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Wix vs Weebly 2024: What Are the CRUCIAL Differences?

Ari Denial Ari DenialWebsite Development Expert
Even if you’ve never built a website before, you can easily create a professional-looking site with a builder like Wix or Weebly. They’ve got user-friendly drag-and-drop editors, ready-made templates, and best of all, free plans.

Wix has become one of the giants of the website building world, and smaller companies like Weebly have struggled to compete. Weebly is starting to catch up, though, and it now offers many of the same great features that Wix provides. But which option is best for you?

We’ve been hard at work doing the research for you. We put Wix and Weebly head-to-head to find out which website builder comes out on top in seven key areas:
  • Ease of use
  • Free plan features
  • Templates
  • Apps
  • E-commerce
  • SEO
  • Value for money
Now, let’s take a closer look at both builders to see which one really has what it takes.

Round 1: Is Weebly Really Easier to Use than Wix?

Drag-and-drop website editors like Wix and Weebly make it simple to add different types of content (e.g., text, images, and videos) to your pages.

Wix is loved by users all over the world, and for good reason: it offers the most flexible site-building experience. There’s a huge range of elements you can easily place wherever you like on your pages (you’re not restricted to a set column structure, like with some builders). Not only that, but there are smart tips along the way to guide you through the process.

Weebly has its own fan base, of course. Its drag-and-drop editor is more structured, but it has a smaller range of page elements to choose from. If you’re a beginner, you’ll find that Weebly has less of a learning curve than Wix because there are fewer options to navigate and settings are easier to find.

So, it might seem that overall, Weebly is easier to use than Wix — but enter Wix ADI. This is an “artificial design intelligence” wizard that builds your website for you. All you have to do is answer a few simple questions (like ‘What is the purpose of your website?’). Using ADI is probably the fastest way to create a beautiful website that you can customize later.

Once Wix ADI has built your website, you can add and change things easily. For example, if you want to add a new section, all you have to do is click on one of the many layout options and drag it across to wherever you want it to go.

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How do Weebly and Wix’s editors compare in terms of ease of use? Let’s take a closer look.

Wix Ease Rating Weebly Ease Rating
Adding new pages Click the ‘Add Page’ button in the pages and menu section of the toolbar. A standard page is added, and you can then edit the settings of the page. 3/5 Just click the big + in the pages tab to add a new page to your website. You have a choice of different page types. 4/5
Automatic menus Your navigation menu is created automatically, and you have complete control over the arrangement, as well as the option to hide some pages. 4/5 The navigation menu is automatically generated, and you can easily change the order of pages in the menu in the ‘pages’ tab of the editor. 4/5
Adding elements Click the ‘add element’ button in the toolbar to choose from a huge range of elements. You can select an item or drag it onto your page. 4/5 All the elements are located in the sidebar in the builder, and you simply drag the element you want onto your page. 5/5
Adding a blog Click the ‘start blogging’ button in the toolbar to start your blog – it couldn’t be more simple! 5/5 To add a blog, you have to click on add a new page, select ‘blog page’ and then you are able to add a blog with the ‘add post’ button on the blog page 3/5
Adding a store To start selling on Wix, you need to click on the ‘add’ button in the toolbar, select store, and then click ‘add store’. This installs Wix Store on your website. 3/5 There’s a ‘store’ button in the menu bar, which takes you to a section of the editor where you can add products, categories and more 5/5
Do you need technical skills? Not at all. Wix ADI can build your website for you, and even Wix Editor doesn’t require you to have any technical skills. 5/5 No. Weebly is designed so that anyone can build a website quickly and easily. 5/5
Are there tips and guidance in the editor? Yes – when you first start using the editor, you’ll be guided through the key features to get started quickly 4/5 Yes, there’s a wizard that helps you to get started with adding pages and content to your website 4/5
Is it easy to learn? Yes, but because there are more features with Wix, there’s a bit more of a learning curve. 3/5 Very! There’s not much of a learning curve at all. 5/5
Total Ease Rating 3.8/5 3.7/5

And the Winner Is…

ADI helps Wix win this round. Wix’s drag-and-drop editor is both easy to use and flexible. With the addition of Wix ADI, Wix turns out to be completely beginner-friendly, too.

