Wix alternatives figures read between 2026-09-23 – 2026-10-17

Wix alternatives — 12 builders side by side on what year two costs

Leaving a builder is a pricing decision before it is a design decision. Below, Wix sits beside the builders a reader would actually weigh against it: the entry rate, the renewal rate, whether the domain is included, and whether the renewal is printed on the pricing page or only discovered at checkout. Every figure was read from the vendor's own page, on the date shown in its row.

12
builders compared: 6
publish a renewal rate: 4
print the renewal in advance: 9
include a free first-year domain

How to read the table

Wix alternatives — 12 builders side by side on what year two costs
Builder	Entry price	Renewal price	Renewal step	Domain, year 1	Renewal printed in advance?
WixAriaintro step, disclosedThe builder you are leaving	$14.5/mo (promo)	$29/mo	2×	Included	Printed on the pricing page
SquarespaceFluid Engineno renewal rate published	$19.00/mo (Basic) / HK$129/mo (geo-served Asia)	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
GoDaddyAiro Website Builderno renewal rate published	$9.99/mo (billed annually)	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
WebflowVisual Designerflat rate — no step	$15.00/mo (Basic, billed yearly) / $25.00/mo (Premium, billed yearly)	$15.00/mo (Basic) / $25.00/mo (Premium)	1×	Not included	Printed on the pricing page
ShopifyShopify Storefrontintro step, not disclosed	$1.00/mo (first 3 months promo)	$25.00/mo (annual) / $33.00/mo (monthly)	33×	Not included	Not printed on the pricing page
HostingerAI Builderstep, but unclear where	$2.99/mo — 48-month prepay	$10.99/mo	3.68×	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
IONOSMyWebsite Nowintro step, disclosed	$6/mo (12-mo term)	$14/mo	2.33×	Included	Printed on the pricing page
FramerAI Site Builderintro step, not disclosed	$10/mo	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
Square OnlineWebsitesflat rate — no step	$49/mo (per location)	$49/mo	1×	not disclosed	Printed on the pricing page
WordPress.comHostingintro step, not disclosed	$4/mo (1-yr)	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
SITE123Website Builderintro step, not disclosed	$10.8/mo (annual, FAQ)	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page
DurableAI Website Builderintro step, not disclosed	$22/mo (annual)	not disclosed	not disclosed	Included	Not printed on the pricing page

Entry price is the rate the vendor prints for a new subscription — on an annual plan that is the monthly rate billed yearly. Renewal price is the vendor's own second number, and where the vendor prints none the cell says so. The step is the ratio between the two, printed only where both numbers were published. Domain is whether the entry plan carries a free domain for the first year. The last column is whether the vendor states the renewal on its own pricing page, before you buy.

How these rows were chosen

Our comparison set covers 51 builders whose pricing pages we read. These rows are the ones a reader leaving Wix is choosing between: the incumbents sold to the same buyer, the AI builders sold to the same buyer, and the ones whose renewal step is worth reading before you sign. Each name links to the full comparison we published for that builder.

Every builder in the table

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Questions this table answers

What does “not disclosed” mean in this table?

It means the vendor does not print that number on its own pricing page. We read each pricing page and record what it prints; where it prints nothing, the cell says so. Nothing in the table is estimated, and no two-year total is worked out for a vendor that never published a second rate.

Which of these builders keeps the same price at renewal?

The rows whose renewal price is the same figure as their entry price — the step reads 1×. We do not rank the table: the renewal column is there so you can sort it yourself, and the rows print in the order our comparison index lists them.

Where do I get the full picture for one builder?

Each name in the table links to that builder's own comparison page, where the renewal ladder, the domain terms and the hidden costs are broken out one by one. This page is the wide view; those are the deep ones.