How much does Wix cost?
Wix has a free plan and four paid plans. In US dollars, as of November 2026, Light is $17 a month, Core $29, Business $39 and Business Elite $159 on a yearly subscription paid upfront, or $24, $36, $46 and $172 on monthly billing, before tax. Yearly and multi-year plans come with a one-year domain voucher; a .com then renews at $13.35 a year.
| Free plan | Yes: Wix ads, a wixsite.com address, 500 MB storage |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | Light: $17/mo billed yearly ($204 a year) or $24 monthly |
| First plan that takes payments | Core: $29/mo billed yearly or $36 monthly |
| Free domain | 1-year voucher, first purchase of a yearly or multi-year plan |
| .com renewal | $13.35 a year |
| Refund window | 14 days on the first upgrade to a paid plan |
Facts checked 12 November 2026.
Who publishes this: Neweb sells a competing website builder. This guide is written to be useful if you never use it: every Wix figure is taken from Wix's own pages, dated and linked, and the alternatives section lists Neweb as one option among several.
Wix shows one price per plan on its plans page, and that price is the monthly equivalent of a yearly subscription paid in full. The same page says prices and currency vary by location. This guide uses the US-dollar figures Wix publishes in its own pricing articles, which it marks as current for November 2026, and the plan features and voucher terms from wix.com/plans.
- Plans and prices
- What each Wix plan actually includes
- First year vs renewal
- Domain and email costs
- Extra costs to budget for
- Who each plan suits
- Good value or not
- Alternatives at this price
- Sources
Wix plans and prices, November 2026
| Plan | Billed yearly, per month | Billed monthly | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | Hosting, the drag-and-drop editor and templates on a wixsite.com address with Wix branding. 500 MB storage, 1 GB bandwidth. No online payments. |
| Light | $17 | $24 | Custom domain, free domain voucher for 1 year, 2 GB storage, light marketing suite, 2 site collaborators. |
| Core | $29 | $36 | 50 GB storage, basic marketing suite, accept payments, basic e-commerce, scheduling and services, 5 collaborators. |
| Business | $39 | $46 | 100 GB storage, standard marketing suite, standard e-commerce, 10 collaborators. |
| Business Elite | $159 | $172 | Unlimited storage, advanced marketing suite, advanced e-commerce, advanced developer platform, 100 collaborators. |
US dollars, before tax, as of November 2026. Yearly prices are paid in full at purchase. Sources: Wix, "Is Wix really free?" (yearly and monthly prices) and wix.com/plans (features), both loaded 12 November 2026. Wix also sells custom Enterprise plans on request. Prices vary by region and change; confirm on Wix's site before buying.
What each Wix plan actually includes
All paid plans connect a custom domain, remove Wix branding and include hosting, AI creation tools and customer care. The differences that decide which plan you need are narrower than the feature grid suggests:
- Payments. Light cannot take payments. Wix's own guide says a store that takes payments starts with Core at $29 a month. If you sell anything or take paid bookings, Light is not your plan.
- Storage. 2 GB on Light, 50 GB on Core, 100 GB on Business, unlimited on Business Elite.
- Collaborators. 2, 5, 10 and 100 seats respectively.
- Marketing and e-commerce tiers. Wix labels these light, basic, standard and advanced. The plans page lists what sits in each tier.
The free plan is a real, permanent tier: the site is live on a wixsite.com address with Wix branding, 500 MB of storage and 1 GB of bandwidth.
First year vs renewal
Wix does not print a separate renewal price for its plans. Its pages say the displayed prices are for yearly subscriptions, that "additional subscription periods are available", and that the final price is shown on the purchase page before you pay. So the published numbers are the yearly and monthly rates above, and nothing on the pages we loaded promises that a renewal will be charged at the same rate.
What does change in year two is the domain. The free domain is a voucher for one year, so from the second year you pay for the domain as well as the plan. On Light billed yearly that is $204 for the plan plus $13.35 for a .com, or $217.35 before tax, if both list prices stay where they are today. That sum is our arithmetic from Wix's published prices, not a quote from Wix.
Domain and email costs
- Domain voucher rules. Wix says most yearly or multi-year Premium plans come with a one-year free domain voucher. It is only included with the first-time purchase of a plan, not when renewing or upgrading; it must be redeemed within 60 days; and it is only valid for a new domain bought from Wix, not to renew or extend one you already own. Monthly plans are not mentioned as eligible.
- Domain renewal. Wix lists .com at $13.35 a year and .org at $14.95 a year after the free year, and says renewal rates vary by extension.
- Email. No mailbox is included in any plan. Wix sells Google Workspace business email at $7, $14 and $22 per user per month depending on the Workspace tier, billed per user, monthly or yearly. Wix says you do not need a Premium plan to buy it.
Sources: wix.com/plans FAQ (voucher), Wix, "How much is a Wix website?" (domain renewal), Wix, "How much does a business email cost" (email), loaded 12 November 2026.
Extra costs to budget for
- Tax. Displayed prices exclude applicable taxes, which depend on your billing address.
- Payment processing. Wix's guide says to expect card processing charges on top of the plan, "typically around 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction".
- Paid apps. Many apps in the Wix App Market are free, but some charge their own monthly fee in addition to the Wix plan.
- Monthly billing. Paying monthly instead of yearly costs $84 more a year on Light ($288 against $204) and $84 more on Core and Business too.
- Template choice. Not a fee, but a cost in time: Wix's own guide lists as a commonly cited limitation that you cannot change a site's template after it is created.
Who each Wix plan suits
- Free. Trying the editor, a hobby page or a class project where a wixsite.com address and Wix branding are acceptable.
