8 Best Cheap Website Builders in 2026: Picked by What You Need

Carrd is the best cheap website builder because the prices are almost unbelievably low. Pro Lite costs $9 a year for 3 sites without Carrd branding, and Pro Standard at $19 a year adds a custom domain, forms, widgets and analytics for 10 sites. The free plan covers 3 sites on a carrd.co subdomain, and there is no monthly billing at all, so the price you see is the price you pay.

The catch is scope. Carrd builds one-page sites, so a blog, a multi-page site or a real store needs another tool. Pro Lite at $9 a year removes Carrd branding, but custom domains, forms, widgets and analytics start on Pro Standard at $19 a year, and Pro Plus at $49 a year adds advanced forms and password protection.

Square Online is the cheapest way to sell online because the free plan costs $0 a month. It publishes a store on a Square subdomain, syncs with Square POS and charges only card processing fees, at 3.3% plus 30 cents per online sale. A custom domain needs Plus at $49 a month per location, so the free tier suits sellers who can live on a Square subdomain.

The catch is the domain and the card rate. Square Free costs $0 a month and publishes on a Square subdomain, but connecting your own domain needs Square Plus at $49 a month per location, and free-plan online card payments cost 3.3% plus 30 cents. Plus and Premium lower the online rate to 2.9% plus 30 cents, and there is no annual discount published.

Hostinger Website Builder is the cheapest first term in this list. Premium starts at $2.99 a month on a 48-month term paid upfront, with a free domain for the first year, email and an AI builder in one bill. The catch is the renewal at $10.99 a month, so the cheap price lasts four years and then jumps, and there is no free plan, only a 14-day trial.

The catch is the renewal. Premium costs $2.99 a month only on a 48-month term paid upfront, and it renews at $10.99 a month, so the cheap first term is not the long-term price. Premium also leaves out ecommerce, and the plan caps at a small number of pages, so a growing site pays more sooner than the headline suggests.

WordPress.com Personal is the cheapest honest monthly price for a full site. It costs $9 a month, or $4 a month billed annually, with a custom domain, no ads and plugin installs since April 2026, and it renews at a modest step up rather than tripling. Self-hosted WordPress software is free, though hosting and a domain add to the bill, and the free plan covers a basic site.

The catch is the extra cost and upkeep around the free core. Self-hosted WordPress costs nothing for the software, but you pay for hosting, a domain and any premium themes or plugins, and you handle updates and security yourself. WordPress.com Personal costs $9 a month, or $4 a month billed annually, and since April 2026 it allows plugin installs, which used to need the Business plan.

GoDaddy Airo is the cheap pick for an AI-built site. Starter costs $9.99 a month billed annually in the first year, or $19.99 month to month, with a custom domain, 150 AI credits a month and payment links. The free plan gives 50 AI credits a month with no card, so you can build and preview before paying, though the renewal price is not published.

The catch is the credit meter and the renewal. Starter costs $9.99 a month billed annually in the first year, or $19.99 month to month, and GoDaddy does not publish the renewal price, so the second year can surprise you. Credits expire at the end of each billing cycle, and bigger edits can burn through the monthly allowance fast.

Framer is the cheap pick for a site that looks expensive. Basic costs $10 a month billed annually, or $15 month to month, with a custom domain, 30 pages, 2 CMS collections and 1,000 AI credits a month. The free plan publishes on a Framer domain with 1 GB of bandwidth, though it is described as non-commercial, and there is no native store.

The catch is the per-site price and the missing store. Framer charges per site, so three sites on Basic cost $30 a month billed annually, and extra editors add $20 a month each. Basic at $10 a month billed annually, or $15 month to month, covers 30 pages and 2 CMS collections, and there is no native ecommerce, so selling needs a third-party checkout.

Webflow is the cheap pick for a professional builder with a free start. The free Starter plan lets you learn the Designer and build two pages on a webflow.io domain, and Basic at $15 a month billed annually adds a custom domain for a static site. A blog or dynamic content needs Premium at $25 a month, and add-ons like localization cost extra, so the cheap entry is for simple sites.

The catch is the learning curve and the split billing. Webflow consolidated its CMS and Business site plans into Premium at $25 a month billed annually in May 2026, so Basic at $15 a month covers static sites only, with no blog or dynamic content. The free Starter plan is limited to two pages on a webflow.io domain, and localization and analytics are paid add-ons.

Wix ranks last on price, but it earns a place because the free plan is genuinely usable and the all-in-one tools are strong. Light costs $17 a month billed annually, or $24 month to month, with a custom domain, 2 GB of storage and no Wix ads. Selling starts on Core at $29 a month, so Wix is cheap to start and pricier to grow.

The catch is lock-in and the tier ladder. The free plan works for a first site, but it carries Wix branding and a Wix subdomain, and moving a finished site elsewhere is painful. Light costs $17 a month billed annually, or $24 month to month, and you need Core at $29 a month billed annually before you can take payments.