Think with WP
When you decide to build your own website, you may hesitate to choose a platform with WordPress vs Website Builder, WordPress is the most popular blog and CMS (Content Management System) platform, while drag and drop website builder has a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface platform. In this article, we will compare WordPress vs Website Builder and highlight the advantages and disadvantages.
WordPress vs Website Builder, Which One Should I Use
To know this answer, you should consider the following aspects:
- Price and Costs
- Ease of Use
- WordPress plugins vs Website builer apps
Price and Costs
The price is one of the most important factor especially for making multiple websites, below is table showing the costs of WordPress vs Website Builder.
You can see WordPress is the most cost-efficient platform for building websites
| Price and Costs in USD | WordPress + Web hosting | Wix | Weebly | SITE123 |
| Price/mo | $3.49 | $12.50 | $8.00 | $9.80 |
| Price/yr | $42 | $150 | $96 | $118 |
| Price/3yr | $126 | $450 | $288 | $353 |
| 1 Site/yr | $42 | $150 | $96 | $118 |
| 2 Sites/yr | $51 | $300 | $192 | $235 |
| 3 Sites/yr | $69 | $450 | $288 | $353 |
| 1 Site/3yr | $126 | $450 | $288 | $353 |
| 2 Sites/3yr | $153 | $600 | $576 | $706 |
| 3 Sites/3yr | $207 | $1,350 | $864 | $1,058 |
| Website (s) | Unlimited | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | Unlimited | 10GB | Unlimited | 10GB |
Ease of Use for Beginners
Most beginners don’t want to spend much time on code knowledge, so the easiest way to build a website for biginners is using a drag and drop page builer or a ready made website template, the good news is that both WordPress and website builders don’t require code skills. Let’s check which is easier when WordPress vs Website Builder.
WordPress
WordPress is the most popular and powerful CMS in the world and allows you create blogs, websites, eCommerce, forums, social networks and so on. There are thousands of free/paid themes and plugins, you can create any website you want.
WordPress comes with a visual editor interface, you can easily edit your contents but need to preview your page or post before publishing.
Wix offers a fully managed service, it doesn’t require any skills, you don’t need to worry about how to choose the best web hosting and how to install WordPress.
Wix has a very beginner friendly drag and drop interface, about 500 templates and 300 apps for you to choose from, all you need to do is drag any element from the left sidebar and drop anywhere you want on the website, including text, images, videos, menus, buttons, all kinds of apps and many more.
In this section, you can see website builders like Wix and Weebly are more beginner friendy than WordPress, but you can also use WordPress page builder plugins such as BeaverBuiler and Divi, they are more powerful than those Website builders. See our step by step guide about how to make a website with WordPress.
WordPress plugins vs Website builer apps
Plugins and apps are all website extensions, you can add what you want and make your website more powerful, such as contact forms, online chat tools.
WordPress
When you visit the WordPress plugin page, you can see WordPress has more than 55,700 free plugins, and you can also find thousands of premium plugins on Codecanyon and other third party marketplaces.
Website Builders
Wix and Weebly, only has about 300 apps, not to mention those second-rate site builers.
Summary
For easy of use, website builders are easier than WordPress, because it doesn’t need any skills.
But WordPress is more powerfull than website builders, if you prefer DIY, wordpress is more suitable for you.