Carrd vs Mobirise
We give Carrd a 2.6 GPA and Mobirise a 2.2, out of 4.0. Carrd grades higher on value for money and platforms. Mobirise grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mobirise
Free desktop website builder with paid themes, extensions and AI
How we grade them
| 2.6GPACarrdGood | 2.2GPAMobiriseFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APro Standard is $19 a year for up to 10 sites with your own domain, forms and embeds, about $1.58 a month for one site. That's way under 60% of this category's cheapest quarter ($5.40). Pro Lite at $9 a year only removes the branding. | CThe app is free, but a site needs a server: BASE is $199 a year, about $16.58 a month, for hosting on your own domain, and KIT at $149 a year only unlocks themes in the app. That's the middle of this category. Hosting you already pay for costs nothing extra. |
| Free plan and trial | CUp to 3 free sites on Carrd addresses with the core builder and a Made with Carrd credit, plus a 7-day Pro trial with no card needed. But there's no custom domain or forms without paying. | BThe desktop app is free for personal and commercial use, publishes unlimited sites to your own hosting or a free mobirisesite.com address, and gives 3 AI generations a month. One person could live on that; premium themes are the main thing missing. |
| Features | CIt does one-page sites fully: templates that fit every screen, signup and payment forms feeding about 20 email services, embeds and analytics. But it's a smaller job, with no multi-page site, blog or online store. | CAn offline drag-and-drop builder, publishing anywhere with full code export, AI site generation and 220+ themes and extensions in the Kit. Selling is done with cart extensions through PayPal, Stripe or WhatsApp rather than a full store. |
| Ease of use | CNo app store rating on record. One page from a template keeps things simple, but you're still building that page yourself, element by element. | CNo app store rating on record. You install it and start dragging blocks in, but you still build every page and, unless you pay for BASE, sort out your own hosting. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with forms feeding about 20 email services such as Mailchimp, Kit and Klaviyo, plus Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad and Google Analytics. No phone or desktop app. | CWindows and Mac, plus Mobirise AI in a browser, which is still computers only, with no Linux and no phone app. Its connections are payment and social ones: PayPal, Stripe, WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube. |
| Best for | one-page sites for a few dollars a year | building sites offline and hosting them anywhere |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Carrd and Mobirise. How we grade
Price against what you get
Carrd starts at $0.75 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mobirise starts at $12.42 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.0.
Carrd scores higher and starts $11.67 a month lower. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, none scores higher than Carrd for less, and 9 score higher than Mobirise for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Carrd starts at $9 per year for up to 3 sites (Pro Lite). Mobirise starts at $149 per year (KIT).
- Only Mobirise lists Windows and macOS apps.
At a glance
| Carrd | Mobirise | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per year for up to 3 sites (Pro Lite) | $149 per year (KIT) |
| Free plan | Up to 3 one-page sites per account on Carrd-branded addresses, with Carrd's core builder features, shown with "Made with Carrd" branding. | The desktop app is free for personal and commercial use, with free blocks, publishing to any hosting or a free mobirisesite.com subdomain, and 3 AI generations a month. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Pro features, no payment or card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Carrd Inc. | Mobirise |
| Price read from | carrd.com | mobirise.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Carrd
- Personal profiles, link-in-bio pages and simple portfolios
- Single landing pages that collect email signups
- People who want a custom domain for under $20 a year
Mobirise
- People who want to build sites offline and host them anywhere
- Designers making client sites, which the Kit license allows without a site limit
- Anyone who wants a no-cost builder for simple Bootstrap sites
Worth knowing
Carrd
- Carrd builds one-page sites only; there is no multi-page site, blog or online store.
- Custom domains, forms and embeds need Pro Standard; Pro Lite only removes branding and unlocks .crd.co addresses.
- Password protection, redirects and downloading a site's files need Pro Plus.
- The price of each Pro tier rises with the number of sites, from 3 or 10 sites up to 1,000.
Mobirise
- The desktop app runs on Windows and Mac only; there is no Linux version.
- Premium themes and extensions are sold only through the Kit, which runs for a year. If it is not renewed, premium blocks, updates and support switch off.
- Hosting, custom domains and more than 3 AI generations a month need BASE or GROW; KIT covers the desktop app only.
- A Kit activates on up to 2 computers; 10 needs the Enterprise license, whose price is not shown on the pricing page.
Key features
Carrd
- One-page sites from templates
- Start from dozens of templates or a blank page; every site adjusts to phones, tablets and desktops on its own. Pro plans add premium templates.
- Signup and payment forms
- Pro Standard forms send signups to about 20 email services, including Mailchimp, Kit, beehiiv and Klaviyo, and can take payments.
- Custom domains
- Pro Standard and Pro Plus publish to any domain you own with free SSL through Let's Encrypt. Pro Lite uses unbranded .crd.co addresses.
- Widgets and embeds
- Embed custom code and widgets from Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad, Typeform and other services, from Pro Standard up.
- Analytics and tracking
- Connect Google Analytics, Plausible, Matomo and other tracking tools to a published site on Pro Standard and Pro Plus.
Mobirise
- Offline drag-and-drop builder
- Pages are built on your computer from pre-made blocks for menus, galleries, sliders and forms, edited like a text document and saved to a local folder.
- Publish anywhere or export code
- Sites go to your own hosting, to a free mobirisesite.com subdomain or to a custom domain, and the full HTML, CSS and JavaScript can be exported.
- Mobirise AI
- A browser-based builder turns a prompt in any language into layouts, text, images and video, with hosting included. Its sites can be edited in the desktop app too.
- Themes and extensions
- More than 220 premium Bootstrap 5 themes and extensions, such as Code Editor, Form Builder, Popup Builder, Password Protect and social feeds, come with the Kit.
- Shop and cart extensions
- Simple Shop, Smart Cart and PayPal Shopping Cart add product blocks and checkout through PayPal and Stripe, or take orders as WhatsApp messages.
- Code Editor
- The Code Editor extension opens a site's HTML and CSS for manual edits, external plugins and custom blocks made from scratch.
Plans
Carrd
Free$0
Up to 3 sites on Carrd-branded addresses with the core builder and a Made with Carrd credit.
Pro Lite$9
per year for up to 3 sites
No branding, unbranded .crd.co addresses, premium templates, video uploads and larger images. $14 for 10 sites, $29 for 25.
Pro Standard$19
per year for up to 10 sites
Adds custom domains with SSL, forms, widgets and embeds, analytics and meta tags. $39 for 25 sites, $119 for 100, up to $599 for 1,000.
Pro Plus$49
per year for up to 25 sites
Adds advanced forms, password protection, redirects, site downloads and site files. $89 for 50 sites, up to $999 for 1,000.
Mobirise
FREE$0
The desktop app with free blocks and themes, unlimited sites published to your own hosting, and 3 AI generations a month.
KIT$149
per year
All 220+ premium themes and extensions for unlimited offline sites with no Mobirise branding, for the desktop app only.
BASE$199
per year
Everything in KIT plus premium AI designs, 3 online sites with hosting, custom domains, site export and 100 AI generations a month.
GROW$249
per year
Everything in BASE with 10 online sites and 1,000 AI generations a month, aimed at client work.
