Weebly is a web-building tool similar to Webnode and other drag-and-drop web building tools available. It is a favorite for several eCommerce site-builders and is one of free web-builders available for anyone to create a blog or website. It has over 30 templates and excels in website load speed.
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Weebly Pros
- Solid site speeds
- Templates to start with
- Editor is simple and easy to use
- The Weebly mobile app (now at version 5.0)
- Weebly app centre
- Bonus extras
- You CAN move away from Weebly
Weebly cons
- Limited blogging tools.
- You better be used to offline photo editing.
- Pay for more help.
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Weebly vs Wix
| Weebly | Wix |
| 1. Weebly is easy to use as it utilizes a drag-and-drop editor though not as intuitive as Wix’s; No coding skills required. | 1. A bit easier than Weebly for besides having the same drag and drop interfaces, Wix has artificial design intelligence (ADI) which helps set up a complete website in minutes; No coding skills required too. |
| 2. Weebly offers a lesser but powerful range of over 50 diverse templates with less room for exploration in design. | 2. It allows a high degree of design control with over 510 customization – enabled templates. |
| 3. Weebly employs Weebly to promote a marketing tool with cutting edge articulate statistics for email marketing. | 3. Similarly, Wix has Wix Shoutout which sends attractive emails as well as share updates on social media . |
| 4. It offers free blogging and far easier to integrate a blog into Weebly website. | 4. Offers a free blogging app for all plans though not as integrated as Weebly. |
| 5. Weebly extends social media integration a notch higher by connecting Facebook messenger to your messenger: though you cant sell across social channels, like Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. | 5. Wix allows social media integration by allowing the addition of social buttons and feeds to a site by dragging and dropping. |
| 6. Weebly leads with over 340 apps in its app center which encompasses sufficient free and reasonably cheap premium apps. | 6. Wix has over 260 apps to choose from: some free as well as premium ones. |
| 7. Weebly has tools to aid is a search engine in optimization(SEO) but not as quick as Wix. | 7. Wix has (SEO) wiz which creates a customized SEO plan based on details like the name of a website and keywords to help a website to be found. |
| 8. Weebly avails 3 paid plans namely: pro, business, and performance costing between $12 & $38 per month with savings of between 17% and 54% on offer when you sign up for 1 or 2 years. | 8. Wix avails 7 premium plans ranging from $11 to $35 per month, with large savings on for a year or two. |
| 9. Offers email help and support across all plans, but phone support comes only with the top 3 paid plans. Contrary to Wix, Weebly avails live chat support which is quite in minor queries. | 9. offers direct help; phone & email support across all paid plans |
Weebly vs WordPress
| Weebly | WordPress |
| 1. Weebly is easy to use since it utilizes a drag and drop editor; No coding skills required. | 1. WordPress does require a slightly more complex setup process and some coding skills will come in handy though some website hosts offer one-click installation. |
| 2. Weebly avails 3 paid plans namely: pro, business, and performance costing between $12 & $38 per month with savings of between 17% and 54% on offer when you sign up for 1 or 2 years. | 2. WordPress is free. Additional web – hosting fee of (around $6.50 / month for a decent speed) is charged. If you need to buy a premium theme it’s (around $35 to $65) and not forgetting costly plugins as well as a developer’s time if needed. |
| 3. Offers email help and support across all plans, but phone support comes only with the top 3 paid plans. Contrary to WordPress, Weebly offers live chat support which is quite helpful in minor questions. | 3. WordPress does have a community forum where people can post their concerns, these posts are moderated by random users, not support staff; thus there is no guarantee of feedback. |
| 4. While Weebly allows you customize the design of your Weebly website, there is a limit and you cant modify certain features or functions. | 4. WordPress is an open-source piece of software which means you have all the freedom to customize your site and how your tools work. |
| 5. It’s recommended for small to medium online shops, letting you sell tangible and intangible goods while including an effective live shipping calculator. | 5. WordPress proves to behave great eCommerce power through plugins, such as woo-commerce, that enables you to sell anyhow and anywhere you want with diverse payment methods. |
Weebly vs Squarespace
| Weebly | Squarespace |
| 1. Weebly’s structured editor and extensive app store eases usability especially for beginners. | 1. Squarespace is more artistically constructed; a bit more intricate and may takes a while to get used to the editor, especially for beginners. For a faster start,its recommended to go with Weebly. |
