Best website builders
Every figure below was read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date beside it. The ordering is cheapest entry price first — a basis you can check rather than a ranking you have to trust.
What “best” means on this page
“Best” is not a mood — it is whichever axis you actually care about, measured. Our record can say which tool is cheapest to start, whose free plan is real, who bills local currency and whose prices just moved; it cannot say which tool fits your work, which is what the full comparisons are for. Cheapest never means best — it means cheapest. Each verdict below names its axis, and every tool links to its own site so you can check us against the source. No vendor paid for any position.
Entry at £6/mo — the lowest published paid plan in this set. Cheap is a fact, not a verdict; the profile below says what you get for it.
site ↗pricing ↗A plan priced at zero on the vendor’s own page — trials not counted. What each one caps differs; the profiles say.
Showed us different money in different countries on the same day — measured, not assumed. The profiles carry the figures.
Tool by tool
Weeblysite ↗pricing ↗
A straightforward website builder, now part of Square, aimed at small business sites and simple shops. Paid plans start at £6/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at £24/mo (Performance). It bills by country — entry $13/mo to a US reader and €11/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
Framersite ↗pricing ↗
A site builder that grew out of a design tool — pages are laid out like a design file and published as a real website. Paid plans start at £8/mo (Creative personal sites); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at £154/mo (Advanced hosting). It bills by country — entry $10/mo to a US reader and €10/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
Squarespacesite ↗pricing ↗
A website builder known for design-led templates, used for portfolios, small business sites and shops. Paid plans start at £12/mo (Basic); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at £79/mo (Advanced). It bills by country — entry $19/mo to a US reader and €12/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weebly | £6/mo | Yes | GBP | 2026-08-31 | page |
| Framer | £8/mo | Yes | GBP | 2026-08-28 | page |
| Squarespace | £12/mo | — | GBP | 2026-08-31 | page |
Billed in another currency
These tools are in the same category but did not show us a price in GBP on our last read — they quote the currency shown. We list them rather than convert: a converted figure is not a price anyone is charged.
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
The hosted version of WordPress: the same publishing software as the self-hosted original, run for you, with plans that unlock plugins and themes at higher tiers. Paid plans start at $4/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $45/mo (Commerce Free Personal Premium). We read the same $4/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
Tildasite ↗pricing ↗
A website builder based on a large library of pre-made blocks, popular for long-form pages and editorial-looking sites. Paid plans start at $10/mo (Personal 1 website); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $20/mo (Business 5 websites). It bills by country — entry $15/mo to a US reader and $15/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
Dudasite ↗pricing ↗
A website builder aimed at agencies and resellers building many client sites, with team and white-label workflows. Paid plans start at $25/mo (Basic); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $199/mo (White Label). We read the same $25/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress.com | $4/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
| Tilda | $10/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
| Duda | $25/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
How to choose in this category
- First-term discounts are common here — the renewal figure is the one you will live with.
- Free plans usually carry the vendor’s branding and domain.
- A site is hard to move; weigh the exit cost before the entry price.