COMPARED NOVEMBER 2026

Best website builders (2026)

By Eddie Machaalani, founder of Zarla · LinkedIn · Updated November 2026

We scored 9 website builders on the 9 things that decide whether a website earns its keep, the same way for all of them, including Zarla, which is ours.

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Key takeaways

Wix and Zarla tie for first, on 15 of 18 points across nine tests.
WordPress.com is next, on 14.
Zarla is ours, so weigh that: its weak spots are in the table like everyone else's.
None of the nine gets a tick on "Fast pages, measured".
Every competitor verdict comes from the builder's own pages, with the date we read it. When we asked ChatGPT, it named seven of these builders, and not Zarla.

What's the best website builder?

For most businesses, it's a tie between Wix and Zarla for the best website builder, on 15 of 18 across the nine tests we ran on nine builders.

WordPress.com (14), Hostinger (13) and Squarespace (13) are close behind.

The full scores are below, with every builder's weak spot, ours included.

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Zarla for businesses, in plain facts

Zarla is an AI website builder for small businesses. Describe your business 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.
An online store, with checkout through your own Stripe account and orders in your dashboard.
Every page gets its search title and description and a sitemap, and you can connect Google Search Console.
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; Shopify's on October 17, 2026), Zarla had the fastest median of the five builders here we could measure, 86 on phone and 99 on desktop. The samples differ (theirs are sites that rank on Google, Shopify's shops that rank on Google, ours random customer sites), as the method below explains.

Your Google reviews show on the site, but asking a customer for a review is a message you send yourself; Zarla can write it for you.

You can download your whole contact list as a spreadsheet at any time, but Zarla doesn't export your site as files to host somewhere else.

In this comparison: joint first of nine, with 15 of 18 points.

THE SCORES

How do website builders for businesses 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	WordPress.com	Hostinger	Squarespace	Webflow	Durable	Framer	Shopify
Finished first draft	Yes — Aria writes pages and starter copy	Yes — Whole site written in about 30 seconds	Yes — AI builder on paid plans	Yes — A ready-made site with its words from one prompt	Yes — Blueprint AI writes a multi-page site	Yes — A multi-page site with words (5 pages paid, 2 free)	Yes — AI writes the pages, words and images	Yes — Its AI agent builds a multi-page site with the words	Partly — AI makes a theme and starting home-page words
Edit by chat, new pages by AI	Yes — Aria edits and adds pages by chat	Yes — Type a change; ask for a new page	Yes — The WordPress Agent creates and edits content by chat, on any paid plan	Yes — Agentic mode: chat edits the whole site	Partly — AI chat edits text and images; no new pages	Partly — AI adds pages and sections; no chat site edits	Yes — AI Partner edits by chat; AI adds pages (paid)	Yes — Edits and adds pages by chat	Partly — Sidekick changes the theme; new pages by hand
Fast pages, measured	Partly — Phone 65, desktop 77	Partly — Phone 86, desktop 99	Partly — Phone 51, desktop 69 (10 WordPress sites, any host)	Partly — Not measured: no live sites found	Partly — Phone 56, desktop 74	Partly — Not measured: 0 live sites found	Partly — Not measured: 0 live sites found	Partly — Not measured: 0 live sites found	Partly — Phone 58, desktop 79
Booking on a website plan	Yes — Wix Bookings, from the Core plan	Yes — Quote form and online booking	Partly — With a booking plugin	Yes — Built in; its help names a Business plan	Partly — Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription	Partly — Not built in; Calendly and others embedded	Yes — Booking with calendar sync, on its Launch plan	Partly — Not built in; Cal.com or Calendly plugins	Partly — Booking through other companies' apps
A store built in	Yes — Store with payments, from Core	Yes — Products and checkout through your own Stripe	Yes — WooCommerce store on its Commerce plan	Partly — Hostinger Ecommerce, a separate subscription	Yes — Store with payments on every plan	Partly — Needs an ecommerce site plan	No — Payments and bookings, no product store	Partly — Not built in; Shopify and Stripe plugins from other companies	Yes — Full store and checkout on every plan
Leads, quotes, invoices and payments together	Yes — Contacts, price quotes clients accept online, invoices, payments	Yes — Leads inbox, online quotes, invoices, payment links	Partly — Payments block; quotes and invoices need a plugin	Partly — Contacts, store invoices, payments; no quotes	Yes — Contacts, estimates clients accept online, invoices with no Squarespace transaction fee, payments	Partly — Form inbox and store checkout; no quotes or invoices	Partly — Contacts, invoices, payments; no quotes in its help	Partly — Forms only; no quotes, invoices or payments	Partly — Invoices and payments; no leads inbox or quotes
Reviews, shown and asked for	Partly — Google reviews via apps; review emails for stores	Partly — Google reviews shown; requests you send yourself	Partly — Google reviews only through plugins	Partly — Google reviews only by pasted widget code	Partly — Product review emails; no Google reviews tool	Partly — Google reviews through other companies' apps	Yes — Google reviews section and review requests by email	Partly — Google reviews through other companies' plugins	Partly — Reviews, Google included, through apps
Found on Google without a plugin	Yes — Auto sitemap, Google connection, AI titles	Yes — Titles, descriptions, sitemap; Search Console link	Yes — Search titles from Premium, auto sitemap; Google auto-verify on Business and Commerce	Partly — Auto titles and sitemap; Search Console needs code	Yes — Auto titles, sitemap, Google connection	Yes — AI titles (paid), auto sitemap, Google verify box	Partly — Auto titles and sitemap; Search Console needs code	Partly — AI titles, auto sitemap; Search Console needs code	Partly — Auto sitemap; titles you add; Search Console by pasted tag
Yours if you leave	Partly — No site export; content as CSV, and your domain	Partly — Contacts download; no site export	Yes — Whole-site export, and domain transfer	Yes — Agentic mode exports the site's code, not its backend data	Partly — Partial export file, and your domain	Yes — Code export on paid Workspace plans	Partly — Contacts as CSV and your domain; no site export	Partly — Its help pages disagree on site export	Partly — Products export as CSV, themes download; no whole-site export
Score	15 / 18	15 / 18	14 / 18	13 / 18	13 / 18	12 / 18	12 / 18	11 / 18	10 / 18

