Wix and Weebly are two popular Website Builders. You can create beautiful websites without any technical skills. They are almost similar. But the main difference is the customization option. Wix has a lot of customization options. Besides Website building, Wix has Ecommerce, Marketing automation tools, SEO optimization tools, etc. Weebly is an easy-to-use website builder. It also hasso many features like marketing automation, SEO, eCommerce, etc. Both Website builders can be used by any type of business. Let’s see this comparison of Wix Vs Weebly and choose the right decision for you.
Wix is an all-in-one solution for all types of businesses. Wix is not only a website builder. It is a domain name hosting provider, blogging platform, E-commerce solution, logo maker, payment processor, scheduling system, membership management, marketing automation tool, CRM, point of sale, software, and hardware provider with a multi-billion-dollar company. You can build a creative website that will be stunning and attractive to visitors. It also has robust SEO optimization settings and apps.
Weebly is a do-it-yourself, free website builder that allows you to set up and host your website while customizing it with a drag-and-drop editor. It started in 2006 with limited features. Now it has advanced functionalities and features. Weebly currently hosts more than 30 million websites online and receives over 250 million visitors per month. It has a free service. You will need to upgrade your plan to access more features like “using your own domain”, “unlocking unlimited storage space”, “Phone support”, etc.
Given below are some of the main differences between Wix and Weebly.
1. App Market
Both Wix and Weebly have a good collection of apps in the App market. But Wix has more apps in the app market when compared to Weebly. Wix contains 350+ apps, while Weebly contains 250+ apps.
Weebly is affordable when compared to Wix. (Weebly starts from $6.99 and Wix starts from $16 for the website plan and $27 for the eCommerce plan). Weebly has only one pricing list (Not separate for eCommerce). But Wix contains different pricing for website plans and eCommerce plans. And also Wix is a little expensive.
Wix has an advanced SEO optimization tool. It has also so many third-party apps for doing SEO optimization. On the other hand, Weebly has only basic SEO optimization.
Page Editor of both Wix and Weebly are almost similar. But features are limited on Weebly. And customization options are also limited. Wix provides you with a lot of customization options. Wix has 5 different types of Editors whereas Weebly has only one.
Both Wix and Weebly are perfect for small businesses. Both have a good collection of apps in the app market for adding extra tools for your small business. Wix provides more apps like Wix Bookings, Appointments, Wix hotels, etc., and also some third-party apps like DoorDash restaurant delivery, etc. Weebly has apps live StoreMetrics, Act Essentials, Order desk, etc. It also contains events and calendars.
Winner: Tie
8. eCommerce
For creating an eCommerce store website, Weebly is better than Wix. Because Weebly provides more options like an Automatic tax calculator, Unlimited items, Shipping calculator, Shipping labels, etc. Wix is also good. But when compared to Weebly, Wix has limited options.
For creating portfolio websites, Wix is better. Wix provides you with more creative options and it has so many gallery options to showcase your work. Weebly has limited options for that. But both of them provide third-party apps for showcasing your work.
Wix has advanced analytics & tracking. You can also integrate with so many apps for analytics reports. But Weebly has only limited analytics & tracking.
Both are good websites. But when comparing its features, Wix is a step ahead. It has a lot of features, functionalities, and customization options. It has a pretty decent app market, it has better analytics and tracking, SEO optimization, and it is good for showcasing your work. But, for creating eCommerce websites, Weebly is a good option for you. It has a lot of features at an affordable price.
Is Weebly or Wix easier to use?
Weebly is a simple and easy-to-use website builder. It has a good number of features. But customization options are limited. On the other hand, Wix has a lot of features. So, you will easily get confused. But Wix provides you with a lot of customization freedom.
Is Wix cheaper than Weebly?
No. Weebly is cheaper and affordable when compared to Wix. You will get a lot of features for cheap. It has a free version. Most of the features are included in the Free version itself. And also there is no separate pricing for the website builder and eCommerce business. All are under one roof. But in the case of Wix, it has separate pricing for website plans and eCommerce plans. And also Wix is comparatively expensive. Even if it has a free plan, most of the features are available in the Premium plan.
Can I move my website from Weebly to Wix?
