What a Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or Framer Site Really Costs

A site on Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or Framer costs the plan price plus a handful of other lines: the domain after its free first year, business email, extra editors, paid apps or templates, fees on online sales, and the one-time cost of building the site if you pay someone to do it. For a simple business site, the plan is usually the largest running cost. For a team site or an online store, editor seats and sales fees can overtake it within a year.

This guide is for business owners and marketing managers budgeting for a site on a hosted builder, or comparing quotes from developers who build on them. It sets out every cost line, with official prices as of November 2026, and shows how to add them up for your own site.

#The seven lines of a website builder bill

Every hosted builder site has the same cost lines, even when the plan page shows only one. Use this table as a checklist when you budget or compare quotes.

#Plan prices in November 2026

These are the prices on each platform's official pricing page when checked in November 2026. Each company changes prices and shows local currency by country, and none of the figures below include tax, so check the pages linked under Sources before you buy.

Paying monthly costs more. Squarespace listed ₹810, ₹1,080 and ₹1,530 a month for monthly billing, and Webflow listed $25 for Basic and $39 for Premium billed monthly.

Multiplied out at yearly billing, the plan alone comes to:

Framer Basic for a year

$120

Webflow Basic for a year

$180

Wix Light for a year

$204

Squarespace Core for a year in India

₹8,640

Those are the floors. A business site with a blog on Webflow needs Premium ($300 a year at yearly billing), and a Wix site that takes payments needs at least Core ($348 a year).

#Domain and email

The domain and email are the lines most often missing from a first budget, because both are often free for the first year.

Domain. Wix says most of its paid plans include a one-year domain voucher, valid only for a new domain bought from Wix, not for renewing one you already own. Squarespace includes one year of free domain registration on annual plans, then renews it at the standard rate. Framer's pricing page notes a complimentary domain on yearly billing. Whoever registers it, keep the domain in your business's name and email; it is the one thing that moves with you if you change platform.

Email. Wix states that business email is bought separately from site plans, through Google Workspace, and that you can buy it without an active site plan. Squarespace Core and Advanced include one free year of Google Workspace for new accounts set up through Squarespace, renewing at the standard rate after that; Basic does not include it. Neither Webflow's nor Framer's pricing page lists business email, so plan to buy it directly from an email provider. My domain and business email setup guide explains how the two connect.

#Editors, apps and add-ons

These lines grow with your team and your ambitions, which is why they surprise growing businesses.

#Editor seats

A team of four editors on Webflow or Framer can spend more on seats than on the site plan. On Wix and Squarespace, the same team may only need to move up one plan.

#Add-ons, apps and templates

• Translation: Framer charges $20 per locale per month. Webflow's Localize add-on starts at $9 a month (Essential) and $29 a month (Advanced), priced by number of locales.
• Testing and analytics: Framer's Convert add-on (A/B testing and funnels) is $50 per 500,000 events. Webflow's Analyze starts at $9 a month and Optimize at $299 a month.
• Webflow Workspace: code export and more staging sites need a paid Workspace plan, from $28 a month billed monthly (Core).
• Apps: Wix and Squarespace both have app or extension markets. Many apps are free; paid ones add their own monthly fees, so list each one with its cost before you install it.
• Templates: every platform offers free templates. Paid templates are a one-time cost, and a custom design replaces that cost with design time.

#Fees on online sales

If you sell online, the platform's cut can outgrow the plan fee as your sales grow. These are the platform fees, before your payment provider's own processing fee.

On ₹5,00,000 of online store sales a year, a 2% platform fee is ₹10,000, more than a year of Squarespace Core in India. That is the sum to run before choosing a cheaper plan with a fee. Payment processing fees vary by provider and country; for example, Wix's help centre lists Wix Payments' US card rate at 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction.

#Renewals and the second-year bill

Year two is when the real cost shows. Free domains and email renew at standard prices, introductory discounts end, and seats added during the build stay on the bill.

Wix says all Premium plans renew automatically, and yearly plans are charged up to three weeks before they expire, with email reminders from 30 days before. Squarespace notes that the free domain and Google Workspace year both renew at standard rates. Put each renewal date in a calendar, and check the renewal amount in your account a month ahead, so you can change plan or cancel on your terms.

#The cost of a developer build

The build is a one-time cost, and it follows the hours of work, which follow scope: number of pages, custom design or template, CMS structure, store setup, integrations, content entry and any move from an old site.

I build on all four platforms at USD 10 to 15 an hour, as listed on my pricing page, and send a fixed written quote once the page list and features are clear. A template set up to your brand with a handful of pages is a small job. A custom design with a CMS, a store or a migration with redirects is a larger one. My guide to comparing website quotes shows how to check that two quotes describe the same site.

#Which platform costs least for your site

The cheapest platform depends on what the site must do and who edits it.

• A small brochure site, one editor: Framer Basic or Webflow Basic have the lowest plan cost; Squarespace Basic is close in India. Add email from a provider.
• A company site with a blog and several editors: compare Webflow Premium plus seats with Squarespace Core (unlimited contributors) and Wix Business (10 collaborators).
• A small online store: compare Squarespace Core (no store fee) with Wix Core or Business and Webflow Ecommerce Plus; avoid plans with a 2% fee once sales are steady.
• A design-led marketing site: Framer or Webflow; see Webflow vs Framer.
• A simple site you will run yourself: see Squarespace vs Wix.

If the site needs custom features or you want to own the code, a builder may not be the cheapest route over three years; WordPress website cost in India gives the comparison figures.

#Do it yourself or hire help

Building your own site on any of these platforms is realistic for a small brochure site, and it removes the largest one-time cost. The trade is your time and the risk of a site that looks fine but is hard to find in search or hard to update.

Hire help when the site must bring in leads or sales, when you need a store set up correctly, when you are moving from another platform with search traffic to keep, or when several people will edit it. I build on Wix, Squarespace, Webflow and Framer, and each quote lists the plan, seats and apps you will pay for, not just the build.