Best website builders for therapists (2026)

Who you help and the concerns you specialize in, your approach and training, your license and the states you practice in, your fees, sliding scale and insurance, whether you see clients in person or online, a link to your client portal for intake, crisis information, and one easy way to book a first consultation. The booking, private intake and newsletter tests above show which builders do those without another tool.

In the US, HIPAA covers the client health information you collect, not the pages that describe your services, fees and approach. The website itself needs no agreement as long as its forms take only a name, an email and a good time to call; the moment a form asks about symptoms, diagnoses or insurance, whoever stores the answers needs a business associate agreement with you. Of the builders here, Wix signs one for the website itself, on its Business plans and up, and Squarespace signs one for Acuity Scheduling, its booking add-on, on Acuity's Powerhouse or Premium plan, a separate subscription from the website; both read on their help pages on October 24, 2026. On the others, intake runs in a HIPAA-ready form or your practice software's client portal, linked from the site. Outside the US the equivalent is your privacy and health-records law: the Privacy Act and state health records acts in Australia, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act in the UK. Confirm the details with your compliance advisor.

They do a different job from a builder. Brighter Vision builds the site for you ("Website Built by a Professional Design Team"): its Start plan is $99 a month, shown at $79 on the day we read it, with a $100 setup fee on yearly billing, and HIPAA-secure email is a paid add-on. TherapySites has built websites for therapists since 2007, by its own account. SimplePractice is practice software whose plans, Starter at $49, Essential at $79 and Plus at $99 a month, include what its page calls a HIPAA-compliant website builder, so intake stays inside the portal. None of the three is scored here; we read their pages on October 24, 2026. If your practice already runs in SimplePractice, its site keeps everything in one system; if you want a blog, pages per specialty and local search, a general builder with your portal linked from it does more on the website side, and the table above shows which.

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. Keep the booking itself to a name, an email and a time, and send intake to your portal.

Yes. People comparing therapists check fees and insurance before they reach out, and a page that says your session fee, any sliding scale and the plans you're in network with saves both of you a call that was never going to work. Every builder here can put that on a page, and Zarla adds it when you type it in chat.

In the US, the counseling and psychology codes of ethics bar soliciting testimonials from current clients, the counselors' code names former clients too, and some state boards go further, so most therapists leave reviews off the site and let their writing and credentials do the work. Google may still show reviews on your Business Profile, which you don't control. Check your licensing board's rules and your professional association's code before you add one.

With Zarla, the first draft takes about 30 seconds: every page, written for your therapy practice, including a contact form and a map with directions. What's left is your fees and insurance, your approach and a photo of you. 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 client health information a practice collects, not the pages that describe your services, so the question is whether the builder signs a business associate agreement and lets its forms carry client details. Wix signs a business associate agreement on the plans the table names, so intake forms can carry client 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); WordPress.com (HIPAA form plugins on paid plans; no BAA in its help); Squarespace (forms aren't HIPAA-ready; a BAA for Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription). We read each on the builder's own pages on October 24, 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. WordPress.com: Personal is $4/mo billed yearly; form file uploads need Business, $25/mo billed yearly. Plugins can add their own cost. 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. 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 therapists, it gets a tick on "Clients book a consultation online", "Intake forms kept private under HIPAA" and "A blog and an email newsletter". The catch: bookings need the Core plan rather than the cheapest one, and pages for each town you serve are yours to write.