However, if you’re looking for an easy to use website builder with slightly less of a learning curve, Weebly would be a great place to start.

Round 2: Can You Really Build a Completely Free Website?

Wix and Weebly have free plans that give you enough space and features to create a professional-looking website. To keep your website 100% free, however, you’ll have to make some sacrifices.

For example, you can’t use your own domain name on the free plans, and your site will display Wix or Weebly branding. Also, you’ll have to upgrade to a paid plan if you want to build an online shop.

So, what do Wix’s and Weebly’s free plans include? The best way to pick the winner is by comparing their features:

Wix Weebly
Hosting Free and secure, with SSL Free and secure, with SSL
Add-ons 80+ free apps 60+ free apps
Designs Hundreds of templates Around 50 themes
Storage 500 MB 500 MB (but individual files cannot exceed 10MB each).
Bandwidth 500 MB Unlimited
SEO SEO Wizard, with recommendations for action SEO options, such as adding meta descriptions (no wizard)
Marketing Tools Email marketing and customer management options Lead capture forms and contact forms for marketing
Social Media Add social media buttons and feeds, and create social media posts and videos Add social media buttons, feeds, and Facebook chat (free plan app)
Searchable online images Yes Yes

And the Winner Is…

It’s difficult to define a clear winner in this round – but Wix does have a slight edge over Weebly here.

Wix has more templates (which we’ll discuss in Round 3) and apps (which we’ll look at in Round 4). It also really stands out because of its SEO Wizard and range of marketing tools. Plus, Wix enables you to create videos and gorgeous social media posts within the marketing tools suite.

The main area that Weebly offers more than Wix is in bandwidth, which probably isn’t a huge concern with your first website. If you are attracted to the idea of unlimited bandwidth, Weebly could be a good option for you.

Round 3: Will Your Website Look Like It Was Professionally Designed?

Websites built with Wix or Weebly definitely look professional. They rarely seem like they were created with a website builder – at least not in the way that “website builder sites” used to look.

Wix offers over 900 free templates. No other website builder can currently compete with that number. The templates are arranged in categories and subcategories. With so many different niches covered – everything from photography or architecture to real estate or restaurants – you’re almost guaranteed to find the perfect one for your website.

The designs are contemporary and visually appealing. Wix’s templates have all the essential features (e.g., buttons, image headers, and content boxes) to make your website look like you paid a designer to build it.

wixvsweebly 2 The downside of Wix’s fabulous templates, however, is that if you decide to change your template later on, you’ll have to completely rebuild your website from scratch.

Weebly has fewer templates, which it calls “themes.” Although they’re not quite as professional-looking as Wix’s templates, they do have the features you need. Buttons, boxes and a variety of layouts (e.g., creative grid layouts for portfolios) can make your website stand out. What’s more, you can easily change your Weebly theme without having to rebuild your website from scratch.

wixvsweebly 3 Wix’s templates are mobile-friendly, but they aren’t mobile-responsive. That means you need to check the automatically generated mobile-optimized version of your website. Wix says it’s a bonus that you can edit your mobile website separately from your desktop website, but not everyone (myself included) wants to have to do that.

Weebly’s recently introduced “dynamic mobile website templates” — which is a rather long way of saying these templates are fully mobile-responsive. You don’t have to edit a separate mobile version of your website; it’s all perfectly resized and organized for you. However, you need to be careful because not all themes are mobile-responsive (yet).

The themes that aren’t mobile-responsive are mobile-friendly, however. Your website will be compressed to display well (in most cases) on mobile devices. You can edit this mobile version if you want — but, unlike with Wix, you don’t really need to.

