Need a Small Business Website? Try One of These Website Builders

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Are you a small business owner looking to build a website, but you're a little overwhelmed with all the choices out there? If so, we've got you covered. In this article, we'll go over the top website builders available for small businesses, including their features, pricing, benefits, and drawbacks. Keep reading to learn more!

Top 5 Best Small Business Website Builders

  1. Durable , for affordability and easy website creation
  2. Shopify , for eCommerce tools
  3. Squarespace , for stylish website designs
  4. Wix , for marketing tools
  5. WordPress , for robust integrations
1

Durable

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    Durable lets you build a website in minutes—no technical skills required. Durable is a great website builder for small businesses thanks to how easy it is to use. It's an all-in-one platform for running your business, and includes tools to help with automating messages, creating invoices, gathering analytics data, and much more. Durable also offers AI-driven tools to help you create SEO-optimized content so you're easily found on Google and can grow your online presence.
    • Features:
      • No-code website creation
      • AI website builder
      • Customizable website templates
      • Integrated tools
    • Price: Durable lets you sign up and try their website builder for free (but you'll need a paid plan to publish the website). [1] Get 30% off your first 3 months using code WIKI30 .
      • Yearly: $12-$80/month, billed yearly
      • Monthly: $15-$95/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Quick and easy to use, plans include a free custom domain (up to $15), monthly plans are affordable
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Shopify

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    If your small business involves running an online shop, Shopify is a robust choice for an eCommerce site builder. Besides having a site builder with eCommerce capabilities, Shopify has tools to help with marketing, chatting with customers, managing stock, selling across multiple channels, and much more.
    • Features:
      • eCommerce website builder
      • Customizable store themes
      • Built-in SSL security certificates
      • Free business tools
    • Price: Shopify doesn't have a free plan, but has a free trial. You cannot publish your store on the free trial. [2]
      • Free trial: 3 days, then $1 for your first month
      • Yearly: $29-$299/month, billed yearly
        • Shopify also offers a plan for complex businesses starting at $2,300/month for a 3-year term.
      • Monthly: $39-$399/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Robust eCommerce capabilities, very customizable, simple backend
    • Drawbacks: Expensive, not great for small stores, doesn't have a standalone website builder
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Squarespace

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    It also has a number of unique tools that allow you to schedule appointments, sell services, and offer memberships. As such, Squarespace is a great choice if you're an artist or have a creative business. Squarespace's website builder makes it easy to create stylish websites without needing any technical know-how.
    • Features:
      • Drag-and-drop website builder
      • Stylish template gallery
      • AI website layout generator
      • Marketing tools
    • Price: Squarespace has no free plan, but offers a generous free trial period. They also offer 50% off for the first year of a new annual subscription for verified students. [3]
      • Free trial: 14 days
      • Yearly: $16-52/month, billed yearly
      • Monthly: $25-72/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Modern and stylish templates, lengthy free trial period, student discount
    • Drawbacks: Expensive, basic plan doesn't have much functionality, not great for stores with large inventory
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Wix

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    With a huge template library and a drag-and-drop site builder, Wix is a great choice for any budding small business to create a website. Wix's plans also include email marketing tools (in partnership with Mailchimp) and basic SEO optimization.
    • Features:
      • Drag-and-drop website builder
      • Template gallery with 900+ templates
      • AI website builder
      • Mailchimp email marketing tools
    • Price: Wix has a free plan, but your site won't have a custom domain name and will have Wix ads. [4] You can also do a free trial of any of Wix's premium plans for 14 days.
      • Free trial: 14 days
      • Yearly: Wix offers yearly plans, but does not list the yearly plan prices on their website. [5]
      • Monthly: $17-$159/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Free plan, custom domain included with premium plans, built-in email marketing tools
    • Drawbacks: Cheapest plan has limited functionality, overwhelming interface, doesn't offer much storage space
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WordPress

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    You can either use the website builder on WordPress.com, or you can choose to download the WordPress software and host your site yourself. One of WordPress's biggest draws is its plugin library, which allows you to integrate almost any feature you can imagine into your website.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Template gallery
      • Huge plugin library
      • Built-in Google tools
    • Price: WordPress has a free plan with limited features, but isn't currently offering a free trial for its premium plans. [6]
      • Yearly: $4-$45/month, billed yearly
        • WordPress also offers an Enterprise plan, which starts at $25,000/year.
      • Biyearly: $3.25-$36/month, billed every 2 years
      • Monthly: $9-$70/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Free plan, incredibly flexible, plugins allow you to add almost any feature to your site
    • Drawbacks: Cheaper plans have very limited functionality, free domains only with annual subscription, more complex than other site builders
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Weebly

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    You can create both standard websites and online stores with Weebly's suite of tools. While their free plan doesn't allow you to use a custom domain or remove ads, it does offer SSL security and a slew of eCommerce options—including unlimited items, quick shop, in-store pickup, an automatic tax calculator, and more.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Robust eCommerce options
      • Marketing tools
      • Free plan
    • Price: Weebly has a free plan, but does not offer a free trial for their premium plans at this time. [7]
      • Yearly: $10-$26/month, billed yearly
      • Monthly: $13-$29/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Affordable, free plan has a lot of eCommerce options, free SSL security
    • Drawbacks: No custom domains on free tier, limited storage capacity, less features for non-eCommerce sites
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Hostinger