Checked on each builder's own website and help pages on September 28, 2026, and the store built in test on October 17, 2026, and the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on October 4, 2026, and the reviews, shown and asked for test on October 17, 2026, and the found on google without a plugin test on October 17, 2026, and the yours if you leave test on October 17, 2026, except Shopify, Framer, Webflow, Hostinger and Durable, which joined on October 17, 2026, when all their answers were read, and WordPress.com's answers on the finished first draft, edit by chat, new pages by AI, store built in, reviews, shown and asked for, found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Squarespace's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI, leads, quotes, invoices and payments together, reviews, shown and asked for and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Framer's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI and leads, quotes, invoices and payments together tests on November 3, 2026, and Hostinger's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI, store built in, leads, quotes, invoices and payments together, reviews, shown and asked for, found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Framer's and Durable's answers on the store built in test on November 2, 2026, and Webflow's answer on the store built in test on October 28, 2026, and Shopify's answer on the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on November 3, 2026, and Wix's answer on the reviews, shown and asked for test on November 3, 2026, and Shopify's answer on the reviews, shown and asked for test on November 2, 2026, and Shopify's answers on the found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on October 28, 2026; speed measured on September 28, 2026 (Shopify's on October 17, 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
Salons, trainers and anyone who takes appointments	Level: Wix, Zarla, Hostinger and one more	Four builders score 2 of 2 on "Booking on a website plan", so pick on what else matters to you; the table shows the differences.
Shops, and services that sell a product or two	Level: Wix, Zarla, WordPress.com and two more	Five builders score 2 of 2 on "A store built in", so pick on what else matters to you; the table shows the differences.
Trades that quote, invoice and chase payments	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.
Owners who may want to move their site later	Level: WordPress.com, Hostinger, Webflow	Three builders score 2 of 2 on "Yours if you leave", so pick on what else matters to you; the table shows the differences.

