About Wix

Wix is a cloud-based landing page solution that helps users create and manage websites. The solution provides multiple templates with video backgrounds, fonts and animation. It allows users to customize the website with their own logo and branding. With the system, users can display images, videos and text in a gallery layout and add zoom-in or fade-in scrolling effects. The Wix code module offers serverless coding that allows users to set up their own database collections, build content websites and add custom forms. Wix allows users to set up an e-commerce portal where users can display products, and manage orders and payments. Pricing is per month and is based on bandwidth and storage provided. Support is provided via a knowledge base and an online forum.
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Wix pricing

Wix has a free version and does not offer a free trial. Wix paid version starts at USD 16.00/month.

Starting Price:
USD 16.00/month
Free Version:
Yes
Free trial:
No

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Wix Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.3
Functionality
4.2
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Support
4.2
5 reviews of 9,742 View all reviews
Melanie
Melanie
  • Industry: Online Media
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

5
Reviewed on 10/09/2024

Great to start but not for serious websites

I like Wix for the ease and to simply have a website as a brand front (a page for people to land on) or to maintain a blog. However, this was not going to be a lasting choice for me because ai wanted more out of my website. I needed more customization than I could get from Wix (free version).

Pros

Very user-friendly with many customization options available through their templates and the drag and drop system to build a site. It is easy to build a polished-looking website quickly so I would recommend it for website novices.

Cons

Mostly little tech issues bug me, like: not being able to switch templates once I've started on one, slow-to-load pages, or how I cannot input some coding to improve the functionality/appearance of a page. It can be restrictive if you want to do more with your website.

Athene
  • Industry: Consumer Electronics
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

4
Reviewed on 29/08/2024

Quite well-rounded website builder - yet there is some room for improvement

Wix is a popular website builder noted for its simplicity and adaptability, making it a perfect alternative for individuals and small businesses wishing to establish a professional online presence without requiring substantial coding skills. The platform has a large choice of configurable templates, a user-friendly drag-and-drop editor, and a number of features that appeal to a variety of needs, ranging from e-commerce and blogging.

Pros

What I love the most about Wix is that is a very user-friendly website builder with a simple drag-and-drop interface, allowing even beginners like me to construct and customize websites without any whatsoever coding skills. The platform provides an enormous library of professionally created templates from a variety of industries, allowing users to find a good beginning point for their websites. There is a wide range of apps and connectors to improve website functionality, including SEO tools, social media widgets, and e-commerce options.

Cons

In my point of view Wix could also improve some points. What I found the most annoying was that once a template is selected, we cannot convert to a different one without rebuilding the whole site. While Wix has a free plan, many of its more advanced features, such as e-commerce and custom domain names, are only available on paid plans, which might be costly for customers with limited budgets. Wix's SEO capabilities can also be improved.

Alternatives Considered

Webflow, Weebly and Shopify

Reasons for Switching to Wix

competitive pricing, design flexibility, and reliable hosting
Dakota
  • Industry: Packaging & Containers
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
2
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
2

3
Reviewed on 28/08/2024

WIX — Acceptable at best, but getting better.

WIX is okay at best. Their base subscription gives you access to a lot more themes when compared to it's competitors.

The default themes are nice, but WIX targets people who are typically inexperienced in web development. Sometimes giving the user the ability to move an individual item and place it literally anywhere on the page isn't the best idea when the user doesn't understand how it might hurt performance or SEO.

The WIX editor is clunky, slow, and inefficient when compared to others. Their hosting service has got to be one of the slowest for the money. Adding functions like WIX payments and bookings are made very easy, but removing them completely and properly is rarely mentioned anywhere it'd be useful.

The worst part about WIX is that you can have the experience to create something but may be limited by the outdated WIX editor. If you talk to their support they're happy to tell you to try their new WIX Studio editor (which is significantly better) but they don't mention that sites made on WIX Studio have a separate dashboard, cost more, and websites built on the regular editor cannot be migrated.

Lets say your client insists on using WIX, they're not tech savvy and aren't willing to pay extra every month for a WIX studio built site.

Now you have one store to manage through the WIX dashboard. God forbid they ever change their mind because WIX says migrating is NOT possible so it will have to be rebuilt from scratch.

If you are managing stores on both WIX and WIX Studio you need to have two very inefficient dashboards open taking up precious resources.

WIX is an acceptable product to learn the ins and outs, but falls behind when you have to use something so half baked on a recurring basis. I would strongly recommend against WIX if you can afford a higher subscription price.

Pros

WIX makes it easy to create a beautiful looking website.

Cons

WIX has poor customer service and a ton of UI inconveniences for those who build websites for clients.

Iszy
  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 14/08/2024

I love the interface, but when will Wix get better SEO?

I enjoy using it with my work, and I also chose to use it for my own personal website, but there are tiny details like the terrible SEO that really ruins it for me. I've encountered more issues on platforms like Wordpress or Squarespace, so it's really a lesser of two evils case.

Pros

I love the Wix interface, and in particular the Wix Studio. It gives so much customization for a website with very little UX design knowledge required, and it gives you way more freedom with your site than platforms like Squarespace.

Cons

They are really quite terrible with SEO. It is near impossible to get sites to rank, and there is a lot of unnecessary HTML that is added to your site that you can't edit or remove, which in turn leads to quite poor loading speeds and lower than average SEO scores. Especially considering that there is no recipe schema plugin, like you get with Wordpress, I have to write my own less effective recipe schema to try and help my recipes rank.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 20/08/2024

WIX review

Wix is a web designer that some say is not difficult to utilize and has an incredible by and large experience. It has an intuitive proofreader, a huge choice of layouts, and an easy to understand interface that can assist novices with following Website optimization best practices. Wix likewise offers a free arrangement for testing out the stage.

Pros

A simplified manager which awards you all out inventive control and the capacity to plan a site regardless of your expertise level. 900+ expertly planned layouts for a different scope of enterprises and site needs, including on the web stores and web journals.

Cons

Wix offers an immense variety of highlights and instruments to help you get and become on the web, yet it tends to be a ton to truly understand, particularly in the event that you're a fledgling to site building. Limitless extra room is just accessible on Wix's most costly arrangement.

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