The Cheapest Website Builders for 2023

A website builder is an all-in-one online design tool that allows people with little to no coding knowledge to create their own websites. They typically include drag-and-drop editors, customizable templates, and domain hosting.

There are a lot of options for website builders and all of them have different pricing options. So, if you are working on a budget, have a look at our list of the top cheapest website builders.

Wix vs. Weebly vs. IM Creator:

Wix, Weebly, and IM Creator all offer free plans, although IM Creator's free plan is only available to students, artists, and nonprofit organizations, with formal proof required. They are all strong website builders with the necessary key features needed to design a great site that is mobile compatible.

Wix and Weebly both offer easy to use drag-and-drop editors but Wix also offers Wix ADI for users who don't quite know where to start designing their site. Wix Artificial Design Intelligence provides users with a base design that can then be customized. Wix also offers a much larger range of templates than Weebly but both platforms offer built-in features, such as marketing, e-commerce, and blogging.

IM Creator, on the other hand, is much more limited in their design options than Wix, offering just over 30 templates that lack the more robust features offered by Wix. However, while IM Creator's template options may be limited, they are good templates for showing pictures. IM Creator is less customizable than Wix as they have no apps or third-party integrations unless the user manually codes them in. So, IM Creator requires some technical design and coding skills whereas Wix requires no prior experience.

Wix supports different kinds of websites, such as business, health and wellness, events, video, and portfolio sites. These site templates are fully customizable and are fully mobile-optimized, but once you have chosen a template you cannot change your mind without having to start from scratch. While Weebly has a smaller range of customization options than Wix, their templates are also fully mobile-optimized and users can change templates half-way through without losing their work to date.

While Wix and Weebly's drag-and-drop editors make designing your website simple, IM Creator offers a complicated design experience. They are not really suitable for beginners and they even have a White Label product that is geared towards web designers. On the other hand, those with design experience will find IM Creators' platform to be fully customizable.

Wix Connect Domain vs. Weebly Connect vs Wix Combo:

Wix Connect Domain is their most basic plan that allows users to connect the site to their domain. It offers 1GB bandwidth and 500MB of storage. Weebly Connect also allows users to connect the site to a custom domain and offers 500MB of storage. Both plans display branded ads on the sites created.

IM Creator does not offer a comparable plan.

Wix Unlimited vs. Weebly Pro vs. IM Creator Premium:

Wix Unlimited is designed for freelancers and entrepreneurs and offers unlimited bandwidth with 10GB of storage. Weebly Pro, on the other hand, is designed for groups and organizations and offers unlimited storage. However, both plans allow users can connect the site to their own domain, remove Wix or Weebly ads, and get access to a free domain for a year.

Weebly Pro has an advantage above Wix Unlimited in that it offers some e-commerce tools in the form of a shopping cart and payment acceptance. Wix users will need to upgrade at least the Basic Business plan (at $17.00 a month) for these functions.

Similar to Wix Unlimited, IM Creator Premium allows users access to unlimited bandwidth and allows users to connect to any domain. However, IM Creator Premium offers unlimited hosting, which neither Wix Unlimited or Weebly Pro do. It also offers up to 10 customizable email addresses.

Wix Business Unlimited vs. Weebly Business:

Wix Business Unlimited and Weebly Business both offer e-commerce functions. Wix Business Unlimited offers unlimited bandwidth and 35GB of storage. In addition to the features available with their lower pricing tiers, Wix Business Unlimited also features Google Analytics, a visitor analytics app, a professional logo, and social media logo files.

Weebly Business also offers unlimited storage as well as advanced site and e-commerce statistics on top of the features offered in their lower pricing tiers.

Wix Business VIP vs. Weebly Business Plus vs. IM Creator Pro & Whitelabel:

Wix Business VIP offers users access to priority response and VIP customer support. In comparison, Weebly Business Plus offers the same support features on all their plans. Their Business Plus plan differs from their other plans by offering more features, as with Wix Business VIP.

In contrast, IM Creator Pro & Whitelabel is a plan designed solely for web designers, giving them complete creative freedom to design and code their own websites. This plan removes XPRS branding and also offers a reseller control panel and tracking. Similar to Wix Business VIP, IM Creator Pro & Whitelabel gives users access to pro support.