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 £12/mo (Business); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at £59/mo (Business Elite). It bills by country — entry $14/mo to a US reader and €14.87/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-09-03 — 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 $4/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $45/mo (Commerce Free Personal Premium). We read the same $4/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
The two ladders
Wixsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-04 · GBP
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Business Elite | £59/mo | |
| Business | £12/mo | |
| Core | Custom | |
| Light | Custom | |
| Free | Custom |
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-04 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Custom | |
| Personal | $4/mo | |
| Premium | $8/mo | |
| Business Free Personal Premium | $25/mo | |
| Commerce Free Personal Premium | $45/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: WordPress.com at $4/mo, against Wix at £12/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 £59/mo, WordPress.com at $45/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: Wix (2026-09-03). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- Wix: It bills by country — entry $14/mo to a US reader and €14.87/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
- WordPress.com: We read the same $4/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
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.