# Readymag review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Design tool for building editorial and portfolio websites Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** Readymag - **Website:** https://readymag.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 1 site, 10 pages and Readymag branding. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Readymag has a free plan, and paid plans start at $14 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $14 per 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 | $29 per 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 | $58.50 per 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 https://readymag.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Readymag before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% off any plan for students** (Education): Students get 50% off any plan, and teachers 50% off for individual use or a classroom plan for $432. Source: https://readymag.com/pricing/ - **50% off for registered nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Registered nonprofit organizations get 50% off any plan, renewed annually. Source: https://readymag.com/pricing/ ## 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. ## Good for - Designers building editorial or portfolio sites that need layout control - Students and teachers, who get 50% off any plan - Freelancers who hand finished sites to clients ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 1 website and 10 pages on a Readymag domain, with Readymag branding, forms and custom code as preview only. - **Features: C.** Design-led building with widgets, but views are capped on every paid plan and code export is Advanced only. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and you design each page from scratch. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Unsplash and Noun Project. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/website-builders ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Templates and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Unsplash, Noun Project **Tags:** Templates, Forms ## Alternatives - [Cargo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cargo): Site builder for designers and artists, one price for every site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cargo-vs-readymag) - [Format](https://toolgpa.com/tools/format): Portfolio website builder for photographers and other creatives. 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