Free Website Builders for Making a Business Website

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A website plays a very crucial role in a business setup. You might not have many customers if you don’t have a professional website for your business which gives all the required information about your product or service. The customers might want to have a better idea about your product and would want to have a look at the user reviews. There has been a time when professional help was needed to make a website but now; you can make one for your new startup, yourself!

There are various online and offline website builders available that are designed to help any individual design his/her website without having the technical computer/software knowledge. Are you planning to make one? Here is a guide on the available free website builders for your business website. 

  1. WordPress: It is one of the most popular website builder nowadays. It is not only free to use but also free to modify. You can shift your already made website to any hosting service. According to statistics, over 30% of the websites are made on Wordpress. Due to its wide use, there are help communities that are available for any kind of help with the software. This further facilitates the user when making a website on WordPress. WordPress review are available for people who want to know the honest feedback for the website builder. 

  2. Webnode:  It is a free website builder but can be upgraded to a paid version with additional features. It offers various attractive themes to work with and is user friendly.  There is no limit for the page content and hence allows you to work freely without any restrictions (except for the 100MBs storage capacity. The users compliment the templates and find their required template easily. 

  3. Wix: The most used website builder of all, this website maker offers variety of themes, templates and flexible editing features. If you want to create a paid website, you have no better option than Wix. The storage space is 500MBs and no page limit. SEO customization is available which makes the website being built, to be easily searched. 

  4. UCraft: It is one of the most recommended website creators available.  It lets you connect an already existing domain name and that too for free. It is a complex website maker as compared to the others which makes it a bit difficult for some users to work with. There are numerous icons which are confusing for the user.  Users have also complained about the ad attached to the website at the bottom of the page which seems unwanted and disrupts the professional image of the website.

  5. Weebly:  it is a user friendly website builder, having no technical complexities. One can build his own website even without any professional help or technical knowledge. It also has a free app and can be upgraded to a paid plan with additional features. SEO optimization feature is available and the space of 500MB is provided to the users. Although free to use, the footer advertisement turns some people off. 

  6. Jimdo:  This website builder is free and easy to use. 500MBs space is provided along with the availability of blog and SSL encryption. Although there is an ad on the website but it is not as prominent and broad as on many other website builders. The available templates are simple and very limited in number, not letting the user customize their websites much. 

  7. Strikingly: An easy to use and easy to understand website builder, strikingly has a wide variety of templates available for its users. The builder also has a mobile app and an option of customer support chat available for any queries the users might have. It does not have the feature of SSL encryption available which is a downside. 

  8. WebFlow: It is not one of the most easy to use website builder and the user might need some coding knowledge to work on it. However, the web designs being offered are numerous. The ad on the website is not too big and doesn’t cover a significant screen area. The template editor is a complicated one and not very suitable for people who want to work on a basic designing software.