Readymag review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Readymag report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for editorial and portfolio sites designed by hand
Readymag is a design tool for editorial and portfolio websites, with a free plan and paid plans from $14 a month billed yearly. The free plan keeps Readymag branding, each paid plan caps monthly views, and code export is only on Advanced.
Who Readymag is for
- Fits if you are a designer who wants layout freedom for a portfolio
- Works for a single free site to try the tool
Who Readymag is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 1 site, 10 pages and Readymag branding
- Watch out: paid plans cap views at 10,000, 25,000 or 75,000 a month
- Pricey if you want code export, since it is only on Advanced at $58.50 a month
- Skip it if you want many custom-domain sites cheaply: they are capped at 1, 3 or 10 by plan
Why Readymag gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$14 a month billed yearly for Personal, between the middle ($12.80) and the dearer quarter ($20.83), capped at 10,000 views a month.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 1 website and 10 pages on a Readymag domain, with Readymag branding, forms and custom code as preview only.
- CFeaturesDesign-led building with widgets, but views are capped on every paid plan and code export is Advanced only.
- CEase of useNo rating on record, and you design each page from scratch.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Unsplash and Noun Project.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Readymag's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page text came back with no content, so the plans are carried from the listing. How we review and grade.
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Readymag's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 17 of the 55 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 18 of 55) and worst on value for money (C, above 4).
Its paid plans start at $14 a month, against a middle price of $12.42 for the category: 29 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 56 website and landing page builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Readymag’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 55, level with 28
- CFree plan and trialAbove 10 of 55, level with 40
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 55, level with 37
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 55, level with 43
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 18 of 55, level with 35
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 website and landing page builders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Readymag, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of Readymag for yourself: templates and forms.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $168 a year.
What you could make
- Templates and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
What this rests on. Readymag’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Readymag?
Readymag is a design tool for publishing websites and projects such as portfolios, case studies and online magazines. It has a free plan limited to one site with 10 pages on a Readymag address, and paid plans that remove Readymag branding, connect custom domains and raise monthly view caps.
Worth knowing
- Free sites keep Readymag branding and stop at 10 pages on a Readymag address.
- Each paid plan caps monthly views, from 10,000 on Personal to 75,000 on Advanced.
- Code export is limited to the Advanced plan.
- Custom-domain sites are capped per plan: 1, 3 or 10, and extra domains, collaborators and views cost more.
Key features
- Layouts for desktop, tablet and mobile
- Each project can have separate desktop, tablet and mobile layouts, with global styles, colors and saved presets shared across it.
- Widgets and animations
- All widgets are open on the Free plan, with animations, free Adobe and type.today fonts, Unsplash photos and Noun Project icons in the editor.
- Forms and custom code
- Forms, Lottie animations, shots and custom code are preview only on Free and become usable when a paid plan is active.
- Custom domains and hosting
- Readymag hosts the sites. Paid plans connect custom domains, and a promo code gives a free .xyz domain for the first year.
- Collaboration and versions
- Paid plans add collaborators, from 1 on Personal to 10 on Advanced, and version history snapshots of each project.
Readymag pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Readymag has a free plan, and paid plans start at $14 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $14 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 1 website with up to 10 pages on a Readymag domain and access to all widgets, with Readymag branding.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 website with up to 10 pages on a Readymag domain. Forms, custom code and some other features are preview only. |
| Personal | $14per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly) | No branding, 1 published site on a custom domain, 10,000 views a month, unlimited pages and 1 collaborator. |
| Freelancer | $29per month, billed yearly ($38 billed monthly) | 3 custom-domain sites, 5 published sites, 25,000 views a month across them, 2 collaborators and site transfer. |
| Advanced | $58.50per month, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly) | Unlimited published sites, 10 custom-domain sites, 75,000 views a month, code export, iframe embeds and 10 collaborators. |
| Extra | Custom | For studios and companies: custom domains, views and collaborators, SSO, an uptime SLA and a personal manager. |
Read from readymag.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Readymag before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Education50% off any plan for students
Students get 50% off any plan, and teachers 50% off for individual use or a classroom plan for $432.
Stated on readymag.com - Nonprofit50% off for registered nonprofits
Registered nonprofit organizations get 50% off any plan, renewed annually.
Stated on readymag.com
Works with
- Google Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Unsplash
- Noun Project
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Common questions
Does Readymag have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Readymag is listed for Web.
Does Readymag have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Readymag is listed for Web.
Is Readymag open source?
Readymag is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.