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Website building: what 14 tools cost

Designing and hosting a site without writing code. Every price 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 leaves it out.

14 tools, 21 plans pricedfrom $24 more with no published priceread 2026-09-26

GoDaddy Web Hosting 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 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 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 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 Domain name registration and renewal, with transfer and privacy options. $5/mo Annual domain registrationPer-domain one-time commission Details → Website Builder Hostinger 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) Details → Responsive Web Prototyping Framer Designs that publish as a real responsive site, with breakpoints and CMS content, from the same canvas they were drawn on. $12/mo Pro Details → VPS Hosting Bluehost 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 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 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 → Squarespace Business Pro 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 Managed WordPress hosting with automatic updates, backups, and security. $35/mo Single Site 20GB Details → Theme & Design Builder Thrive Themes WordPress theme builder with drag-and-drop page editing $35/mo Thrive Suite (annual) Details → Website Builder Wix Drag-and-drop website builder with hosting included $36/mo Core Details → Status Page UptimeRobot Public status page to communicate incidents to users $38/mo Team (monthly) Details → Ecommerce Store Builder Sellfy All-in-one platform to create and manage online store $59/mo Business (annual) Details → Team Webflow 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 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 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 A visual editor for database-backed web applications — pages, workflows and logic — built without writing code. $119/mo Growth (monthly billing) Details → WP Engine Scale Plan 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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