Wix vs Zoho Sites
We give Wix a 2.8 GPA and Zoho Sites a 2.4, out of 4.0. Wix grades higher on features and ease of use. Zoho Sites grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Wix
Drag-and-drop website builder with an AI agent and business apps
Zoho Sites
AI website builder with collections, dynamic pages and Zoho CRM
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAWixGood | 2.4GPAZoho SitesFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLight is $17 a month for one site on yearly billing, with your own domain, no Wix ads and 2 GB, so it sits mid-range for this category. But it can't take payments or bookings, and Wix's own blog points small businesses to Core at $29, where this category's dearest tenth starts. | BBasic is $8 a month for one site on yearly billing ($10 monthly), with 5 pages, 2 forms and 8 GB of bandwidth. That's inside this category's cheapest quarter ($9). Lite at $1 is a single page, and Plus is $15 for 25 pages. |
| Free plan and trial | CThere's a free plan with the full editor and the AI agent, but it runs on a Wix address with Wix ads and 500 MB of storage. Fine for trying ideas, not for a business. Paid plans have no trial, just a 14-day money-back guarantee. | CNo free plan, but a 15-day trial with no card needed and 3,000 one-time AI credits. After that every site needs a paid plan. |
| Features | AThe widest set of built-in business tools in this category: a store, bookings, events, restaurant orders and hotel reservations, an AI agent called Aria, an app market and a headless developer platform. Few rivals come close. | CAI site generation, a visual builder with custom code, collections that make a page for every item, forms into Zoho CRM and a member portal. The gaps show in the listing: pages are capped per plan, collections start on Plus, and there's no store. |
| Ease of use | B4.58 from about 16,800 App Store ratings. Thousands of templates and Aria drafting sections from a sentence make the start easy, though with this much in it there's more to find your way around than in a simpler builder. | CNo app store rating on record. The AI gets you a first draft from a prompt, but after that it's a full visual builder with layers and components to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with an app market of Wix and outside apps such as QuickBooks Online and TikTok Ads, plus an API and Wix Headless. No desktop app, so not an A. | BWeb only, with Zoho CRM, Zoho Analytics, Google Analytics and an MCP connection that lets Claude and Cursor build and edit sites. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | business sites with bookings, events and a shop | small sites that feed leads into Zoho CRM |
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: Wix and Zoho Sites. How we grade
Price against what you get
Wix starts at $17 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Zoho Sites starts at $1 a month and scores 2.3.
Wix scores higher, and starts $16 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, 1 scores higher than Wix for less, and none scores higher than Zoho Sites 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
- Wix starts at $17 per site / month, billed yearly (Light). Zoho Sites starts at $1 per site / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly).
- Wix has a free plan. Zoho Sites does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Wix lists iOS and Android apps.
- Wix also covers AI agents.
- Zoho Sites also covers forms.
At a glance
| Wix | Zoho Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $17 per site / month, billed yearly (Light) | $1 per site / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Build and publish on a wixsite.com address with Wix branding, 500 MB of storage and 500 MB of bandwidth. A custom domain needs a paid plan. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 15-day free trial, no credit card required, with 3,000 one-time AI credits. |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Wix.com, Inc. | Zoho Corporation |
| Price read from | wix.com | zoho.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Wix
- Beginners who want to start free and upgrade when the site is ready
- Small businesses that take bookings, sell tickets or run a small store
- People who want an AI agent to draft pages they can still edit by hand
Zoho Sites
- Businesses already using Zoho CRM that want leads to land there
- Catalogs, directories and listings built from one page layout
- A one-page site at a low yearly cost on the Lite plan
Worth knowing
Wix
- Light has no online payments; selling anything needs Core at $29 a month or higher.
- Monthly billing exists, but Wix's pages show only yearly prices, and monthly plans come without the free domain voucher or premium apps.
- Each plan upgrades a single site, so running several sites means buying a plan for each.
- There is no free trial of paid plans; Wix offers a 14-day money-back guarantee instead.
Zoho Sites
- There is no free plan; after the 15-day trial every site needs a paid plan.
