This is literally a snapshot of pricing across major website platforms as of April 2018:
- WordPress.com – https://wordpress.com/pricing/
- ($0/$4/$8/$25 per month paid yearly)
- WordPress.org – https://wordpress.org/hosting/
- (Price varies depending on host, theme, and features – I’ve heard of WordPress.org hosting for as low as $5/month)
- Squarespace – https://www.squarespace.com/pricing
- ($12/$18/$26/$40 per month paid yearly)
- ($16/$26/$30/$46 per month paid monthly)
- GoDaddy – https://www.godaddy.com/websites/website-builder#pricing
- $5.99/$9.99/$14.99/$19.99 per month – it’s unclear if this must be paid yearly. Free one month trial.
- Wix – https://www.wix.com/upgrade/premium-plans
- $5/$11/$14/$17/$25 per month. 14 day money back guarantee.
- Weebly – https://www.weebly.com/pricing
- $0/$4/$8/$12/$25 per month, paid yearly.
As you can imagine, website features and functionality changes as you go up in price. Many of these platforms have free trials or come with a free domain name. Some require you pay yearly as well.
The site you’re reading this blog on is the $25/month WordPress.com platform. Read about why I chose WordPress.com for this blog.