GoDaddy Website Builder vs SITE123
We give GoDaddy Website Builder a 2.2 GPA and SITE123 a 2.0, out of 4.0. GoDaddy Website Builder grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
GoDaddy Website Builder
Template website builder with marketing tools and a free plan
Free plan
SITE123
Free website builder that lays out pages from your content
Free plan · from $12.80/mo
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAGoDaddy Website BuilderFair | 2.0GPASITE123Fair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo monthly figure on record: GoDaddy's pricing pages returned access-denied pages when read for this listing, and again when we checked for this card. With no published price for one site, it sits at C rather than being guessed. Card payments cost 2.7% + 30¢. | CPremium is $10.80 a month on a yearly plan paid up front, going by SITE123's own FAQ, for one site with your own domain and a store. That's the ordinary middle of this category. Public pages show one Premium price; the other packages are priced only inside the app. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free site stays up for as long as it's active, with a GoDaddy banner and limited support, and there's a 7-day trial of Premium's features. Sites left inactive for over a year may be removed. | CFree for good with hosting on a SITE123 subdomain, but only 250 MB of storage and 250 MB of bandwidth, and a SITE123 floating tag on the site. |
| Features | CTemplates, the Airo AI builder, social posting, a shared customer inbox, appointments and payments. The gaps are in the listing: taking payment for appointments needs Premium, and the Commerce plan for selling products is only offered in certain regions. | CContent-first building, sites that fit phones, a free image bank, a store, and mailboxes on higher packages. The gaps are in the listing: you don't control the layout, email needs Advanced or above, and sites can't be downloaded or moved off SITE123. |
| Ease of use | CNo app store rating on record. Templates and Airo's chat get a site started, but there are social posts, an inbox and payments to set up as well. | CNo app store rating on record. There's no layout work at all, since SITE123 arranges the pages, and live chat help is there at any hour. You still bring every word and picture. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, plus an iPhone and iPad app for editing the site. What it connects to is mostly GoDaddy's own, GoDaddy Payments and GoDaddy Conversations. No Android or desktop app. | CWeb only, with no integrations in the listing, no phone or desktop app and no API. Hosting, domain and mailboxes all stay inside SITE123. |
| Best for | a business site in the account that holds your domain | a first website with no design work |
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: GoDaddy Website Builder and SITE123. How we grade
Where they differ
- Only GoDaddy Website Builder lists an iOS app.
- GoDaddy Website Builder also covers forms.
- SITE123 also covers no-code.
In commonFree planWebTemplates
At a glance
| GoDaddy Website Builder | SITE123 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $12.80 per site / month, paid up front (term not stated) |
| Free plan | Free Website service: basic site features with a GoDaddy banner and limited support, for as long as the site stays active. Sites inactive for over a year may be removed. | Unlimited sites on a SITE123 subdomain with 250 MB of storage and 250 MB of bandwidth, showing a SITE123 floating tag. |
| Free trial | 7-day trial of the Premium plan's features | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC | SITE123 |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | site123.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
GoDaddy Website Builder
- Small businesses that already buy their domain and email from GoDaddy
- Owners who want the website and social posting in one account
- Simple service sites that take bookings and payments
SITE123
- First-time site owners who would rather not design layouts
- Simple business, event or personal sites built in an afternoon
- People who want round-the-clock chat support while they build
Worth knowing
GoDaddy Website Builder
- GoDaddy's pricing pages returned access-denied pages when read for this listing, so no plan prices are given here.
- The Commerce plan for selling products is available in certain regions only, and online appointment payments need Premium.
- Card payments through the online store or appointments cost 2.7% + 30¢ per transaction at GoDaddy Payments' standard rate.
- After the 7-day trial a site falls back to the free service, which carries a GoDaddy banner and limited support.
SITE123
- There is no monthly billing: each package is paid up front for the whole term, from 3 months to 10 years, and covers a single site.
- Prices for the Basic, Advanced, Professional, Gold and Platinum packages appear only in the in-app pricing table; public pages show one Premium price.
- Sites cannot be downloaded or moved off SITE123, which describes itself as a proprietary service.
- Email accounts come only with Advanced, Professional and Gold packages, or as a separate purchase.
Key features
GoDaddy Website Builder
- Templates and site editing
- Build a business, portfolio, personal or ecommerce site from professional templates, and edit it from a browser or the GoDaddy iPhone and iPad app.
- Airo AI builder
- Airo is GoDaddy's conversational builder, which sets up a customized site or web app from a chat, and AI tools write social captions and hashtags.
- Social posting and marketing
- Create, schedule and track social media posts and promotional graphics, and design marketing content from templates in the same account.
- Customer inbox
- GoDaddy Conversations gathers messages from business email, social media, website forms and chat into one inbox.
- Payments, appointments and online store
- GoDaddy Payments handles online store and appointment payments. Taking payment for appointments needs Premium, and selling products needs Commerce.
SITE123
- Content-first editor
- Choose a website type and upload text and images; SITE123 arranges the structure and design, so there is no drag-and-drop layout work.
- Responsive sites and image bank
- Every site adjusts to phones and tablets automatically, and an integrated image bank supplies pictures that can be used freely.
- Online store
- Premium packages add a store for selling products, with online payment methods for checkout.
- Hosting, domains and mailboxes
- Hosting is included on every plan. Premium connects your own domain, with a free year of domain registration on a first annual plan, and higher packages add mailboxes.
- 24/7 live chat support
- Free and paying users can reach SITE123's support team by live chat at any hour.
Plans
GoDaddy Website Builder
Pricing could not be confirmed. See godaddy.com.
SITE123
Free$0
A SITE123 subdomain, 250 MB of storage and 250 MB of bandwidth, with the SITE123 floating tag shown.
Premium$12.80
per site / month, paid up front (term not stated)
Free domain for a year, 3 GB of storage and bandwidth, your own domain, an online store and no floating tag. The page's FAQ says from $10.80 a month yearly.
Ways to pay less
GoDaddy Website Builder
No public discounts listed.
SITE123
- Other savings
Longer terms cost less per month
SITE123 discounts up-front plans more the longer the commitment, and annual plans include a free year of domain registration with the first purchase.