THE LIST

The best website builders for businesses, ranked

1
Wix
Best for
A strong all-rounder if you like building and fine-tuning the site yourself.
What it costs
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. (their pricing page, checked 17 Oct 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 Catch
There's no way to export the site to host elsewhere, Google reviews come through apps, and bookings need the Core plan rather than the cheapest one.
1
Zarla
Best for
For owners who want the site written for them, with leads, quotes, invoices and payments in the same place.
What it costs
Free 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 and designs the whole site in about 30 seconds
- Change anything by typing, in plain words, or ask for a new page
- Booking, a leads inbox, quotes, invoices and payment links on one plan
The Catch
Zarla 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.
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WordPress.com
Best for
For owners who want full control and don't mind choosing and looking after plugins.
What it costs
Personal is $4/mo billed yearly; form file uploads need Business, $25/mo billed yearly. Plugins can add their own cost. (their pricing page, checked 2 Nov 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 Catch
Booking, reviews and invoices each come from a plugin you choose, and its SEO tools and Google verification box need the Premium plan or higher, not Personal.
4
Hostinger
Best for
A low monthly price, if you're happy to pay for several years up front.
What it costs
Premium is $2.49/mo on a 48-month term ($119.52 up front), renewing at $10.99/mo, with a free domain for the first year; the page shows no yearly price and no free plan. Its support pages described a 7-day trial that can't publish when we read them on October 17, 2026. (their pricing page, checked 2 Nov 2026)
Features
- Describe your site and its AI builds it, words included
- In Agentic mode, chat changes the whole site and you can export its code
- Booking and a contacts list built in; a store is Hostinger Ecommerce, a separate subscription
The Catch
We scored its Agentic mode, where chat edits the site and the code exports; its drag-and-drop Manual mode does neither. There's no free plan to publish on, quotes aren't built in, Google reviews and Search Console need pasted code, and its lowest price needs four years paid up front.
4
Squarespace
Best for
Good if polished design matters most and you don't mind adding a separate booking tool.
What it costs
Basic 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 2 Nov 2026)
Features
- Blueprint AI writes a multi-page starting site
- Design-led templates
- Invoices and online payments on every plan
The Catch
Online booking is a second subscription, Acuity Scheduling, on top of the website plan, and it's managed in a different place.
6
Webflow
Best for
Designers and agencies who want full control and may export the code.
What it costs
Basic is $15/mo billed yearly, with your own domain; code export needs a paid Workspace plan. A free Starter plan publishes two pages on a webflow.io address. (their pricing page, checked 17 Oct 2026)
Features
- Its AI site builder makes a multi-page site with a theme of colours, fonts and images
- Fine design control in a visual editor, with code export on paid Workspace plans
- An automatic sitemap, and AI-written page titles on paid plans
The Catch
Changes by chat are limited, booking is an embed and the store is a separate plan, and code export needs a paid Workspace plan on top of the site plan.
7
Durable
Best for
Solo service businesses that want booking, invoices and review requests beside the site.
What it costs
Launch is $22/mo billed yearly ($25 billed monthly), with a custom domain. The free plan is a private preview on durable.site that can't go public. (their pricing page, checked 2 Nov 2026)
Features
- Writes a site with its pages, words and pictures from your business details
- AI Partner makes changes by chat, and booking syncs with your calendar
- A contacts list, invoices, and review requests by email
The Catch
No product store and no whole-site export; the free plan is a private preview, not a live site.
8
Framer
Best for
Design-led sites, portfolios and launch pages, where the look matters most.
What it costs
Basic is $10/mo billed yearly, with a free custom domain for the first year on yearly billing. A free plan publishes on a Framer address. (their pricing page, checked 2 Nov 2026)
Features
- Its AI agent builds a multi-page site, words and layout included, from a description
- Change the site or add pages by chat, or take over on the canvas
- Publishes on Framer's hosting, with a free plan on a Framer address
The Catch
No store or booking of its own: selling or scheduling means a Shopify, Stripe, Cal.com or Calendly plugin from another company, enquiries are forms only, and Google reviews come through a plugin too.
9
Shopify
Best for
Shops whose online store is the business.
What it costs
Basic is $29/mo billed yearly ($39 billed monthly), with a custom domain. No free plan: a 3-day free trial, then $1/month for 3 months. (their pricing page, checked 17 Oct 2026)
Features
- A full online store with Shopify's checkout and payments on every plan
- Sidekick, an AI assistant that changes the theme when you describe the change
- Thousands of apps from other companies, booking and reviews among them
The Catch
It's built around the store: booking, reviews and quote forms come from apps, the AI makes a theme rather than writing your pages, and the site itself can't be exported.