And the Winner Is…

Wix is the clear winner in the design arena. Not only are its templates beautifully designed, with layout features that your visitors will appreciate, but you’ll have more flexibility, too (as we discussed in Round 1). Being able to customize your templates and rearrange elements with no restrictions is a great addition if you want to get more creative with your website building.

Weebly has a nice (but smaller) selection of themes. If you want to be able to pick a theme quickly and not have to search through hundreds of options, Weebly could be right for you.

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Round 4: Can You Add More Functions to Your Website?

Both Wix and Weebly offer app stores filled with lots of free and premium extensions. These include apps to add more design elements to your website builder, marketing tools such as mailing list signup forms and Facebook messenger chat, and more.

The Wix App Market is regularly updated with new apps. There are currently more than 250 apps available, and over 80 of those are completely free to use.

Furthermore, Wix has developed a good number of apps in-house (and over 75% of them are completely free). The benefit of using Wix-developed apps is that you get customer support that you wouldn’t be guaranteed to get using third-party apps.

Even apps that aren’t totally free often come with either a free (limited or basic) plan, or a free trial period. You can add many extra functions to your website without having to spend a lot of money. For example, you can allow your customers to make online bookings.

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The Weebly App Center has over 350 apps, and more than 60 of them are free. Like Wix, Weebly has developed its own apps, though currently there are only a little over a dozen. There are fewer premium apps that offer free plans or free trials, so it costs more to add some features to Weebly than it does to add similar features to Wix.

For example, with Wix you can use the Wix Get Subscribers app to build your mailing list with opt-in forms and popups — for free. A Weebly alternative, Email Opt-in Popup, offers only a free 14-day trial. Then you have to pay a monthly fee.

And the Winner Is…

When it comes to apps, Wix is the clear winner. Wix not only has more 100% free apps, but it also has a wider range of apps with free plans or free trials. So, you’re more likely to be able to add the functions you need at little or no cost.

Weebly’s App Center is regularly updated with new apps, but it just can’t compete with Wix in terms of value and variety. Overall, Weebly’s App Center has more apps, but you’ll have to pay more to use them. If you don’t mind paying, then the greater variety of options may make Weebly your winner.

Round 5: Can You Create an Online Store?

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Whether you choose Wix or Weebly, you can add an online store to your website – but in both cases, you’ll need to be on one of the paid plans to start selling online.

With Wix, you’ll use the Wix Store app to manage your online store. It offers loads of different options, including inventory management, abandoned cart technology and the ability to add product variations at different price points.

It’s incredibly easy to get started and the Wix store wizard guides you through the process of setting up your online store.

Weebly’s store feature can be accessed directly from the editor tab labelled ‘store’. There’s no need to add an app to set up your store, and it’s easy to add products and categories and set up different product variations. The Weebly online store is, however, basic in comparison to Wix Store, and doesn’t offer the advanced features (like abandoned cart technology) that Wix provides.

And the Winner Is…

When it comes to setting up an online store, Wix wins this round. Wix has a lot more features included in its Wix Store app, and installing the app only takes a few seconds. The marketing options and abandoned cart technology set Wix apart from what Weebly is able to provide.

If simplicity is what you’re looking for, Weebly’s online store is really easy to set up and you get a checklist of things you need to complete to get started selling online. If you prefer this kind of easy set up, then Weebly could be your winner.

Round 6: What SEO Features Are on Offer?

Building a website is just the first step – getting it noticed and driving traffic to it is equally important. Wix and Weebly both offer SEO features that can help your website rank well in Google search results.

Weebly has a basic SEO option within the settings menu – and this really is basic. You can add a page description and footer code, and not much more. In the SEO settings for each of your pages, you can add meta descriptions and keywords.

Weebly isn’t really very strong in the SEO department, although you can install SEO-focused apps from the App Market, such as Ranking Coach and Traffic Booster.