Yes. You can move your domain from Weebly to Wix. But you can do it after 60-days of your domain registration. Then your next question will be how to transfer the domain name from Weebly to Wix! For that, the first step is to disable the registrar lock. By doing that, you will get an EPP authorization code. Then you have to select the domain that you want to transfer. Go to the Control panel of Wix and follow the instruction. [Your Wix needs to be premium. It is not possible with the Free plan]. Then you have to enter EPP Code. Then Submit. After that, you have to follow the guidelines. To know more, click here.
Is Wix any good?
Wix is an easy-to-build Website builder. It has a drag and drop editor with a lot of features. It has its own SEO optimization tool and Marketing automation. You will get better analytics & reporting. You can integrate Wix with plenty of in-built and third-party apps. You can customize your Website to any extent. Customer support is also good. So, Wix is a good Website Builder for all types of business.
What are the limitations of Wix?
Some of the disadvantages include, -> In Wix, you can’t change the template layout once you select one layout (However you can change it manually inside the editor). -> Wix websites will not show a loading icon in the browser. So, you may not know the website is loading or not when you click the second page. -> Analytics & reporting are not available in the Free plan. -> Wix has a lot of features. So, you may get confused.
Wix and Weebly are easy-to-use Website Builders. By answering some questions, you can set up your Wix website easily. But in the case of Weebly, you have to give your first name, last name, email id, location, etc. But the dashboard is simple and easy to use than Wix. Wix is a little advanced when compared to Weebly.
In Wix, After you sign in to your account, Wix will ask you several questions to know more about what kind of Website you are going to build. You can answer those questions or just skip them. After that, you want to choose how you are going to create your website. Either you can create with an editor or Wix will create a website for you by answering those questions using its Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI).
In Weebly, when you start to sign-up, it will take you to the Square Account. It is an eCommerce website builder of Weebly. After you sign-up, it will redirect to the Weebly Website. Then, you have to choose what kind of website you want to create. By choosing “I just need a Website”, it will stay in the Weebly account. By choosing “I need a website with an online store”, you can create eCommerce websites and it will redirect to the square site again. You can also create it by choosing the “I just need a website” option.
Wix dashboard
Wix Templates will not be 100% responsive. You have made it responsive manually. But all templates in Weebly are responsive. You don’t have to do it manually. Wix has an Editor X, where all the templates will be fully responsive and it is a little more advanced than Wix’s normal editor. The main difference between Wix and Editor X is that Editor X has a responsive design. It will show different Nd responsive layouts on different devices.
Wix Editor X
Weebly is a simple and easy-to-use website builder. You can create beautiful websites with less effort. You can create all types of websites like portfolio websites, Blogging websites, eCommerce, mom & pop business websites, etc. Let’s see how it works.
When you start to sign-up, it will take you to the Square Account. It is an eCommerce website builder of Weebly. After you sign-up, it will redirect to the Weebly Website. Then, you have to choose what kind of website you want to create. By choosing “I just need a Website”, it will stay in the Weebly account. By choosing “I need a website with an online store”, you can create eCommerce websites and it will redirect to the square site again. You can also create it by choosing the “I just need a website” option.
Weebly website type
It will take you to the template section. You have to choose one template among them. Then you can start editing. While opening the editor, you will see a pop-up, that asks you to choose the domain. It is better to set up the domain name at the starting itself. Otherwise, it will come again and again every time you open the editor. I felt it like a little annoying. You can either connect to a custom domain if you are using a premium plan, you can connect or transfer to an existing domain, or if you using the free version, you can connect to Weebly’s subdomain.
Weebly connect domain pop-up
Weebly’s website dashboard is very cool. You can see all the features on the right side itself. It is almost the same as the Wix. You will get Websites, Items, Orders, Fulfillment, Reports, Marketing, Communications, and Settings. In the Website section, you can edit the website and set up domains. In Items, you will get gift cards, coupons, site items, categories, customer reviews, etc. Fulfillment contains pickup and shipping. Marketing contains SEO, email marketing, etc.
Weebly Dashboard
KeyTake-Aways: Weebly is simple and easy to use when compared to Wix. Wix has a lot of features in the dashboard and editor. So, there is a chance of users getting confused. But Weebly has a simple dashboard and editor. You can easily navigate and set up different features.
