Wordpress Vs Wix Which is best (CMS) in 2020

This article is about Wix vs Self Hosted WordPress.org, not about WordPress.com. We have already shared a comparison of Self-hosted WordPress.org vs WordPress.com in an article.

Wix vs WordPress - Which is the best for you:

1. Pricing and Costs

Wix:

With the basic plan of Wix, you can develop the website for free. However, if you use its basic plan, then it will show your brand advertisements in the top and bottom sections of your website. Second, you cannot use a custom domain for your site.

Also, you cannot use add-ons like Google Analytics, Favicons, eCommerce, etc. with basic plan. For this, you will need to upgrade your plan.

Wix provides different plans for your website and each Wix premium plan comes with different storage and bandwidth.

WordPress:

Although WordPress is available for free to build a website, for this, you will need a web hosting and domain name. You have to spend money on web hosting and domain name. Web hosting costs can be anything it depends on your needs. We would recommend Bluehost to you which provides a very good web hosting service with 24/7 support at a low cost. It is also officially recommended by WordPress.org.

Recently you can also use free web hosting services to create a website on WordPress and there are many hosting companies in the market that provide free service but they also have some downside.

Disadvantages of using Free Web hosting

Free web hosting gives a limited space for your site and from which you can face problems later.
Customer support is very bad.
There is a fear of getting your account suspended or banned.
Your website SEO has a very bad effect.
Through web hosting cPanel you cannot back up your site.

Apart from this, if you use premium WordPress theme and plugin on your site, then for this you will have to spend money separately. There are many free WordPress themes in Wordpress repository that work like a premium WordPress theme.

Conclusion

Wix -Loss; WordPress – Winner

2. Design and Layout

Wix:

Wix offers 500+ pre-made templates for your site design. All Wix templates are responsive and come with HTML5 coding. You can use its built-in tools to customize your site design. Templates of every kind of website (business, eCommerce, hobbies, arts & crafts, personal) are available in it.

Once you choose a template for your website, you cannot change it. Only you can customize or modify it, but do not select another template.

WordPress:

Thousands of paid and free themes are available for WordPress website. Free WordPress Theme provides limited support and feature for your website. While the paid theme comes with unlimited support and features.

It has themes from small personal sites to eCommerce sites. Each WordPress Theme comes with its own customization features. With the WordPess.org directory, you can download the free theme for your website. For the Paid theme, you can use Mythemshop, Themeforest, StudioPress.

Conclusion

Wix -Loss; WordPress – Winner

3. Plugins and Apps

Wix:

Wix offers 200+ apps to add extra features to your website including contact forms, gallery, comments, email list, etc. It has some apps free or Lite version and for some, you need to make a monthly payment.

Wordpress

There are 55,000 more free plugins in the WordPress repository whereas we did not mention the premium plugin. With this, you can guess that WordPress is a lake of plugins. If you want to add any feature to your site, then its plugins are available. Apart from this, if there is any problem on your site, then plugins are available to solve it.

Conclusion

Wix -Loss; WordPress – Winner

4. E-commerce (Online Shop)

Wix:

If you want to start an eCommerce website with the Wix platform, then you will need paid plans. You cannot start an eCommerce store with its free plan. Only PayPal or Authorize.net supports WixStores for payments.

If you use any third-party apps for your Wix E-commerce site, then you will have to spend more monthly fees.

Wordpress:

You can easily start an eCommerce website using WooCommerce on WordPress. Apart from this, there are lots of eCommerce plugins in WordPress which allow you to start a successful online store. Also, there are many paid and free WordPress eCommerce Themes in WordPress to provide a professional design to your site.

Conclusion

Wix -Loss; WordPress – Winner

Final Thought

You must have understood well which platform is the Wix and WordPress right for you. By the way, we will recommend WordPress because with the help of Wordpress you can develop any type of website easily and for this thousand of themes and plugin are available in free. Also, you can easily hire a developer for your WordPress site.

Wordpress Vs Wix Which is best (CMS) in 2020