask for a new page | Yes — Aria edits and adds pages by chat | Partly — AI writes text; chat editing is a separate product | Partly — AI chat edits text and images; no new pages | Yes — AI assistant edits and adds pages, on any paid plan |
| Local search set up for you | Yes — Area map, town pages, Google reviews | Partly — Google reviews via apps; no town pages | Partly — Google reviews section; no town pages | Partly — One-pin map; Google reviews by embed | Partly — Only with plugins |
| Search coaching | Yes — SEO coach; page ideas from your Search Console | Partly — SEO Assistant; Search Console shown as charts | 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 86, desktop 99 | Partly — Phone 65, desktop 77 | 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, invoices and payments together | Yes — Leads inbox, invoices, payment links | Yes — Contacts, invoices, payments | Yes — Inbox, invoices, payments | Yes — Contacts, free invoices, payments | Partly — Payments block; invoices need a plugin |
| Score | 17 / 18 | 15 / 18 | 14 / 18 | 12 / 18 | 12 / 18 |
Checked on each builder's own website and help pages on September 28, 2026, and re-checked every answer on October 4, 2026; speed measured on September 28, 2026. When two builders tie on points, the one with fewer crosses goes first.
THE LIST
The best website builders for moving companies, ranked
- 1
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 business in a sentence and Zarla writes a complete first draft in about 30 seconds
- A service-area map and, when you list your towns, a page for each one
- Type changes in plain words, or ask for a new page, and the site updates
The CatchBuild my moving website — freeZarla is newer than the big names, and you change things by typing or clicking rather than dragging elements around a canvas. It also doesn't export your site as files to host somewhere else.
- 2
Wix
Best forA strong all-rounder if you like building and fine-tuning the site yourself.
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.
- 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.
- 4
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 CatchOnline booking is a second subscription, Acuity Scheduling, on top of the website plan, and it's managed in a different place.
- 4
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 (renews at $5/mo); 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 moving company website include?
Moving customers are nervous: they're handing everything they own to strangers and want a firm number. The site should answer what a move will cost and why you can be trusted with it.
- How you price a move. By the hour for a crew and a truck, or a flat rate for long-distance moves, and what changes it: stairs, long carries, heavy items, packing.
- Your license numbers. In the US, movers who cross state lines show their USDOT number, and some states license movers for moves inside the state too; check your state's rules.
- What's included. Blankets, wrapping, taking furniture apart and putting it back together, and what costs extra: packing materials, a piano, storage.
- Proof you're careful. Reviews that mention care and timing, photos of your crew and trucks, and how you handle damage claims.
- Where you go. The towns you move from and to, and whether you take long-distance moves.
How did we score the website builders?
The 9 tests, and what it takes to get a tick:
- Quote requests with the job details. Most moves start with a quote. Tick: a quote form that asks for the job details comes ready to use. Dash: you build one yourself from a general form.
- Customers send photos with a request. A photo of the rooms, the big furniture or the piano saves you a drive and lets you quote with confidence. Tick: customers can attach photos to the form on the website plan.
- Book online, with a deposit. Someone who can pick a moving date and pay a deposit on the spot is someone who turns up. Tick: it comes with the website plan. Dash: it needs a second subscription or a plugin.
- Finished first draft. Moving season leaves no evenings for building a website. 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. Rates, truck sizes and the areas you serve change with the season. Updating them should take a sentence. 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. People search for movers in the town they're leaving, so every town you pick up from needs its own page. 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. Local moves, long-distance moves, packing and storage 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. People compare movers on their phone, usually with several quotes open at once. 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, invoices and payments together. Deposits, final bills and payments are easier when the quote, the invoice and the payment sit in one place. Tick: a leads inbox, invoices and online payments, all built in. Dash: some of them, or only with plugins.
How we picked them. Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy (its Websites + Marketing builder) and WordPress.com are the four ChatGPT names most often for this question. Zarla is ours. When we asked ChatGPT about this trade on October 4, 2026, it also named Webflow, which we haven't scored yet.
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 re-checked every answer on October 4, 2026. 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, remodelers, towing companies, tree service companies, painters.
Questions owners ask
Your services (local moves, long-distance moves, packing, storage), how you price a move, the towns you serve, your USDOT number if you move across state lines in the US, reviews, and a quote form that asks for the move date, the home size and the addresses.
Many do, to hold a date in the busy season. Zarla, Wix (from its Core plan, as Wix rolls deposits out to every account) and GoDaddy take a deposit when the customer books; Squarespace needs Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription, and WordPress.com a booking plugin.
Yes, on all five. Zarla's quote form takes up to five photos of the job, and Wix (a form field on its paid plans), Squarespace, GoDaddy and WordPress.com (on its Business plan) let a form take photo uploads too.
Building and previewing one can cost nothing; a live site on your own domain costs money on every builder here. Wix has a free plan on a wixsite.com address, and Core, its cheapest plan with bookings, is $29/mo billed yearly. Squarespace Basic is $19/mo billed yearly after a 14-day free trial, and online booking is a separate Acuity Scheduling subscription. WordPress.com Personal is $4/mo billed yearly; photo uploads on its forms come with Business, $25/mo billed yearly, and booking comes from a plugin. GoDaddy prices Websites + Marketing by country. Zarla is free to build and preview, and you pay when you publish, on the Premium plan. These are each builder's own US prices, read on its pricing page on September 28, 2026.
With Zarla, the first draft takes about 30 seconds: every page, written for your moving company, including a quote form and, when you list your towns, a page for each one. What's left is your own photos of the crew and trucks, your rates and your license numbers. 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.
Yes, it's one of the stronger choices: Wix placed second of five here, with 15 of 18 points. Of the tests that are particular to moving companies, it gets a tick on "Quote requests with the job details", "Customers send photos with a request" and "Book online, with a deposit". 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 moving website before you decide.
Add your town to the sentence and Zarla builds the first draft, free. You pay only when you publish.
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.