- Each plan caps pages: 1 on Lite, 5 on Basic, 25 on Plus and 100 on Advanced. Extra pages cost $10 a month per 100 ($8.33 billed annually).
- Collections and dynamic pages need Plus or Advanced, and the member portal needs Advanced.
- Extra users are $10 each a month, and extra AI credits are $5 per 4,000 as a one-time purchase.
Key features
Wix
- Wix Harmony editor and Aria
- The editor mixes drag-and-drop layout with Aria, an AI agent that turns a written idea into sections, pages or custom components you can then edit. It is included on every plan, free included.
- Templates and design tools
- Start from thousands of templates or from AI, then adjust the design without code. Paid plans remove Wix branding and connect your own domain.
- Payments and online store
- Core and higher plans accept payments and run a store, with standard and advanced commerce tools on Business and Business Elite. Light cannot take payments.
- Bookings, events and restaurants
- Scheduling and services come with Core and higher. Further business solutions cover ticketed events, online programs, restaurant orders and hotel reservations.
- App market
- Add marketing, accounting, social and store apps from Wix and other developers, such as QuickBooks Online, TikTok Ads and Instagram feeds.
- Developer platform and headless
- Business Elite adds the advanced developer platform, and Wix Headless lets a custom front end run on Wix's back end and business tools.
Zoho Sites
- AI website generation
- A prompt produces pages, navigation, layouts, copy and images as a starting point, which can then be refined in the builder or through AI chat.
- Zoho Sites MCP
- AI tools such as Claude and Cursor can connect through Zoho MCP to create and edit sites, pages, collections, forms and content, then publish.
- Collections and dynamic pages
- Structured content such as products, events or listings lives in collections, and one page layout generates a page for every item. Collections start on Plus.
- Visual builder with custom code
- A drag-and-drop editor with layers, saved components and responsive previews, plus HTML, CSS and JavaScript wherever a site needs it.
- Forms and Zoho CRM
- Lead capture forms with autoresponders send submissions into Zoho CRM or an email list. Each plan caps forms and monthly submissions.
- Member portal and SDK widgets
- Advanced adds a member portal with access controls, and developers can build React widgets with the Zoho Sites SDK and publish them to Zoho Marketplace.
Plans
Wix
Free$0
A Wix subdomain, Wix branding on the site, 500 MB of storage and bandwidth, the full editor and templates.
Light$17
per site / month, billed yearly
Custom domain, free domain for a year, no Wix ads, 2 GB of storage, a light marketing suite and 2 collaborators. No online payments.
Core$29
per site / month, billed yearly
Accept payments, basic online store, scheduling and services, 50 GB of storage and 5 collaborators.
Business$39
per site / month, billed yearly
Standard online store and marketing suite, 100 GB of storage and 10 collaborators.
Business Elite$159
per site / month, billed yearly
Advanced store and marketing tools, the advanced developer platform, unlimited storage and 100 collaborators.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom plans and pricing on request for large organizations.
Zoho Sites
Lite$1
per site / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly)
A single page with 100 MB of storage, 500 MB of bandwidth a month, 1 form with 50 submissions a month and 1,000 AI credits a month.
Basic$8
per site / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)
5 pages, 500 MB of storage, 8 GB of bandwidth a month, 2 forms with 500 submissions a month and 2,000 AI credits a month.
Plus$15
per site / month, billed annually ($18 billed monthly)
25 pages, 4 GB of storage, 20 GB of bandwidth, 10 forms, 3,000 AI credits a month and 2 collections.
Advanced$40
per site / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
100 pages, 10 GB of storage, 50 GB of bandwidth, 50 forms with 10,000 submissions a month, 6,000 AI credits a month and a member portal.
Ways to pay less
Wix
- Other savings
Free domain for a year with a yearly plan
Yearly premium plans include a voucher for one year of free domain registration. Monthly plans do not include it.
Zoho Sites
- Annual discount
Save up to 50% with yearly billing
Zoho Sites prices each plan lower per month when billed yearly: Lite drops from $2 to $1 and Advanced from $49 to $40 a month.
