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Wix vs WordPress
Wix keeps everything in one editor. WordPress.com adds the WordPress plugins. Both have a free plan with ads.
By the Nightly team · Checked 4 November 2026
The short answer
Which one fits you
Choose Wix if
Wix
You want one drag-and-drop editor, scheduling and a store from Core, and an AI that drafts from one prompt.
Choose WordPress if
WordPress.com
You want plugins for almost anything, unlimited pages and posts, and a WooCommerce store.
Side by side
Wix and WordPress.com
| Feature | Wix | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free plan on a wixsite.com address, with Wix ads | Free plan, with WordPress.com ads |
| Cheapest plan | Light: $17 a month, billed yearly, before tax. Core, with payments and scheduling: $29. | Personal: $4 a month for the first year, billed yearly, then $5. Or $9 billed monthly. Before tax. |
| AI to get you started | Yes. Creates a site from a single prompt, then you refine it with drag and drop. | Yes. A guided builder on every paid plan; an AI site assistant from Business. |
| Editing | Yes. A drag-and-drop editor. | Yes. The WordPress editor, with unlimited pages and posts. |
| Your own web address | Yes. From Light. A new domain is free for a year. | Yes. Every paid plan. A domain is free for a year. |
| Online store | Yes. From Core. | Yes. A WooCommerce store, on Commerce. |
| Take payments | Yes. From Core. | Yes. Payment buttons, from Premium. |
| Pages | Up to 100 static pages. | Unlimited pages and posts. |
| A plan for your business's own files | No. Not on its plans page. | No. Not on its pricing page. |
✓ yes, ✗ no. Read from each company's own pages (sources below). Their US prices are before sales tax.
Where Nightly fits
If you'd rather not build it
Or have it made for you
Both Wix and WordPress are for building it yourself. Nightly builds the website from your own answers, in your own words, and you change what you like. It includes search basics, blog drafts and Business Brain, a plan for your business's own files. It doesn't have a store yet, and costs more than their cheapest plans.
Questions answered
Wix or WordPress
Both have free plans: what's the catch?
Both show their own ads to your visitors. Wix's free plan is on a wixsite.com address, and your own domain needs a paid plan on both.
WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
This page compares WordPress.com, the hosted service. WordPress.org's software is free, but you buy hosting elsewhere and look after it yourself.
Which is better for a store?
Wix has a store from Core. WordPress.com has a WooCommerce store on Commerce.
Sources
Where these facts come from
Each company's own pages, read on 4 November 2026 unless a date says otherwise. Prices and plans change, so check their pages before you choose. Wix and WordPress.com are trademarks of their owners, and Nightly isn't connected with any of them.
Wix
- Plans and priceswix.
com/ plans - AI website builderwix.
com/ ai-website-builder - Free sites and Premium planssupport.
wix. com/ en/ article/ upgrading-your-site-to-premium-3066683 - Page limitssupport.
wix. com/ en/ article/ wix-editor-creating-a-multi-page-site
WordPress.com
- Plans and priceswordpress.
com/ pricing
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