Website builders

Website builders let creators build websites to share information about themselves and their businesses. These tools sometimes include features for selling courses, digital products, and memberships.

Wix

Score: 79.22

Wix is a drag-and-drop website builder that lets users create HTML5 websites and mobile sites. They offer ecommerce features on more expensive plans.

Wix earns points for its free plan and low cost of its paid plans. It loses points for artificially limiting the number of products a creator can sell by plan tier and limited support documentation.

Squarespace

Score: 75.32

Squarespace lets users design and build a website or blog without knowing how to code. Users can also sell digital and physical products on the platform on more expensive plans.

Squarespace earns points for its low initial cost, integrations, and language support. It loses points due to the lack of a free plan and transaction fees on its Business plan.

Wordpress

Score: 68.33

WordPress is an open-source content management system (CMS) that lets users build websites and publish content online. Creators can add additional functionality by installing plug-ins.

Wordpress earns points for its free plans, integrations, and language support. It loses points for its lack of available support. 

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