Weebly vs Wix

What Weebly is

Weebly is Square's classic drag-and-drop hosted site builder, distinct from the newer Square Online editor. It provides a free tier and region-priced Personal, Professional and Performance plans; the storefront viewed from Turkey currently shows paid annual prices from €11 per month. Plans vary in custom-domain, branding, statistics, support and commerce features. More importantly, Square has announced that Weebly service will wind down in 67 countries including Turkey: new-page publishing ends June 29, 2026, existing sites are scheduled to be unpublished September 27, 2026, and account access ends December 26, 2026. Buyers in affected countries should migrate, not start a new dependency.

What Wix is

Wix is a pioneer in 'drag-and-drop' website creation with over 200 million users. It lets anyone build a professional, mobile-responsive site with zero technical knowledge. Its AI-driven ADI can even design a site for you based on a few questions. Its App Market adds features like bookings or e-commerce easily. It's the most popular 'all-in-one' choice for both simple portfolios and complex business sites.

What Weebly is built to do

Classic site editor

Builds responsive informational sites and blogs using themes and drag-and-drop elements.

Hosted publishing

Includes managed hosting, SSL and tier-dependent custom domains and branding controls.

Commerce

Offers catalog, cart, inventory and tier-dependent shipping, review and abandoned-cart features.

Partial exports

Exports a static site archive plus separate product, order and contact data, with important omissions.

What Wix is built to do

Wix Editor

The world's most popular visual editor with total pixel-level control.

Wix Bookings

A system allowing your customers to book appointments and pay online.

Ascend by Wix

A suite including email marketing, live chat, and CRM for business management.

Editor X

A specialized version for designers with advanced responsive design capabilities.

Choose Weebly if

• Low-complexity informational sites in countries where service remains supported
• Existing owners maintaining a classic Weebly site while preparing an export and migration
• Short-lived prototypes that do not require portable application logic or a complete restorable backup

Skip Weebly if

• The owner or business is in Turkey or another announced wind-down country
• A complete export-and-import migration path is required
• The project needs Square Online's current commerce workflow, advanced design control or enterprise identity governance

Choose Wix if

• Small Business Owners, Artists, and Personal Brands.

Weebly: pros & cons

• The classic editor remains approachable for basic informational sites and blogs.
• Free hosting, SSL and a Weebly subdomain lower the barrier for eligible-region experiments.
• Paid tiers add custom domains, greater customization, support and commerce functions.
• Site, product, order and contact exports provide partial migration and record-retention paths.
• Service is being withdrawn from 67 countries, including Turkey, on a published 2026 timetable.
• Weebly and Square Online are different editors and account/product paths; capabilities do not transfer automatically between them.
• The site archive is not a restorable Weebly backup and excludes blog and store pages; forms and slideshows may not work outside the platform.
• Plan prices and payment capabilities are regional, while transaction-processing fees remain separate from the website subscription.

Wix: pros & cons

• Max Design Freedom: Place any element exactly where you want it with pixel precision.
• All-in-One: Hosting, domain, and design are all bundled into a single bill.
• Huge Library: Over 800 modern, ready-made templates for every possible sector.
• Velo by Wix: Allows developers to add custom JavaScript functions to their sites.
• Template Lock: Once you build a site, you cannot easily move its content to a new template.
• Site Speed: Sites can become slow if overloaded with too many animations or widgets.
• No Transfer: You cannot move your Wix site to another hosting provider.