SEE ZARLA BUILD ONE

What Zarla's AI does, in under a minute

A real recording of our product: a business described in one sentence, and the site Zarla writes from it. It's ours, so weigh it as you would any builder's demo; the scores above are the comparison.

app.zarla.com / Onboarding

What should you look for in a website builder?

The question people type is "best website builder"; the question they mean is "which one will get me a site that brings in work, without becoming a second job". So this page scores the whole job: how the site gets written, how it gets changed, how fast it loads, and whether it books, sells, invoices, shows your reviews and gets found, with the exit door checked last.

Written for you, then yours to change. A first draft from a description of your business, and changes you can make by typing rather than by learning an editor.
Fast on a phone. Most visitors are on one. We time real sites on each builder rather than take the builder's word for it.
The next step, built in. Book, buy, ask for a quote, pay an invoice: on a website plan, not through a stack of apps that each bill you.
Proof and findability. Your Google reviews on the page, and the search titles, sitemap and Search Console connection done without a plugin.
An exit. What you can take with you: the site itself, your contacts, your domain.

How did we score the website builders?

The 9 tests, and what it takes to get a tick:

Finished first draft. The best website builder is the one whose site exists by tonight: a first draft written for your business, not an empty template. 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 website is never finished. Changing a price or adding a service should take a sentence, not a tutorial. Tick: you type a change and the site updates, and you can ask for a new page and get one.
Fast pages, measured. Speed is the one test we measure rather than read: real sites on each builder, timed the same way, because a slow page on a phone loses the visitor before the pitch. 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.
Booking on a website plan. Half of small businesses live by the appointment. Tick: customers book from the site, built into a website plan. Dash: another company's scheduler, a plugin, an app or a second subscription.
A store built in. Even a service business sells something: a product, a gift card, a prepaid package. Tick: products, a cart and card payments on a website plan. Dash: a few buy buttons, or a store that costs another plan, plugin or app. Cross: no store of the builder's own.
Leads, quotes, invoices and payments together. The website's job isn't done at the enquiry. Where it lands, how you quote, how you get paid: that decides whether the site earns money. Tick: a leads inbox, quotes your customers accept online, invoices and online payments, all built in. Dash: some of them, or only with plugins.
Reviews, shown and asked for. Reviews are the first thing a stranger checks. Tick: your Google reviews on the site and a built-in way to ask a customer for one. Dash: one of the two, or only through another company's app.
Found on Google without a plugin. Most visitors arrive from a search. Tick: the builder writes each page's search title and description, makes a sitemap and connects Google Search Console for you or gives you a settings box for Google's code. Dash: some of that, or Search Console means pasting code or installing a plugin.
Yours if you leave. Prices and features change; the builder you pick today shouldn't own you in three years. Tick: export the whole site (its files, its code or a full export another platform imports) and keep your domain. Dash: your content or your domain comes with you, but not the site. Cross: nothing to take.

How we picked them. When we asked ChatGPT "best website builder" on November 2, 2026, twice, its answers named Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress, Framer, Webflow and Hostinger. We score the general builders that appear on every page in this series, Wix, Squarespace and WordPress.com, whether ChatGPT named them this time or not, plus Hostinger, Webflow, Framer and Shopify from its answer, and Durable, which ChatGPT didn't name. Zarla is ours. Durable is here because Google's AI Overview for the same search named it that day. WordPress here means WordPress.com, the hosted builder, not software you install.