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    However, their tools are not as robust as some of the other website builders on this list. Despite this, Hostinger is great if you're just testing the waters with your small business, or you don't have a lot of money to spend on your website. Hostinger also has some interesting and useful AI tools, such as a heatmap tool that shows what parts of your website visitors engage with most.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Free domain for one year
      • ECommerce tools
      • AI sitebuilding tools
    • Price: Hostinger's pricing is set up a little differently than other site builders. They offer three plans at reduced rates for the initial two-year contract, then renew at a higher rate. [8]
      • Premium: $2.99/month for a 48-month term, billed upfront; renews at $7.99/month
      • Business: $3.99/month for a 48-month term, billed upfront; renews at $8.99/month
      • Cloud Startup: $7.99/month for a 48-month term, billed upfront; renews at $19.99/month
    • Benefits: Very affordable, eCommerce tools, 100-300 websites allowed per account
    • Drawbacks: Cheapest prices require 2-year term, less robust than other site builders, no free plan
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GoDaddy

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    GoDaddy's website builder has a number of templates specifically made for selling services, such as landscaping, roofing, vehicle repair, contracting, legal services, and more—though they do have eCommerce features as well. GoDaddy also has a suite of marketing and SEO optimization tools.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Template gallery
      • Marketing and SEO tools
      • Customer chat
    • Price: GoDaddy has a free plan with limited features. You can also try their premium plan features for 7 days when you sign up. [9]
      • Yearly: $9.99-$20.99/month, billed yearly
    • Benefits: Free plan and free trial, templates built for service providers, robust knowledge center with tutorials and guides
    • Drawbacks: No free domain, expensive plans, eCommerce features restricted to most expensive plan
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Strikingly

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    However, Strikingly is not a great choice for more advanced users, as its features are somewhat limited compared to other website builders. It has a variety of features, including eCommerce, analytics, domain names, and more, but even the most expensive plans don't offer unlimited storage. If you're just starting out, though, Strikingly is a great way to get started.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Online store
      • Blog
      • Analytics
    • Price: Strikingly has a free plan with limited features, though you can create as many free sites as you want.
      • Yearly: $8-$49/month, billed yearly
        • Strikingly also offers terms of 2, 3, and 5 years for further discounts.
      • Monthly: $12-$59/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Free plan, easy to use, unlimited free sites
    • Drawbacks: No unlimited storage, cheaper plans have very limited bandwidth, lacks advanced features
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IONOS

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    Some of the features that stand out include an included email inbox and royalty-free image library. However, IONOS lacks some more robust features that other site builders have, especially regarding social media integration. Despite this, IONOS is easy to use and offers AI tools to help you build your site.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • AI site builder & tools
      • Email inbox
      • Free domain for one year
    • Price: IONOS offers a discounted rate for your first year. The rate will then increase when you renew. [10]
      • Starter: $6/month for 1 year, then renews at $12/month
      • Plus: $1/month for 1 year, then renews at $18/month
      • Pro: $17/month for 1 year, then renews at $30/month
    • Benefits: Included email inbox, eCommerce tools with all plans, free SSL
    • Drawbacks: No free trial, template gallery is sparse, must commit to a 1-year term
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Site123

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    While many website builders have a drag-and-drop editor, Site123 instead lets you pick from a list of pre-selected options to build your site. While this might sound limiting, it's perfect for beginners who want to make a great-looking website.
    • Features:
      • Website builder
      • Template gallery
      • eCommerce tools
      • Email marketing system
    • Price: Site123 has a free plan with limited features, and a single paid plan: the Premium plan. [11]
      • Monthly: $12.80/month, billed monthly
    • Benefits: Perfect for beginners, easy to use, email marketing
    • Drawbacks: Lack of drag-and-drop editor might be restricting for some users, not as many features as other website builders, limited free plan
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Web.com

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    In addition to having an AI website builder, Web.com has an AI writing tool, AI domain name generator, and AI logo builder. Web.com will teach you how to use all of these tools once you sign up, or you can contact their support line for one-on-one assistance.
    • Features:
      • AI-powered website builder
      • AI website tools
      • Free domain for one year
      • Free SSL certificate
    • Price: Web.com offers an incredibly generous free trial length of 1 month. During that month you can explore all of the site's features and tools before committing to a plan. [12]
      • Free trial: 1 month
      • Yearly: $4.95-$8.95/month for the first year, billed yearly; renews at $15.99-$29.99/month
      • Monthly: $1.95-$3.95/month for the first month, billed monthly; renews at $19.99-$34.99/month
    • Benefits: Suite of AI tools, generous free trial, knowledgeable support staff
    • Drawbacks: Plan renewal rates are incredibly expensive, free domain only available in annual plans, eCommerce tools restricted to most expensive plan

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      References

      1. ↑ https://help.durable.co/en/articles/8583507-general-faqs#h_1d2a2c40aa
      2. ↑ https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/intro-to-shopify/pricing-plans/free-trial
      3. ↑ https://www.squarespace.com/students
      4. ↑ https://support.wix.com/en/article/signing-up-for-a-free-wix-account
      5. ↑ https://support.wix.com/en/article/purchasing-a-yearly-premium-plan
      6. ↑ https://wordpress.com/pricing/
      7. ↑ https://www.weebly.com/pricing
      8. ↑ https://www.hostinger.com/pricing
      9. ↑ https://www.godaddy.com/websites/website-builder
      1. ↑ https://www.ionos.com/websites/website-builder#plans
      2. ↑ https://www.site123.com/pricing
      3. ↑ https://www.web.com/help/article/web-free-trial-website

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