- Light. A brochure site, portfolio or blog on your own domain that will never take a payment.
- Core. A small business that takes bookings or sells a few products or services online.
- Business. A growing shop or a team of up to 10 people working on the site.
- Business Elite. Large operations that need unlimited storage, the developer platform and up to 100 collaborators.
When Wix is good value, and when it is not
Good value if
- You want to design the site yourself in a visual editor and expect to keep adjusting it.
- You need bookings or a small shop and want them from the same vendor (Core and above).
- You are happy to pay for a year upfront, which is where both the lower price and the domain voucher are.
- You want a permanent free tier to start on.
Look elsewhere if
- You only need a simple site and would rather not build it yourself: you are paying for an editor you will not use.
- You want to pay month to month: Light is 41% more expensive that way and the domain voucher is tied to yearly or multi-year plans.
- You need payments on the cheapest plan: Light does not include them.
- You want a mailbox included: it is a separate Google Workspace subscription from $7 per user a month.
Alternatives at this price
Entry paid plans at five other builders, in alphabetical order, with the same dated prices used in our website builder renewal price tracker. None of these is a like-for-like copy of Wix; the last column says who each is for.
| Builder | Entry paid plan | Price | Free domain | Consider it if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoDaddy Website Builder | Starter (1 site) | $9.99/mo billed yearly; $19.99 monthly | Yes: "free custom domain" on paid plans; GoDaddy's menu says with annual plans; length not stated | You want to build by chatting with an AI and already keep your domains at GoDaddy. |
| Hostinger Website Builder | Premium (up to 3 sites) | $1.99/mo on a 48-month prepay; renews at $10.99/mo | Yes: 1 year | The lowest first-term price matters most and you accept a 48-month prepaid term that renews at $10.99 a month. |
| Neweb | Starter (1 site) | $9/mo billed yearly; $19 monthly | Yes: first year, on paid plans only | You want the site generated for you on WordPress with hosting and a first-year domain in one plan, and can live without a bundled mailbox or an online store. |
| Squarespace | Basic | $19/mo billed yearly; $25 monthly | Yes: 1 year, annual plans only | Design templates matter most and you will pay yearly to get the free domain year. |
| WordPress.com | Personal | $4/mo billed yearly; $9 monthly | Yes: 1 year, annual and multi-year plans only | You mainly want to write and publish, at the lowest listed annual price in this table. |
US dollars, United States pricing, checked 12 November 2026 on each vendor's own page; sources are linked per builder in the tracker table. Neweb is the publisher of this page.
Comparing another vendor? See Squarespace pricing explained and GoDaddy pricing explained.
How this guide was put together
Every Wix price, fee and term on this page was read on Wix's own website on 12 November 2026 and is linked below. Where Wix does not state something, this guide says so instead of estimating. Totals described as "our arithmetic" are simple sums of published prices. Prices are US dollars for the United States and exclude tax. Found something out of date? Email hello@neweb.ai.
Sources
- Wix plans page (plan features, voucher terms, tax note, refund): https://www.wix.com/plans
- Wix Blog, "Is Wix really free?" (US-dollar yearly and monthly prices; editor's note: current as of November 2026): https://www.wix.com/blog/is-wix-free
- Wix Blog, "How much is a Wix website?" (prices, domain renewal, free plan limits), updated 5 November 2026: https://www.wix.com/blog/how-much-is-a-wix-website
- Wix Blog, "Wix Premium plans: which plan to pick", 5 November 2026: https://www.wix.com/blog/wix-premium-plans
- Wix Blog, "How much does a business email cost" (Google Workspace prices), updated 18 October 2026: https://www.wix.com/blog/how-much-does-a-business-email-cost
Wix pricing questions
How much is Wix per month?
As of November 2026, Wix paid plans in US dollars are $17 (Light), $29 (Core), $39 (Business) and $159 (Business Elite) a month on a yearly subscription paid upfront, or $24, $36, $46 and $172 on monthly billing, before tax. There is also a free plan.
Is Wix really free?
Yes, the free plan has no time limit. The site is published on a wixsite.com address with Wix branding, has 500 MB of storage and 1 GB of bandwidth, and cannot take online payments. A custom domain needs a paid plan.
How much does Wix cost after the first year?
Wix does not publish a separate renewal price for plans. The cost that is certain to appear in year two is the domain, because the free domain voucher covers one year: Wix lists .com renewal at $13.35 a year. On Light billed yearly that makes $217.35 before tax if list prices are unchanged.
Does Wix include a free domain?
Most yearly or multi-year paid plans include a voucher for one free year of a new domain bought from Wix. It comes only with the first purchase of a plan, must be used within 60 days, and cannot renew a domain you already own.
Does Wix include email?
No. Wix sells Google Workspace mailboxes separately at $7, $14 or $22 per user a month depending on the tier.
Can I get a refund from Wix?
Wix offers a 14-day money-back guarantee. Its plans page says you can cancel within 14 days for a full refund, and that this applies to the initial upgrade to a Premium plan.
Related pages.
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First-term and renewal prices for 10 builders in one dated table, with CSV.
Neweb vs Wix
Side by side on price, editor, hosting and export.
Wix alternatives
Other builders to consider and who each suits.
How to move a website from Wix
What transfers, what does not, and the order to do it in.
Squarespace pricing explained
Plans, renewal, domain and email costs at Squarespace.
GoDaddy pricing explained
Plans, renewal, domain and email costs at GoDaddy.
Rather not build it yourself?
Neweb generates the site for you on WordPress, with hosting and a first-year domain on paid plans. Free to preview, then from $9/month billed yearly ($19 month-to-month). No mailbox is included.