What website platforms actually cost in 2026.
Published list prices for Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, GoDaddy, Framer and Shopify as of August 2026, with what each one costs per year, next to the same website hosted on Cloudflare at $0.
Every figure below is the vendor's own published price, with the source named. Verify anything before you act on it — these change, and two of them changed this summer.
Squarespace
Annual plan prices rose in July 2026: Basic to $19 a month, Core to $29, Plus to $49. Core and Plus went up about 26%. Advanced stayed at $99. Monthly billing costs more again.
| Plan | Annual, before | Annual, after | Change | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $16/mo | $19/mo | +19% | $228 |
| Core | $23/mo | $29/mo | +26% | $348 |
| Plus | $39/mo | $49/mo | +26% | $588 |
| Advanced | $99/mo | $99/mo | — | $1,188 |
One qualification, and it matters. Days after the notices went out, Squarespace emailed many customers to say the renewal amounts shown were higher than intended and blamed an internal error. Nobody was charged the original figures — they were advance notices. The list prices above stand; an individual renewal quote may not match them. If yours arrived and looked wrong, it may have been.
Sources: PetaPixel, 17 July 2026; Fstoppers, 19 July 2026; walk-back reported by Revenue Rulebreaker and DIY Photography, late July 2026.
Wix
Billed annually: Light $17 a month, Core $29, Business $39, Business Elite $159. The free domain covers the first year only, after which it renews at about $15 to $17 a year.
| Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | $17/mo | $24/mo | $204 |
| Core | $29/mo | $36/mo | $348 |
| Business | $39/mo | $46/mo | $468 |
| Business Elite | $159/mo | $172/mo | $1,908 |
The cost that is not on the table is the lock. Wix's own help centre states that because Wix is a software-as-a-service product, a site must run on Wix's servers and cannot use another host, since the architecture relies on Wix's proprietary technology. There is no export. Leaving Wix means rebuilding the design somewhere else.
Sources: Tooltester, May 2026; Website Builder Expert, February 2026; Tech.co, March 2026; Wix Help Center on exporting a site.
Webflow
A Premium site plan is $25 a month billed annually. That is not the bill. Add the one full seat needed to edit anything, at $39 a month, and a working setup is $64 a month, or $768 a year.
| Item | Billed annually | Billed monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Basic site plan | $15/mo | $25/mo |
| Premium site plan (replaced CMS and Business) | $25/mo | $39/mo |
| Full seat | $39/mo | — |
| Limited seat | $15/mo | — |
| Ecommerce Standard | $29/mo | — |
Webflow restructured its plans in May 2026. New purchases moved to the new structure on 13 May 2026 and most existing sites moved at renewal from 29 June 2026, so a plan you priced last year may not be the plan you are on.
Sources: Webflow's May 2026 pricing announcement, reported by BRIX Templates and FlowNinja, May 2026.
GoDaddy, Framer and Shopify
GoDaddy runs $120 to $252 a year but does not publish renewal prices. Framer runs $120 to $1,200 a year plus $240 per extra editor. Shopify is a shop, not a website — if you sell online, stay.
| Platform | Plan | Billed annually | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoDaddy | Basic | $9.99/mo | $120 |
| GoDaddy | Premium | $14.99/mo | $180 |
| GoDaddy | Commerce | $20.99/mo | $252 |
| Framer | Basic | $10/mo | $120 |
| Framer | Pro | $30/mo | $360 |
| Framer | Scale (annual only) | $100/mo | $1,200 |
| Framer | Each extra full editor | $20/mo | $240 |
| Shopify | Basic | $19/mo | $228 + fees |
| Shopify | Grow | $49/mo | $588 + fees |
Two honest caveats. GoDaddy publishes introductory prices and not renewal prices; every comparison site notes a jump at renewal and none has a current published US figure, so check your own invoice rather than the marketing page. And Shopify's own pricing page and a widely cited third-party tracker disagree about the Basic and Grow tiers — the figures above are Shopify's own page as read on 7 August 2026.
Sources: GoDaddy US pricing via Playcode, August 2026, corroborated by Expert Market and Website Planet; framer.com/pricing; shopify.com/pricing.
The same website on Cloudflare
$0 a month. Cloudflare's documentation states that requests to static assets on Pages are free and unlimited, within limits of 500 builds a month, 20,000 files and 25 MiB per file.
It does not mean free in perpetuity. No company commits a pricing tier to eternity, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something. What it means is that your site is a folder you own: if the terms ever change, the same folder goes to another host in an afternoon, and that is exactly the position a builder plan is designed to keep you out of.
Common questions
How much does Squarespace cost in 2026?
After the increase announced in July 2026, the annually billed plans are $19 a month for Basic, $29 for Core, $49 for Plus and $99 for Advanced. Core and Plus rose about 26%. Monthly billing costs more.
How much does Wix cost in 2026?
Billed annually: $17 a month for Light, $29 for Core, $39 for Business and $159 for Business Elite. The free domain applies to the first year only.
Why is Webflow more expensive than it looks?
The site plan is only half the bill. A Premium site plan at $25 a month plus one full seat at $39 a month is $64 a month before anything else.
What does the same website cost on Cloudflare?
$0 a month for hosting. Cloudflare's documentation states that requests to static assets on Pages are free and unlimited, within limits of 500 builds a month, 20,000 files and 25 MiB per file. You still pay your domain registration.
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