Both Wix and Weebly have a free version. Wix has separate pricing for the Normal website and eCommerce websites. But Weebly has only one pricing plan. Also, it is affordable when compared to the Wix Website builder. Wix’s Website builder plan starts from $16 /mo. Weebly pricing starts from $6 /mo.
The Wix pricing plan is given below.
Website Plan ($0 – $45): Wix Website builder Pricing is starting from $0 to $45. You will get all the website builder features except eCommerce features in this plan. If you buy the Wix website builder plan (Which costs you around $15 /month) then Wix provides you website builder, hosting, and a premium domain for free with no additional charges.
Wix website plan
Business & eCommerce Plan ($27 – $59): If you need a complete eCommerce solution, then you should go for the Business & eCommerce Plan.
Wix eCommerce plan
Weebly’s Pricing plan is given below.
Free Plan: $0 /mo => Free SSL Security, Shopping Cart, Unlimited Items, In-Store Pickup, Automatic Tax Calculator, Coupons, SEO, Lead Capture, Instagram feed, Community Forum, Chat & Email Support.
Personal Plan: $6 /mo => Free Features + Connect a Custom Domain, Digital Goods, Shipping Calculator, Shipping Labels, Pop-up Notifications.
Professional Plan: $12 /mo => Personal Features + Unlimited Storage, Advanced Site Stats, Phone Support.
Performance Plan: $26 /mo => Accept payments through PayPal, Item Reviews, Abandoned Cart Emails, Advanced eCommerce Insights, and Priority Support.
Weebly Pricing
KeyTake-Aways: Weebly is affordable when compared to Wix. There is no separate plan for different types of Small businesses, eCommerce, etc. But Wix has different plans. And also Wix is a little expensive when compared to Weebly.
Wix has better templates and designs compared to Weebly. Wix has 500+ templates are available. All are modern designs. Weebly has around 50+ templates. Wix templates are divided into 5 different categories like Business, Health & Wellness, Travel & Tourism, Beaty, Fashion, etc. It also has E-Commerce templates, Education related templates, etc.
Wix templates
Weebly Templates
4. Logo Maker
Wix has its own logo maker. All you have to do is answer some questions about our site. They will suggest suitable logos for our website.
Wix logo maker
Weebly also has an image editor. You can type your name and they will create a logo for you. You can even customize it.
KeyTake-Aways: Wix has a good number of templates when compared to Weebly. All are relevant and beautiful templates. But Weebly has only around 50 templates.
Wix has a 100% drag-and-drop editor. It has an advanced editor with a lot of features. There are different elements like strips, Text, Images, buttons, galleries, Menus & Anchors, Events, Bookings, etc. You can drag and drop the elements wherever you want. Whereas Weebly also has a drag-and-drop editor with some restrictions. You can see, that the content blocks are not available on the left side. You can add content by clicking the “Add Section”. All content like Gallery, Images, Video, Appointments, Contacts, Calendar, Music, etc. will be available there.
Wix editor
Wix ADI is another editor using Artificial intelligence, where you can create your website within minutes. What you have to do is answer some questions. The Wix will create a beautiful website for your business. Later you can edit and customize your website. But the customization option will be limited when compared to the normal editor.
Wix Warning
There is one more editor there called Editor X. It is more advanced than other editors. You can create fully responsive websites using Editor X. You will get advanced SEO, analytics & reporting, etc. You can also switch from your normal Wix editor to Editor X.
Wix Editor X
Mobile Editor: Wix also has an app. You can edit your website from mobile also. From there you can create mobile responsive websites. You can change the background, and resize fonts, buttons, etc. without affecting the desktop view. You can also hide some desktop content and you can replace them with mobile-only elements. You can change layouts using a page layout optimizer. In the case of Weebly, After editing your website, you can preview it from the Desktop and mobile view. It will automatically optimize for mobile phones also. You don’t have to do it manually.
In the case of Weebly, the editor of Weebly is also cool. It has a drag-and-drop editor. You can see a lot of features on the left side. You can add an Image Gallery, HD videos, Products, Categories, Maps, surveys, contact forms, etc. And also you can see several options in the top menu also.
