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Which website builder fits you?
Answer up to four questions and get one recommendation, with the price and the catch. It takes about a minute.
Prices match the price tracker. US list prices, before tax.
Question 1
What is the site for?
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Do you already pay for Adobe Creative Cloud?
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Are you comfortable working with code?
HTML and CSS, a code editor and publishing from Git.
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How do you like to build?
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Will the client update content themselves?
For example blog posts, case studies, products or a gallery.
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Does the client need to take payments or sell online?
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Which matters more to the client?
Your best fit
Framer
It works like Figma, with a canvas and components, so you can design freely without code. A CMS is included from the cheapest paid plan, which is enough for case studies or a small blog.
- What it costs
- Basic is $10 a month, billed yearly, with a custom domain, 2 CMS collections and 1,000 items.
- Watch out for
- The CMS is smaller than Webflow's, and extra editors cost $20 a month each.
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Your best fit
Webflow
Clients can edit galleries, articles and other content through CMS collections without touching the design, which makes handover simple. Hosting is included.
- What it costs
- Premium is $25 a month, billed yearly, with 40 CMS collections and 20,000 items. Basic, at $15, has no CMS.
- Watch out for
- Its interface differs from design tools, so budget time to learn it.
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Your best fit
WordPress on Hostinger
The lowest monthly price for a site you fully own and can move anywhere. WordPress itself is free, open-source software.
- What it costs
- Hostinger's Premium plan is $2.49 a month on a 48-month term, paid upfront, then renews at $10.99 a month.
- Watch out for
- Updates, backups and security are your job, and the design depends on the theme and plugins you pick.
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Your best fit
Squarespace
Polished templates you fill in, so it is quick to publish without designing every page from scratch.
- What it costs
- Basic is $19 a month on an annual plan, or $25 paying monthly, with a 14-day free trial.
- Watch out for
- Custom code and CSS only arrive on the Core plan and above, so design control is limited on Basic.
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Your best fit
Adobe Portfolio
If you already pay for Creative Cloud, it's the quickest way to get a portfolio online, and it costs nothing extra.
- What it costs
- Included with Creative Cloud plans, per Adobe's FAQ. On its own, the Photography plan is $19.99 a month.
- Watch out for
- It doesn't offer much customization, so expect to outgrow it and move to a builder like Framer later.
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Your best fit
A static site on free hosting
If you write code, a hand-built static site on a free host costs only the domain, and it loads fast.
- What it costs
- Cloudflare's free plan allows commercial use. A .com domain at cost is about $11 a year.
- Watch out for
- Every change goes through code, so it suits you, not a client who needs to edit.
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Your best fit
Wix Studio
Online payments from the Standard plan, a CMS of up to 20,000 items on Plus and unlimited bandwidth on every plan suit a client who sells online.
- What it costs
- Prices vary by country. Third-party listings put the US Standard plan at $27 a month, paid yearly; check Wix's own page for yours.
- Watch out for
- The Basic plan cannot take payments, so the client needs Standard or higher.
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How the quiz decides
It follows the same reasoning as the comparisons on this site. For your own portfolio, the questions are whether you already pay for Adobe, whether you write code, and how you like to design. For a client site, they are how much the client will edit, whether they sell online, and whether they'd rather pay less or maintain less.
Commissions don't affect the result: two of the seven results, Adobe Portfolio and a static site, have no affiliate program at all. Want to compare costs over a few years instead? Try the website builder cost calculator.
All possible results
- Framer: It works like Figma, with a canvas and components, so you can design freely without code.
- Webflow: Clients can edit galleries, articles and other content through CMS collections without touching the design, which makes handover simple.
- WordPress on Hostinger: The lowest monthly price for a site you fully own and can move anywhere.
- Squarespace: Polished templates you fill in, so it is quick to publish without designing every page from scratch.
- Adobe Portfolio: If you already pay for Creative Cloud, it's the quickest way to get a portfolio online, and it costs nothing extra.
- A static site on free hosting: If you write code, a hand-built static site on a free host costs only the domain, and it loads fast.
- Wix Studio: Online payments from the Standard plan, a CMS of up to 20,000 items on Plus and unlimited bandwidth on every plan suit a client who sells online.