# SITE123 > Free website builder that lays out pages from your content SITE123 is a website builder for beginners in which you pick a site type and add your content, and SITE123 handles the structure and design instead of a drag-and-drop canvas. Sites are free on a SITE123 subdomain with hosting included. Premium packages, paid up front for terms from 3 months to 10 years, add a custom domain, more storage, mailboxes and an online store. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** SITE123 - **Website:** https://www.site123.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing SITE123 has a free plan. Paid plans start at $12.80 per site / month, paid up front (term not stated). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited sites on a SITE123 subdomain with 250 MB of storage and 250 MB of bandwidth, showing a SITE123 floating tag. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.site123.com/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SITE123 before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Longer terms cost less per month** (Other savings): SITE123 discounts up-front plans more the longer the commitment, and annual plans include a free year of domain registration with the first purchase. Source: https://www.site123.com/pricing ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - 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 - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. SITE123 is for people who don't want to design anything: pick a site type, add your words and photos, and it lays the pages out for you. Premium is $10.80 a month on a yearly plan paid up front, with 24/7 chat help while you build. You can't take the site with you, though, and there's no monthly billing. - **Value for money: C.** Premium 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: C.** Free 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: C.** Content-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: C.** No 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: C.** Web only, with no integrations in the listing, no phone or desktop app and no API. Hosting, domain and mailboxes all stay inside SITE123. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SITE123's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - SITE123's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 3 of the 30 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 5. - Its paid plans start at $12.80 a month, against a middle price of $14 for the category: 13 of the 29 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 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? **Keep it.** To replace SITE123 you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 22 of the 30 other website and landing page builders grade higher. It costs $153.60 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Templates, No-code ## Alternatives - [Webnode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webnode): AI website builder for small businesses with low-cost yearly plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/site123-vs-webnode) - [Jimdo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jimdo): AI website builder for solo businesses with bookings and invoices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jimdo-vs-site123) - [Wix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wix): Drag-and-drop website builder with an AI agent and business apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/site123-vs-wix) - [Strikingly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/strikingly): Simple website builder for small sites, stores and memberships. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/site123-vs-strikingly) - [GoDaddy Website Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/godaddy-website-builder): Template website builder with marketing tools and a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/godaddy-website-builder-vs-site123) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://www.site123.com/pricing - https://www.site123.com/manager/websites/site123_website/pricing/get_ab_price.php - https://www.site123.com/ - https://www.site123.com/support/6642817-upgrade-your-website Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/site123 Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).