You can add different pages from there, You can change the theme, and can add in-built as well as third-party apps, and settings. You can also preview different devices from there. The customization option is limited when compared to Wix Editor. Even though, it is cool.
Weebly editor
You can’t drag and drop elements anywhere you want. There will be specific raw-to-place elements. Within that raw, you can place them anywhere.
There is a unique feature is available in the Weebly editor that Wix doesn’t have. That is, you can interchange the templates. If you are editing in a template and you feel like you need another template, then you can change it. [Theme -> Change Theme -> Select the template you want].
Image Editor
Wix has a pretty good image editor where you can do some advanced editing. You can do cropping, enhancing images, adding various filters, adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can cut out unwanted portions, add text, etc.
The image editor of Weebly is very simple. It contains only crop, Filters, Adjusts tones, Text, and Focus.
Weebly Image Editor
KeyTake-Aways: Wix has a drag-and-drop editor and a lot of customization options are available. You will get so many features and functionalities in the editor itself. But Weebly doesn’t have a drag-and-drop editor. Also, customization options are limited when compared to Wix.
By using Wix, you can create beautiful small business websites. There are so many in-built apps for Wix to create small business websites. It has its own booking, Calendar, Events, hotels, etc. Weebly is also good for creating small business websites. It has in-built tools like event calendars and also it provides third-party apps like Act! Essentials, StoreMetrics, Schedulista, etc.
Wix bookings
In Wix, you can also use third-party apps like the Small Business Phone System, invoice & accounting, Shirtsy Dropship, etc.
Wix Small Business apps
Weebly third-party apps are given below.
Weebly small business apps
KeyTake-Aways: Both Wix and Weebly are good for creating Small business websites. They have in-built as well as third-party apps for creating small businesses like bookings, appointments, hotels, etc.
Winner of Small Business: Tie
Wix: 3-3 : Weebly
Portfolio & Photography
Wix Gallery is cool. There are different types of galleries are available. They are Pro Gallery, Grid Gallery, Slider Gallery, etc. You can showcase your images in different ways and models using this Gallery. So, Creating portfolio websites and photography websites will be easy using Wix. You can showcase your works in a creative manner.
Wix Gallery
You can use different layouts for your gallery. You can also change the direction, orientation, and alignment of your layout. And also, you can change the Spacing, Density, etc.
Gallery layout
Wix has in-built as well as third-party apps for the gallery. Some of them include Photo & Video gallery, Wix pro gallery, an Impressive slide show gallery, etc.
Wix photography apps
Gallery of Weebly is Good but simple. You can only add the images column wisely. That’s all. There is a slide show is also available. For that, there are so many layouts are there. Simple, Thumbnails, Thumbnails on top, etc. like that. There are no pro galleries or grid galleries available on Weebly. So you can create a simple portfolio and photography website.
Weebly-Gallery
But you can add different in-built and third-party apps for the gallery. There are so many apps available for that like Gallery Filter, Accordion Gallery, Stack Gallery, etc. That is cool.
Weebly-Gallery-apps
Media Library
Wix has a great Media Library. You will get plenty of quality images. Wix has its own media. Besides, we can select images from Shutterstock and Unsplash. They all are stock images and we can use them for free. You can also upload your own images and use them on your website.
Wix-Image-library
Stock images of Weebly are very limited when compared to Wix. There are only limited images are available. But you can use your own images. You can also search by keywords. But the images will be available through Flickr. You have to ensure that, it is not a copyrighted image.
Weebly stock images
KeyTake-Aways: Wix is good for creating Portfolio and photography websites. It has different galleries like pro gallery, grid gallery, etc. But Weebly has limited options for creating Portfolios and photography templates. Its gallery is not that good.
Wix provides you with various templates for eCommerce Websites. You can create your own online store website using Wix. There are templates like Fashion & Clothing, Jewellery & Accessories, Arts & Crafts, etc. All you have to do is select a template and customize it according to your store. But it comes under different pricing. The eCommerce plan starts from $23 to $49 /mo. It includes:
There are so many apps available for eCommerce. They are given below.