| 2. Weebly offers a lesser but powerful range of over 50 diverse templates though less room for exploration in design | 2. Squarespace scores high on design with over 90 gleaming, up – to – date and easy to edit templates. |
| 3. Integrating eCommerce tools in both is easy and smooth. Though easier with Weebly since its better designed and has considerable tax options | 3. Squarespace gets points for the customer logins. However, it is highly probable Weebly will release this feature in the future. |
| 4. SEO Control over meta titles/descriptions and URL slugs, with keyword support, SEO analytics, and coding. | 4. Similarly Squarespace allows control over meta titles/descriptions and URL slugs, but no bonuses. |
5. Email, phone and live chat for help and support. An open community forum is also available | 5. 24/7 email and live chat. Additionally, there`s a help center stocked full of useful guides. |
6. In pricing, there`s a free plan and four comparatively cheap premium ones. Worth upgrading. | 6. Rather costly premium plans, though they’re counterbalanced by design standard. |
| 7. Weebly has its own app center with numerous positively reviewed apps. | 7. Squarespace’s app selection is exceedingly narrow and they are all third-party extensions. |
| 8. Avails an in – built blogging feature which is easy to use, commendable SEO but limited to one author. | 8. Blog editing with AMP support for faster loading on mobile. A bonus feature to insert podcasts. Allows multiple authors. |
Weebly vs Shopify
| Weebly | Shopify |
| 1. Weebly is easy to use as it utilizes a drag and drop editor though not as intuitive as Wix’s; No coding skills required. | 1. Requires time to develop mastery of the editor to get the most out of its functionality. |
| 2. Weebly’s theme store has 15 well-executed, customizable and spontaneous design options for online stores though less variety than Shopify. | 2. Shopify has over 60 mobile-responsive themes, templates and fresh designs that are commerce-specific in its store . Themes not as easily customizable with Shopify as with Weebly |
| 3. Weebly`s eCommerce tools include a tax calculator, inventory tracking, a coupon builder, and abandoned cart recovery | 3. Shopify comes with 150+ tailored eCommerce templates, built-in analytics for high-traffic analysis, multiple payment methods and ability to sell on social media sites like Facebook and Pinterest. |
| 4. App Center layout is cleaner, user friendly and more modern than Shopify. | 4. Shopify’s App Store is one of the best in the industry with a variety of over 1200 apps, covering social media integration to taxes. |
| 5. Available free plan with reasonably priced plans. | 5. Shopify is more expensive than Weebly, owing to the fact that it’s a fully-fledged eCommerce platform. |
| 6. Weebly offers far less customer support than Shopify. For instance, you have to upgrade to a Pro or Business plan to receive phone support. | 6.Offers Live Chat, email, Twitter and phone support. 24/7 help is available on every plan. |
| 7. Weebly has an app Center offering applications, such as a sales channel app, an SEO app, and a social media app. | 7. In the Shopify App Store, there are social media integrations as well as purchase buttons, tools for SEO, marketing as well as store design. |
Weebly vs Godaddy
| Weebly | Godaddy |
| 1.Easy to use providing intuitive drag-and-drop design and a host of thoughtful tools and features including a free plan. | 1. GoDaddy provides the fastest way to build a website, using its ADI (Artificial Design Intelligence) to create a site in just a few minutes. |
| 2. Weebly offers a lesser but powerful range of over 50 diverse templates with less room for exploration in design. | 2. GoDaddy prioritizes speed over customization, making it fast to get online while limiting your creative freedom. |
| 3. In E-commerce, top paid plans include a shipping and tax calculator, inventory management, coupons while ensuring payment security with an SSL certificate. The Performance plan includes real-time shipping rates and gift cards. | 2. GoDaddy includes an SSL certificate in its second level business plan, as well as PayPal integration and donation capabilities. Nonetheless; credit cards, a built-in shopping cart, automatic abandoned cart recovery and text notifications for new orders only included on its most expensive Online Store plan. This top leveled plan also includes |
| 3. Weebly allows you to create and publish blog posts easily while integrating a search feature, an RSS feed, social bookmarking, a comments section, and more. | 3. GoDaddy allows you to add categories into your blog, track its performance, and embed an RSS feed. |
| . 4. Weebly, with features such as the Weebly, promotes, scores higher than Godaddy when it comes to integrations, marketing features, and analytics. | 4. While GoDaddy supports e-commerce features, they are not as effective as Weebly. |
5. Weebly takes things further by allowing you to add social media feeds directly to your website. | 5. Unlike Weebly, GoDaddy does offer a unique simple Facebook posts creation feature though limited to its two most expensive plans. |
