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Website building: what 21 tools cost

Designing and hosting a site without writing code. Every price below is the plan a buyer actually lands on to get this capability — not the headline figure on the pricing page, and not the free tier that does not include it. Read from each vendor's own material and dated.

Ordered by what it costs, cheapest first, starting at $2. 4 more products do this and have no researched price, so they are not listed here.
GoDaddy Web Hosting Godaddy Verified 2026-08-22 Shared hosting platform ranging from a single-site Economy plan to a 25-site Ultimate plan, with NVMe storage, free SSL, automatic daily backups, and cPanel or WordPress dashboard access — built for small businesses and beginners launching their first site. $2/mo Monthly hosting plansRecurring hosting subscription Details → InMotion Shared Hosting Inmotion Hosting Verified 2026-08-22 NVMe-based shared hosting spanning four tiers from single-site Core to 40-site Pro, with UltraStack caching performance scaling up to 20X and dedicated vCPU/RAM resources on the top tier — for small businesses growing beyond a single website. $2/mo Monthly or annualWeb hosting subscription model Details → Shared Web Hosting Bluehost Verified 2026-08-22 Multiple websites share resources on one server — Bluehost's entry-level hosting plan. $2.95/mo Shared HostingThe lowest published promotional entry price. Details → WordPress Hosting & Optimization Bluehost Verified 2026-08-22 Hosting tuned specifically for WordPress — automatic updates, LiteSpeed caching and NVMe storage included on the plan. $2.95/mo WordPress HostingThe lowest published promotional entry price. Details → GoDaddy Domain Registration Godaddy Verified 2026-08-22 Domain registrar service $5/mo Annual domain registrationPer-domain one-time commission Details → Website Builder Hostinger Verified 2026-08-22 A drag-and-drop builder with AI-generated starting layouts and copy, hosted on the same plan as the site. $10.99/mo Premium Builder (standard renewal)the plan this buyer lands on Details → Responsive Web Prototyping Framer Verified 2026-08-22 Designs that publish as a real responsive site, with breakpoints and CMS content, from the same canvas they were drawn on. $12/mo Prothe plan this buyer lands on Details → VPS Hosting Bluehost Verified 2026-08-22 A virtual private server with dedicated resources and more control than shared hosting, self-managed or with Bluehost handling maintenance on the Managed VPS tier. $18.99/mo VPS HostingThe lowest published promotional VPS tier. Details → WP Engine Startup Plan WP Engine Verified 2026-08-24 Managed WordPress hosting with automatic updates, daily backups, and built-in CDN — WP Engine's entry tier for a single WordPress site with performance and security handled by the host. $20/mo StartupThe lowest published tier, billed monthly. Details → Squarespace Website Builder squarespace Verified 2026-08-24 All-in-one website builder with responsive templates, hosting, and e-commerce features — enables creative professionals to build beautiful sites without coding. $23/mo Business BasicThe lowest published tier with full website building capabilities. Details → Theme & Design Builder Thrive Themes Verified 2026-08-22 WordPress theme builder with drag-and-drop page editing $25/mo Thrive Suite (annual)the plan this buyer lands on Details → Squarespace Business Pro squarespace Verified 2026-08-24 Advanced website and e-commerce platform with advanced analytics, advanced SEO, and advanced inventory management — designed for serious businesses handling significant transaction volume. $33/mo Business ProThe professional tier with advanced business features. Details → WordPress Hosting Kinsta Verified 2026-08-22 Managed WordPress hosting with automatic updates, backups, and security. $35/mo Single Site 20GBthe plan this buyer lands on Details → Website Builder Wix Verified 2026-08-22 Drag-and-drop website builder with hosting included $36/mo Corethe plan this buyer lands on Details → Status Page UptimeRobot Verified 2026-08-22 Public status page to communicate incidents to users $38/mo Team (monthly)the plan this buyer lands on Details → Ecommerce Store Builder Sellfy Verified 2026-08-22 All-in-one platform to create and manage online store $59/mo Business (annual)the plan this buyer lands on Details → Team Webflow Verified 2026-08-22 Visual website builder for creating responsive websites and web applications without writing code. $74/mo BusinessThe highest published tier with a listed price — agencies needing e-commerce and multi-user collaboration land here rather than on a custom Enterprise quote. Details → Dedicated Hosting Bluehost Verified 2026-08-22 An entire physical server reserved for one customer's exclusive use — full control, no sharing of resources with other sites. $79.99/mo Dedicated HostingThe lowest published Dedicated Hosting tier. Details → WP Engine Growth Plan WP Engine Verified 2026-08-24 Managed WordPress hosting supporting multiple sites with staging environments and expanded traffic limits — designed for agencies and businesses managing several WordPress properties. $115/mo GrowthThe published mid-tier plan supporting multiple WordPress installs. Details → No-Code Web App Builder Bubble Verified 2026-08-22 A visual editor for database-backed web applications — pages, workflows and logic — built without writing code. $119/mo Growth (monthly billing)the plan this buyer lands on Details → WP Engine Scale Plan WP Engine Verified 2026-08-24 Managed WordPress hosting with the highest traffic and storage allowances, advanced caching, and priority support — WP Engine's top self-serve tier for high-traffic WordPress operations. $290/mo ScaleThe published top self-serve tier for high-traffic sites. Details →

This page compares what each tool does and what it costs. It does not name a winner: picking one honestly needs a researched verdict for every option, and the corpus does not carry those yet — so nothing here is ranked by anything but price.

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Vendors change plans and quietly move capabilities between tiers. We re-read the terms and send one note a week with what moved — including website building.

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