# Yola review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Website builder with AI tools, a free plan and done-for-you sites Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Yola is a website builder with an AI site generator, templates and a free plan on a Yola address. Paid site plans add a custom domain, analytics and support, and the top plan has Yola's team build and manage the site. Online stores are sold as a separate set of plans, and a 30-day money-back guarantee applies. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** Yola - **Website:** https://www.yola.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want one bill: online store plans are separate and start at $14.95 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Yola has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.95 per month, billed annually ($14.95 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Build and publish a Yola site on a Yola subdomain, with limited self-service support and Yola AI Website Builder. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Start building for free on a Yola subdomain, with templates and limited self-service support. | | Personal | $9.95 per month, billed annually ($14.95 billed monthly) | For small personal sites. Unlimited Yola AI tools, analytics, a custom domain and a free domain for 1 year. | | Business | $19.95 per month, billed annually ($24.95 billed monthly) | Marked most popular. Adds JavaScript and CSS customization, multi-language support, premium blocks, and stock images and icons. | | Business Elite | $34.95 per month, billed annually ($44.95 billed monthly) | Yola's team builds and manages the site for you, with a logo, SEO monitoring, a site manager and a free year of business email. | Read from https://www.yola.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Yola before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% to 33% on annual billing** (Annual discount): Annual billing saves 33% on Personal, 20% on Business and 22% on Business Elite, and includes a free domain for 1 year on listed extensions. Source: https://www.yola.com/pricing - **20% off the first purchase** (Other savings): The pricing page shows a limited-time offer of 20% off a first purchase on every plan, with no end date given. Source: https://www.yola.com/pricing ## Key features - **AI website builder:** Yola AI Website Builder generates a site in minutes, and paid plans include unlimited use of Yola's AI tools. - **Templates and editing:** Website templates for many business types, lead-capture and contact forms, embedded YouTube videos and Google Maps. - **Domain and hosting:** Hosting with unlimited bandwidth is included. Yearly plans include a free custom domain for 1 year, and 25 websites can sit under one account. - **Done-for-you site:** On Business Elite, designers build the website and a logo from your information, with no setup fee and unlimited edits. - **Online store plans:** A separate set of ecommerce plans adds inventory tracking, discount coupons, product filters and selling on Facebook and Instagram. ## Good for - Small sites and personal pages that start on a free plan - Owners who want Yola's team to build and run the site - Local businesses that need forms, maps and a custom domain ## Worth knowing - Site plans and online store plans are priced separately; store plans run from $14.95 a month billed annually, with a free store limited to 3 products. - Free plan support is limited self-service; 24/7 email support starts with Personal. - JavaScript and CSS customization and multi-language support start with Business. - Cancellation is by email, according to the pricing page FAQ. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Yola is a site builder with an AI draft, a free plan on a Yola address and an option to have its team build the site for you. Custom code and several languages wait until Business at $19.95, and online store plans are priced on top of that. - **Value for money: C.** Personal is $9.95 a month billed annually, between the cheaper quarter at $7.42 and the middle at $12.80. Business is $19.95 and Business Elite $34.95. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan on a Yola subdomain with templates and limited self-service support. A custom domain and 24/7 email support start at Personal. - **Features: C.** AI builder, templates, forms and hosting. Gaps the listing shows: JavaScript and CSS changes and multiple languages need Business, and a store is a separate plan. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build and edit the site yourself, unless you pay for Business Elite. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with YouTube, Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram and Amazon listed. No apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yola's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - Yola'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 $9.95 a month, against a middle price of $12.42 for the category: 18 of the 52 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 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 Yola you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. 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 55 other website and landing page builders grade higher. It costs $119.40 a year. - You could make: Templates and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, YouTube, Google Maps and Facebook among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with YouTube, Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon **Tags:** Templates, AI features, Online store, Forms ## Alternatives - [Wix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wix): Drag-and-drop website builder with an AI agent and business apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/wix-vs-yola) - [Weebly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/weebly): Drag-and-drop website and store builder from Square. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/weebly-vs-yola) - [Webnode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webnode): AI website builder for small businesses with low-cost yearly plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/webnode-vs-yola) - [SITE123](https://toolgpa.com/tools/site123): Free website builder that lays out pages from your content. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/site123-vs-yola) - [Jimdo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jimdo): AI website builder for solo businesses with bookings and invoices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jimdo-vs-yola) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.yola.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/yola Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).