Wix vs WordPress.com
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Wixsite ↗pricing ↗
A website builder with drag-and-drop editing and a large app market, aimed at people building their own site without code. Paid plans start at €16.66/mo (Light); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at €177.31/mo (Business Elite). It bills by country — entry $14/mo to a US reader and £12/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-10-08 — the change log holds the rows.
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
The hosted version of WordPress: the same publishing software as the self-hosted original, run for you, with plans that unlock plugins and themes at higher tiers. Paid plans start at $9/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $70/mo (Commerce). It bills by country — entry $3.25/mo to a US reader and €9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-10-13 — the change log holds the rows.
The two ladders
Wixsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-18 · EUR
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Custom |
| Light | €16.66/mo |
| Core | €29.75/mo |
| Business | €40.46/mo |
| Business Elite | €177.31/mo |
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-18 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Custom |
| Personal | $9/mo |
| Premium | $18/mo |
| Business | $40/mo |
| Commerce | $70/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: WordPress.com at $9/mo, against Wix at €16.66/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: both publish one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial. What each caps differs.
- How far each ladder goes: Wix tops out at €177.31/mo, WordPress.com at $70/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: Wix (2026-10-08), WordPress.com (2026-10-13). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- Wix: It bills by country — entry $14/mo to a US reader and £12/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
- WordPress.com: It bills by country — entry $3.25/mo to a US reader and €9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- First-term discounts are common here — the renewal figure is the one you will live with.
- Free plans usually carry the vendor’s branding and domain.
- A site is hard to move; weigh the exit cost before the entry price.