Best Website Builders 2019 – So Easy Your Grandma Could Use Them 👵
1. Wix (Best Overall/Easiest to Use)

No longer a novelty among website builders, Wix has evolved beyond the hobbyist playground into a place where real, live websites intended for actual use are produced daily. The editor is easy to figure out and there are customization options out the wazoo. A REALLY good place to get your website going cheaply.
- 300+ quality templates
- Huge knowledge base archive
- Ad-free option at only $8.50/month
- Fast sign-up and activation
- Awesome support
- Incredibly easy to use
Pros
Probably the best signup experience – quick and painless
Cons
Websites look great but add-on prices could kill you, especially $5/month email
2. Squarespace (Not Great, Not Bad)

To be totally honest, SquareSpace is probably suited for visual artists more than any other demographic. The templates are good but to you’ll need access to a steady supply of high-resolution images for best results. Like Wix, you’ll have to cough up an extra $5/month for email. A fully loaded website runs about $18/month, which is higher than most on this list.
- 40 very modern templates
- Great for visual businesses
- 24/7 live chat and email support
- FREE domain and privacy settings
Pros
Excellent uptime and loading speed; fast account activation.
Cons
The builder’s learning curve can be challenging
3. Sitebuilder (One of The Good Guys)

Let’s get the suspense out of the way. Siteground is the top dog of site builders IMHO. They’re not looking to reel you in and forget you. The company realizes that they don’t succeed unless their customers do, and this philosophy is reflected in the intuitive nature of the builder and the heap o’ plenty quality templates.
- Good uptime and page loading speed
- FREE domain and email account
- 1,200 templates
- Easy blog functionality
Pros
$80/year is a good price
Cons
Slow account activation on the weekend (3 hours) was a little irksome
4. Boldgrid (Cheap but With A Steep Learning Curve)

The VERY interesting thing about this builder is that it runs on the WordPress framework, which gives it the myriad of customizations inherent with this massively popular CMS platform. Great for any kind of website – online store, website, or just a blog. Pretty excited to see how this one develops in the future.
- Build ANY type of website
- Choose from 3,000 WordPress themes
- Very low cost ($4.17/month)
- FREE domain, email, eCommerce
Pros
Thanks to WordPress, design options seem endless
Cons
To repeat, the learning curve can be frustrating
5. Weebly (Should Be Better Than It Is)

Thanks to the miracle of marketing, Weebly enjoys high name-recognition, but the editor comes up short in regard to features and functions. Thanks to these limitations, it might be hard to come up with a website that wows people. At $12/month, the price is good. Can’t go with a glowing recommendation, but I can say you could do worse!
- FREE email
- Instant signup and activation
- Multiple methods of support
- Comparatively low cost
Pros
Dead simple editor to please the technophobes
Cons
At $25/month once you go over 25 products, the eCommerce store leaves an expensive taste in my mouth
6. Jimdo (Very Sparse Theme Selection)

Jimdo has 17 themes to choose from. That’s not a typo. In a world where other site builders offer hundreds and even thousands, I’m not overly impressed with this paltry selection. To make matters worse, the themes included are basic and hard to work with, which completely undermines the reality that the editor isn’t too bad. For anything other than a basic website, this one does not come recommended.
- Fast page-loading and uptime
- Clean builder interface
- Email and eCommerce included
- $7.50/month price
Pros
Best uptime (99.96%) of any site builder on the list
Cons
The basic plan only supports a 15 product online store – more than that requires the $20/month plan
7. Doodlekit (Fun Name – Not Much Else)

I thought I had crash-landed in 1995 when I started looking at the themes. Yep, they’re that bad. Plus the editor is as unintuitive a piece of software as you’re likely to find. Everything feels old, musty, outdated, and forgotten. Don’t believe me? Take advantage of the free trial period and tell me you don’t agree.
- 170 themes
- FREE domain and unlimited email
- eCommerce functionality
- $10/month
Pros
Price = Reality
Cons
There was a two-day wait for account activation
8. Webs (Expensive and Inefficient)

Another trip into the mists of prehistory. The 500 themes offered by Webs are brutally unimpressive. Nothing about this editor caught my attention in a good way either. Though features abound, none of them are anything anyone would actually want to use. To increase your eCommerce to anything over 25 items costs $22.99/month.
- 500 themes to choose from
- eCommerce functionality
- FREE domain and 3 email accounts
- 10% annual discount off advertised price
Pros
The premium plan earns you 24/7 support,which you’ll probably need
Cons
Loading speed makes a sloth look positively speedy
9. Yola (Another Horrible Choice)

Testing site builders has become pure torture at this point, but I’m not going to stop now. As we continue down to the bottom of the list, themes continue to look uniformly bad. Have you ever used a software where it’s easier to start the entire project anew than make a change? That’s Yola.
- 215 templates
- Instant sign-up and account activation
- 24/7 live chat and tutorials
- $8.33/month price is on the low side of average
Pros
At least it’s not #10
Cons
The add-ons and upsells never stop
10. Web (As Bad As It Gets)

Let’s Summarize All This…
On one hand, SiteBuilder is a solid choice if you want good all-around experience at a reasonable price. On the other hand, run as far away from Yola and Web as you can. The others in the middle have their good points and bad. A lot depends on what kind of website you’re in the market for. For example, Wix is a good eCommerce choice, while SquareSpace might fit your needs if you’re into visual design.
There you have it. The mysteries of website builders revealed for your consideration. Good luck!
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