| 6. On search engine optimization, (SEO) Weebly provides really helpful guides on keywords and coding, among other SEO tools on all of its plans. | 6. GoDaddy’s cheapest plan doesn’t have any SEO features. |
| 7. Offer live chat, phone support as well as help centers. | Avails live chat,24/7 phone support and a wide outline of help videos: lacks email support. |
| 8. Weebly, scores high with the free plan and loads of free apps, too | 8. No free plan, but the priced plans are reasonable |
Weebly vs Google Sites
| Weebly | Google sites |
| 1. Weebly is easy to use as it utilizes a drag and drops editor though not as intuitive as Wix`s; No coding skills required. | 1. similarly Google sites editor is straight – forward and especially for beginners with little or no coding skills required. |
| 2. Weebly avails 3 paid plans namely: pro, business, and performance costing between $12 & $38 per month with savings of between 17% and 54% on offer when you sign up for 1 or 2 years. | 2. For business use: Google Apps: $5 per user per month, Google Apps with unlimited storage and Vault: $10 per user per month, or $120 per user per year. |
| 3. Weebly takes the lead with above 340 apps in the Weebly app center which encompasses sufficient free and normally cheap premium apps. | 3. Google Sites is integrated with other Google products, thus users can insert videos, docs, spreadsheets, presentations, photo slide shows, and calendars directly onto their Google Sites pages. |
| 3. Email, phone and live chat for help and support. An open community forum is also available | 4. phone and email support, as well as a help desk. There’s also a help center containing numerous how-to articles |
Weebly vs Blogger
| Weebly | Blogger |
| 1. Both of these platforms have user-friendly and easy to use interfaces especially Weebly. | 1. Blogger has a quick setup. |
| 2. Although Weebly is good for blogging they are a website builder thus has lots of features | 2. Blogger is for blogging: not built to have a lot of features. It’s only built to be a highway to blog. |
| 3. Weebly offers phone support, live chat support, and email support. | 3. Google has a pleasant Blogger Help forum to help their users. |
| 4. All of the Weebly plans offer unlimited storage. | 4. Blogger only offers 1GB of storage with the option of connecting to your Google account for more storage. |
Weebly vs Wix Vs Squarespace
| Weebly | Wix | Squarespace |
| 1. Weebly is easy to use as it utilizes a drag and drop editor: No coding skills required. | 1. Has drag and drop interfaces: artificial design intelligence (ADI) which helps set up a complete website in minutes: No coding skills required too. | 1. Squarespace is more artistically constructed; a bit more intricate and may takes a while to get used to the editor, especially for beginners. |
| 2. Weebly offers a lesser but powerful range of over 50 diverse templates with less room for exploration in design. | 2. It allows a high degree of design control with over 510 customization – enabled templates. | 2. Squarespace scores fairly high on design with over 90 gleaming, up – to – date and easy to edit templates. |
| 3. Weebly employs Weebly to promote a marketing tool with cutting edge articulate statistics for email marketing. | 3. Similarly, Wix has Wix Shoutout which sends attractive emails as well as share updates on social media. | 3. Squarespace gets assures customer logins. |
| 4. Weebly takes the lead with above 340 apps in the Weebly app center which encompasses sufficient free and normally cheap premium apps. | 4. Wix has rather lesser with over 260 apps to choose from: some free as well as premium ones. | 4. Squarespace’s app selection is exceedingly narrow and they are all third-party extensions. |
| 5. Weebly has tools to aid is a search engine in optimization(SEO) | 5. Wix has (SEO) wiz which creates a customized SEO plan based on details like the name of your website and your keywords to help a website to be found. | 5. Similarly, Squarespace allows control over meta titles/descriptions and URL slugs, but no bonuses. |
| 6. Offers free blogging fairy easy to integrate into a Weebly website. | 7. Offers a free blogging app for all plans though not as integrated as Weebly. | 8. Blog editing with AMP support for faster loading on mobile. A bonus feature to insert podcasts. Allows multiple authors. |
| 7. Offers; live chat support, email help and support across all plans, but phone support comes only with the top 3 paid plans. | 7. It offers direct help; phone & email support across all paid plans | 7. 24/7 email and live chat. Additionally, there`s a help center stocked full of useful guides. |
| 8. Weebly avails 3 paid plans namely: pro, business, and performance costing between $12 & $38 per month with savings of between 17% and 54% on offer when you sign up for 1 or 2 years. | 8. Wix avails 7 premium plans ranging from $11 to $35 per month, with large savings on for a year or two. | 8. Rather costly premium plans, though they’re counterbalanced by design standard. |