Wix eCommerce apps
In the case of Weebly, you can create stunning eCommerce websites using Weebly. For creating online store websites, Weebly is integrated with the “square” website. By using square, you can process your payments safely and quickly. Weebly has a great eCommerce website builder. You will get almost all eCommerce features on the free version itself. There is no separate pricing for eCommerce businesses. It starts from $0 to $26. The features include:
Shopping cart
Unlimited items
Item badges
Digital goods ($6/mo)
Inventory management
In-store pick-up
Automatic tax calculator
Coupons, Gift cards
Shipping Calculator, Shipping labels ($6 /mo)
Accept payments through PayPal ($26)
Item reviews ($26)
abandoned cart Emails ($26)
On Weebly also, there are so many apps available.
KeyTake-Aways: For creating an eCommerce website, Weebly is better than Wix. Weebly provides more options in the free version itself. Wix has limited eCommerce features when compared to Weebly.
Both Wix and Weebly are good for creating Blog websites. Wix provides so many beautiful templates for creating Blogs. It is categorized into Personal Blog, Food & Travel News & Business, Arts, etc. All you have to do is select a template and start blogging.
Wix Blog Templates
You can also include a blog section on your other websites also. They have so many layouts and sections for that like post list, recent post, category menu, Tag cloud, archive, etc.
Wix Blogs
Weebly also provides some cool templates for creating blog websites. But there only limited templates are available. You can also include blog pages on other websites. It is simple like blogs in WordPress or strikingly. You just need to create a blog, add a heading, add text and then write. After writing, you can publish it.
Weebly blog templatesWeebly Blog
KeyTake-Aways: Wix is good for creating blogs. They provide more templates when compared to Weebly. And also it has more options like blog layout, design, etc. in the editor also. Weebly has only simple templates for creating blogs.
There are 600+ free in-built apps as well as third-party apps available in Wix. In-built apps include Wix Bookings, Wix pricing, Wix forms & Payment, Events, etc. Third-party apps include eDesk, Coupon X Discount Code Pop-Ups, Custom Background Music, Google Search Ads by Cobiro, and Multi-channel fulfillment with Amazon, Instagram, etc. There are free and also Paid apps available in the Wix App Market. You will get third-party apps for SEO, Marketing Automation, Analytics & Tracking, etc.
The App Market of Weebly is also great. You will get a lot of in-built and third-party apps from there. Apps are categorized into eCommerce, Communication, Marketing, Social, and Site & Tools Features. And also you can see popular apps, Highest rates apps, new apps, and free apps. Totally, there are around 400 apps are available in Weebly App Market.
Wix App Market
Some of the apps are given below.
Weebly app center
You can also suggest apps if you have any ideas for new apps. You can share your idea in the Weebly Community.
Weebly-app-idea
KeyTake-Aways: App Market of Wix is excellent when compared to Wix. It has plenty of in-built as well as third-party apps. Weebly has less number of Apps when compared to Wix.
Wix has an in-built Marketing automation tool. It is called Ascend by Wix. It is an all-in-one business tool that allows you to send stunning emails. By using Wix ascend, you can build a strong relationship with your customer and you can easily promote your product and services through email. Weebly also has an in-built email marketing tool. It is available in the free plan also. You can send beautiful emails to your subscribers or contacts if you have an announcement, discount offers, etc. After sending the email, you will get the reports like delivery rate, open rate, close rate, and unsubscribed count.
Wix ascend offers only basic analytics and report. You will not get it in your free plan. It has a separate pricing plan. For better analytics and report, you have to upgrade to the $49 plan. On the lower plans, you will get only the basic information on the deliverability rate, open rate, and click rate. In the report, you can see only the number of automation that you send. That is quite disappointing. You can’t even track your revenue.
Wix ascend
The deliverability report of Wix Ascend is given below.
Wix delivery statistics
The deliverability report of Weebly Email marketing is given below.
Weebly email marketing
There are also other third-party apps available for marketing automation in Weebly. They include PayPal Marketing, AWeber, SMS Marketing Bot, AutoMailer, etc. It will help you to do marketing for your website through various methods other than email marketing.
Weebly Marketing apps
KeyTake-Aways: The marketing automation of Wix and Weebly are almost similar. Both of them provide an in-built email marketing tool and third-party apps for marketing automation. Email marketing gives you basic reporting like open rate, click rate, and delivery rate.