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Wix has had its SEO issues in the past, but these days, it really shines when it comes to search engine optimization. In the SEO part of the page settings section, you can add meta descriptions (and Wix gives you advice on how to complete these) and add keywords that you want to rank for. That’s great – but Wix also has the ‘Get Found on Google’ option in the settings tab, and this is an exceptionally good SEO wizard.

With the SEO Wiz, you answer questions about your website, and Wix will create a personalized SEO plan for you, with recommendations for how you can get your website to rank well on Google.

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And the Winner Is…

Hands-down, Wix comes out on top – again. Weebly just can’t compete with Wix’s SEO Wiz, and unless you want to use a third-party app for your SEO, you’re much better going with Wix for your SEO needs.

If you’re already familiar with Ranking Coach, then Weebly is still an option for you, however, since it’s easy to add the Ranking Coach app to your Weebly website.

Round 7: Which Gives You More For Your Money?

You might start off with a free website, but you may reach a point where you want (or need) access to premium features like domain names, more storage, and e-commerce features. Or maybe you’ve already decided that you need those things.

Wix and Weebly have several paid plans you can choose from:

Plan Wix Plan Weebly
Combo
$
  • 2GB Bandwidth
  • 3GB Storage 
  • Connect Your Domain 
  • Remove Wix Ads 
  • Free Domain for 1 Year
Pro
$
  • Unlimited Bandwidth
  • Unlimited Storage
  • Connect your domain
  • Remove Weebly Ads
  • Free domain for 1 year
  • Google Ads Credit ($100)
  • Accept online payments
Unlimited
$$
Everything in Combo, plus:
  • Unlimited Bandwidth
  • 10GB Storage 
  • Free Domain for 1 Year 
  • $300 Ad Vouchers 
  • Site Booster App – $60 Value 
  • Form Builder App – $48 Value
Business
$$$
Everything in Pro, plus:
  • Advanced site stats
  • Pop-up notifications
Pro
$$$
Everything in Business, plus:
  • 20GB Storage 
  • Events Calendar – $48 Value 
  • Professional Logo – $50 Value 
  • Social Media Logo files
Business Plus
$$$$$
Everything in Business, plus:
  • Unlimited Email marketing – $96 value
VIP
$$$$
Everything in Pro, plus:
  • Priority Response
  • VIP Support
While Weebly offers unlimited bandwidth and storage, its plans are more expensive, and there are fewer bonuses compared with what Wix offers. However, Wix’s regular website plans don’t allow you to accept online payments, while some of Weebly’s do.

And the Winner Is…

Since we are evaluating the value of the inclusions in the paid plans (along with their varying prices), Wix emerges as the winner in this round. Users receive a greater number of bonuses and additional advertising credits (available on select plans).

Furthermore, if you want to add e-commerce features, Wix’s Business Unlimited plan (whose features are similar to the Unlimited plan, but with e-commerce) is available at the same price as Weebly’s Business plan.

But if you want to build a media-rich website with lots of images, videos, and downloads, then Weebly may be a better option for you, with its unlimited bandwidth and storage.

Wix Keeps Its Crown – But Weebly’s Catching Up

Although Wix remains the overall winner, Weebly is starting to catch up in several areas. These include mobile-responsiveness and ease of use.

As both website builders continue to add new features and develop their platform, Wix could be facing much more competition from Weebly in the future.

At the end of these seven rounds, what are our conclusions and recommendations?

If you want a flexible website builder that you can easily add dozens of new features to — at no extra cost — and have a website that looks exceptionally well designed, Wix is your winner. If you’re new to website building, Wix ADI can also get your website built in minutes.

To learn more about Wix, read our expert review.

However, if you want a more hands-on approach that allows you to build skill and confidence as you create, then Weebly is a good, easy-to-use option. And if you want to avoid having to edit the mobile version of your website, Weebly’s mobile-responsive templates are perfect.

