Website creators have greatly developed for the last few years. Not so far we could only create very simple projects of a poor quality. Currently we can create really nice and interactive websites, which will work in practice as film and product websites and also blogs.

There are many types of these services in the market. I‘ve decided to test and compare three of them: Weebly, Wix.com and Squarespace. Which one is the best ? … Let’s check.

Weebly

One of the most known brand in the market with a large number of users. Great application, readable interface, editor with many options and well designed help, which teaches the user very quickly how to use the programme. Additionally it stands out from the competition with the possibility of downloading the website source that you’ve created. Recently mailing module has also appeared. It is a comfortable solution, because there is no need to use another tool  (examples of services here). However I haven’t tested it yet.

simple start of work with application
app centre with a large amount of applications
promote module with mailing option
readable interface
automatic generation of mobile website
possibility of website source exporting
great integration with social networks
e-commerce module enabling sale directly from the website

incomplete translation ( sometimes poor quality)
many applications are additionally payable

Wix

In my opinion, Wix has the best editor of the all tested appliactions, additionally a simple navigation and a great choice of templates. Above-mentioned editor has many controls e.g a nice one to e-shop service. Additionally, the interface gives you a great  flexibility of placing elements in your project.  This the only one (known to me) creator (not only among these described here) that has  invoice module. It enables us issuing documents and payment service!

It’s worth mentioning that ‘help’ is also expanded.

many templates (hundreds)
expanded editor –  in my opinion the best one
a large amount of additional applications in App Market
free version
built-in photo editor
great integration with social networks
invoices module !!!

editor is a little difficult to use, especially for beginners
the most expensive, what doesn’t mean expensive 😉

Squarespace

The king of design. My sense of beauty and designer skills are very limited. This is of course my subjective judgement, but I’ve created the most beautiful project using Squarespace. At the beginning I was annoyed by limitations in possibility of templates modification and lack of external plugins. Additionally, at the beginning the interface was a little unclear for me.

However it turned out very quickly that templates are really well prepared and look great, no matter what device they are displayed on. Final result caused that I forgot about all the problems I had during website creation.

beautiful templates
the most expanded commerce system
automatic generation of mobile website
integration with MailChimp
great automatic generation of mobile website

simple interface but not intuitive for me
limited possibilities of templates edition
no free version
no shop with add-ons

Summary

The winner of this comparison for me is  Wix.com. It has the biggest numer of templates and the best creator. The only disadvantage is no possibility of website source exporting (Weebly has such a possibility).

Weebly should be chosen by those who create the website for the first time. It has the most intuitive creator and good tutorial. It’s the only application that has possibility of mailing sending.

What is important, Weebly and Wix.com have free plans.

Squarespace puts a lot of restraints to templates configuration on the website maker, what is the biggest disadvantage (besides lack of plugins). However I must admit that available templates are beautiful and are well displayed on the mobile devices. What is more, functionalities connected with e-commerce are also impressive.