Winner of Marketing Automation: Tie
Wix: 7-5 : Weebly
SEO
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Wix has many SEO settings, Schema, and third-party SEO apps from top companies. So there is a high chance that your Wix website getting a better Google rank. It has a lot of SEO features and SEO options in the dashboard as well as in the website builder. It will help you with both On-page & Off-page SEO. You can set up your Title, Meta tags, meta descriptions, etc. with the help of Wix SEO optimization tools. And also Wix will create a Site map and submit it to the search engine.
Wix SEO tools.
SEO of Weebly is simple. You can set up a site description, meta keywords, footer code, Header code, and 301 redirects. You can also hide your site from search engines.
Weebly SEO
Third-party apps of Wix include Rabbit SEO, rankingCoach Get Found Online, Deepcrawl, etc.
Wix SEO apps
There are so many apps for SEO optimization available in the Weebly App Market. They include SEO Headlines, Positionly, RabbitSEO, KeywordMate, etc. It will help you to optimize your SEO. There are also free and paid plans available.
Weebly SEO apps
KeyTake-Aways: The SEO optimization tools of Wix are advanced. They will set up a site map, robot.txt, SEO patterns, Site verification, etc. And also, they have so many third-party apps for SEO optimization. Weebly has only simple SEO. We can set up only the Site description, Meta keyword, Footer code, etc. But it provides third-party SEO optimization apps.
In Wix, the reports are provided according to the parameters like Traffic, Sales, and People. You will get the report as a table, line chart, and bar chart. So, you can analyze your business according to the season and trends and can optimize your own strategy. You can learn a lot by comparing your sales performance.
Wix reporting
For example, given below is a graphical report of Sales by Item. Here, the dark green represents your current period and the light green represents your previous period. And here we took sales measure as gross sales. By analyzing this chart you can compare your sales in the current year and the previous year. So that, you can create your own strategy to improve sales in the next year.
Wix-report
Weebly also gives you good analytics and report. You can see page views and unique visitors each day even if you are on a Free plan. It is not possible with Wix. If you are using a premium plan, you will also get more advanced statistics. You can see top pages, search terms, referring sites, etc. And also Weebly provides you with a graphical representation of the analytics reports. So you can see your traffic visually.
Weebly analytics & reporting
In Wix, there are so many third-party apps available for analyzing and tracking your website. They include Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Google tag manager, etc.
Wix Analytics Apps
Weebly also provides you with various apps for analytics and tracking like Visitor analytics, Canecto, StoreMetrics, Web-Stat, etc.
Weebly Analytics Apps
KeyTake-Aways: Analytics & Tracking of Wix is better when compared to Weebly. It provides an advanced report. We will get reports on sales, traffic, and person. But on Weebly, you can see page views and unique visitors only.
Wix provides you with customer support via Email and phone. You will get 24/7 support from Wix. No matter what, you will get the response within minutes whatever your query is. Weebly also has a good customer support system. They have a great community forum and help center. They also provide you with FAQs, articles, tutorials, etc.
You will get phone support in various languages like English, Spanish, etc. There is also Forum where you can search for your query. But Wix does not provide live chat.
Wix-support
Weebly also has a youtube channel where they upload so many tutorial videos. If you want to reach out to their support team, then you have live chat, phone, and support ticket options.
Weebly support
KeyTake-Aways: Customer support of both Wix and Weebly are good. We will get good support using Wix and Weebly.
Winner of Customer Support: Tie
Wix: 10-6 : Weebly
14. Speed Test
We analyzed the Top 10 Websites of Wix and Weebly to test their Server response and found that most of the Wix website’s avg speed response time is between 180-430 ms, whereas Weebly’s website’s avg server response time is 115-400 ms. It means that websites hosted on Weebly load faster compared to Wix.
Wix Server speed
Weebly server speed
KeyTake-Aways: The server speed of Weebly is good when compared to Wix. Website using Weebly loads faster than the Website of Wix.
Sophia Gilbert is an Email Marketing Specialist and Web Application Expert with 10+ years of experience. She meticulously tested and used most of the email marketing tools & website builders in the real field. Here she is sharing reviews and comparisons of different email marketing tools based on her past experience through different companies where she has worked.
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