To find out more about Weebly, read our expert review.

Ease of Use
If you’re a beginner, Wix’s editor can require more of a steep learning curve, but it’s perfect if you’re more experienced. For complete beginners, Wix ADI is the easiest possible way to build a website.
If you prefer structure and don’t want to use ADI to create your website, then Weebly is very easy to use. If you’ve built websites before, however, you’ll find the structure a bit restrictive.
Free Plan Features
Wix gives you more features, more free apps, more free templates. You also get an SEO wizard and marketing tools, too.
Weebly has a decent set of features, including unlimited bandwidth, and free apps and templates.
Templates
Wix offers over 900 templates, with sleek, professional-looking buttons, callouts, and boxes to suit every taste.
Weebly’s themes are more limited in number (around 50), but still have the buttons and other features you need for a professional website.
Apps for Added Functions
With Wix, you have access to 80+ free apps and over 200 premium apps, many of which have free plans or free trials.
With Weebly, you get fewer free apps (60+), but there are more than 350 premium apps. Fewer premium apps have free plans or trials, however.
Mobile-Responsiveness
Wix’s templates are mobile-friendly, but you may need to adjust the mobile version as well as your desktop version. This might be time-consuming.
Weebly now has mobile-responsive templates in addition to mobile-optimized or mobile-friendly templates, which gives it the advantage over Wix.
E-commerce
Wix Store gives you product variations, inventory management, abandoned cart technology and makes creating your online store a simple process.
It’s easy to start selling with Weebly, and you can sell multiple product variations. Compared to Wix Store, however, Weebly’s online store options are really quite basic.
SEO
Wix’s SEO Wiz gives you a personalized SEO plan that will help you get your website noticed and rank well on Google. Even the in-editor options are easier to use than Weebly.
Weebly offers basic SEO options, but to use more advanced SEO features you’ll have to use a third-party app.
Paid Plan Value
Wix’s plans are cheaper and offer more bonus features. Overall, they provide more value for money.
Weebly’s plans offer good features, but they’re more expensive. However, you do get unlimited storage.

FAQ

Is Wix easier to use than Weebly? 

Wix has an extremely flexible and intuitive interface, but having so many design choices and settings can be overwhelming for newbies. That’s where Wix ADI comes to the rescue – it’s a super fast and easy way to build an attractive website you can customize later. Read more about Wix ADI and other features in our in-depth Wix review.  

Is Wix cheaper than Weebly? 

While Weebly offers unlimited bandwidth and storage, its plans are more expensive, and there are fewer bonuses than what Wix provides. However, if you need a site with lots of HD pics and videos, Weebly may be a better option. 

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Is Wix better for SEO? 

Weebly has pretty basic built-in SEO tools, but you can install SEO-focused apps from the Weebly App Market.  

Wix has a much better offer when it comes to SEO – the Wix SEO Wizz tool creates a personalized SEO plan for you, with recommendations for ranking your website on Google.

Is Weebly better for online stores? 

Weebly lets you set up an online store quickly, and you get a checklist of things you need to complete to start selling online. Setting up a Wix store is fairly simple as well, but you get many more features, like advanced marketing tools and abandoned cart technology. 

Wix is a clear winner in almost every aspect of site-building, but it’s not for everyone – if you want more options, check out our list of the best website builders for 2024 to get inspired.

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Thank you for your article comparing Weebly and Wix. What about the Square version of Weebly? It looks like Weebly is driving users more and more to the Square editor, rather than its original editor. And the Square editor is very limited and frustrating to use -- especially for non-ecommerce sites. Will the original Weebly editor even exist in the future? Last week I started building a site on Weebly that, as it turned out, was with the Square editor. I'd rather use Weebly's far-superior editor (which is what you reviewed here). But would all that work be lost when Weebly converts everything over to the Square editor?
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Thanks for your  feedback. In order to get more info about this issue, it may be helpful visiting support section of Weebly's official website.
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