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 store built in test on October 17, 2026, and the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on October 4, 2026, and the reviews, shown and asked for test on October 17, 2026, and the found on google without a plugin test on October 17, 2026, and the yours if you leave test on October 17, 2026, except Shopify, Framer, Webflow, Hostinger and Durable, which joined on October 17, 2026, when all their answers were read, and WordPress.com's answers on the finished first draft, edit by chat, new pages by AI, store built in, reviews, shown and asked for, found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Squarespace's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI, leads, quotes, invoices and payments together, reviews, shown and asked for and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Framer's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI and leads, quotes, invoices and payments together tests on November 3, 2026, and Hostinger's answers on the edit by chat, new pages by AI, store built in, leads, quotes, invoices and payments together, reviews, shown and asked for, found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on November 3, 2026, and Framer's and Durable's answers on the store built in test on November 2, 2026, and Webflow's answer on the store built in test on October 28, 2026, and Shopify's answer on the leads, quotes, invoices and payments together test on November 3, 2026, and Wix's answer on the reviews, shown and asked for test on November 3, 2026, and Shopify's answer on the reviews, shown and asked for test on November 2, 2026, and Shopify's answers on the found on google without a plugin and yours if you leave tests on October 28, 2026. Webflow's help centre blocks automated reading, so its answers were read through a page-reading service. Where two of a builder's own pages disagree, we score the lower answer and say so. We went back to every price card on this page on November 2, 2026; where a builder's pricing page showed us another country's prices from where we read it, or couldn't be read, the card keeps its earlier US reading and says when that was. 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. Shopify joined later, so we ran the same PageSpeed test on October 17, 2026, on ten sites that came up in Google for boutiques, bakeries and florists in the same five US cities. When we searched on October 17, 2026, Google listed no sites built with Hostinger's builder that loaded (the five on its own zyrosite.com addresses that Google listed showed an error page), so its speed isn't measured and it gets the middle mark. 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); how a template looks, because taste is yours and our design inspiration shows real sites instead; and ease of use by stopwatch, which we didn't time. The first-draft and edits-by-chat rows are our proxy for ease: the less you have to do, the easier it is. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

The same method elsewhere. the best AI website builders, the best website builders for small business and the best free website builders, and trade by trade for 78 kinds of business on our comparisons page.

Questions owners ask

What is the easiest website builder?

The one that does the most of the work for you, which is what the first two rows of the table score. Zarla, Wix, Squarespace, Framer, Webflow, Hostinger, WordPress.com and Durable write a whole first draft from a description of your business (Shopify's AI makes a theme and starting home-page words), and Zarla, Wix, Framer, Hostinger, WordPress.com and Durable keep taking changes by typing afterwards, so you never learn an editor. We didn't time anyone with a stopwatch, and we don't score how a drag-and-drop editor feels. For what it's worth, ChatGPT asked for the easiest website builder twice on November 2, 2026 named Squarespace, Wix, Hostinger and Shopify both times; one answer added GoDaddy, the other Carrd.

Which website builder is best for a service business, like a cleaner, plumber, salon or trainer?

The "Which builder fits your business" table above shows the top scorers on the four things that separate the builders here: booking on a website plan, a store built in, where the enquiries, quotes and invoices land, and what you can take with you if you leave. For a trade, though, the general answer is only half of it, because a cleaner needs repeat bookings and a salon needs a staff picker, so we score each trade on its own tests in our best website builder guides by trade: cleaning, plumbing, salons, personal trainers, restaurants and many more, each read the same way. Start there if your business has a name for what it does.

Is a free website builder good enough for a business?

It can be, if you know what the free plan leaves out: on most builders that's your own domain, no ads, booking and payments, which is why our free website builders comparison scores exactly what each one lets you publish for free. Zarla is free to build and preview, and you pay when you publish, on the Premium plan.

Do ChatGPT and Google recommend Zarla as a website builder?

Not for this question, as of November 2, 2026. Asked for the best website builder twice that day, through a search-data provider that reads the real ChatGPT answer with web search on, it named Wix, Squarespace and Shopify first both times, then Framer, Webflow and Hostinger (one answer also WordPress); Google's AI Overview for the same search named Wix, Shopify, Squarespace, Webflow, Durable and Hostinger. None named Zarla. Every builder they named is on this page, scored on the same nine tests, and we publish the reading whether or not it flatters us. Asked about specific trades the same day, ChatGPT named Zarla for 57 of 174, and most of those answers cite our best-builder guide for the trade; for the general question it did not.

Which website builders have a store built in?

Wix, Zarla, WordPress.com, Squarespace and Shopify have it built in. It takes another tool or a workaround on Hostinger (Hostinger Ecommerce, a separate subscription); Webflow (needs an ecommerce site plan); Framer (not built in; Shopify and Stripe plugins from other companies). Durable can't do it. We read each on the builder's own pages on October 17, 2026 (Framer's and Durable's on November 2, 2026; Webflow's on October 28, 2026; Hostinger's and WordPress.com's on November 3, 2026).

Which website builders include booking on a website plan?

Wix, Zarla, Hostinger and Durable have it built in. It takes another tool or a workaround on WordPress.com (with a booking plugin); Squarespace (Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription); Webflow (not built in; Calendly and others embedded); Framer (not built in; Cal.com or Calendly plugins); Shopify (booking through other companies' apps). We read each on the builder's own pages on September 28, 2026 (Shopify's, Framer's, Webflow's, Hostinger's and Durable's on October 17, 2026).

Which website builders let you leave with your site?

If you move, the site usually stays behind, so it's worth knowing before you start. WordPress.com, Hostinger and Webflow let you take the whole site, and your domain. Only part of it comes with you on Wix (no site export; content as CSV, and your domain); Zarla (contacts download; no site export); Squarespace (partial export file, and your domain); Durable (contacts as CSV and your domain; no site export); Framer (its help pages disagree on site export); Shopify (products export as CSV, themes download; no whole-site export). We read each on the builder's own pages on October 17, 2026 (Squarespace's, Hostinger's and WordPress.com's on November 3, 2026; Shopify's on October 28, 2026).

How much does a business website cost?

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. WordPress.com: Personal is $4/mo billed yearly; form file uploads need Business, $25/mo billed yearly. Plugins can add their own cost. Hostinger: Premium is $2.49/mo on a 48-month term ($119.52 up front), renewing at $10.99/mo, with a free domain for the first year; the page shows no yearly price and no free plan. Its support pages described a 7-day trial that can't publish when we read them on October 17, 2026. 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. Webflow: Basic is $15/mo billed yearly, with your own domain; code export needs a paid Workspace plan. A free Starter plan publishes two pages on a webflow.io address. Durable: Launch is $22/mo billed yearly ($25 billed monthly), with a custom domain. The free plan is a private preview on durable.site that can't go public. Framer: Basic is $10/mo billed yearly, with a free custom domain for the first year on yearly billing. A free plan publishes on a Framer address. Shopify: Basic is $29/mo billed yearly ($39 billed monthly), with a custom domain. No free plan: a 3-day free trial, then $1/month for 3 months. 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 (October 17, 2026 and November 2, 2026); check it for your country before you buy.

Which website builders let customers accept a quote online?

Wix has Price Quotes that clients accept online and that can turn into an invoice. Zarla sends a quote as one link: the customer picks an option, ticks any extras and accepts it, and Zarla drafts the invoice for what they chose, with any deposit you asked for, ready for you to send. WordPress.com needs a quote plugin from another company. Hostinger's builder keeps contacts and makes invoices for store orders, and has no quotes. Squarespace sends estimates and proposals with an Accept button, from its Basic plan. Webflow has a form inbox and store checkout, and no quotes or invoices. Durable sends invoices and takes payments; its help pages document no quotes. Framer has forms, and no quotes, invoices or payments built in. Shopify sends invoices with a checkout link, and has no quotes customers accept online. Job-management software such as Jobber and Housecall Pro goes further: the customer can pay the deposit as they approve the quote. We read each builder's quoting on its own pages on October 4, 2026 (Shopify's, Framer's, Webflow's, Hostinger's and Durable's on October 17, 2026).

Is Wix good for a business?

Yes: Wix placed joint first of nine here, with 15 of 18 points. Of the tests that are particular to businesses, it gets a tick on "Booking on a website plan", "A store built in" and "Found on Google without a plugin". The catch: there's no way to export the site to host elsewhere, Google reviews come through apps, and bookings need the Core plan rather than the cheapest one.

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