With so many various web hosting services available, selecting the right one can prove a bit of a headache. When you’re looking for a reliable, low cost web host that comes highly regarded across the web hosting industry then both Wix and WordPress offer great packages for you to consider. Whilst they both offer similar services, there are a number of differences between the two that are worth looking at before you select a web host.
WordPress
You may well already be very familiar with this platform, as WordPress accounts for a staggering 26.6% of all websites, according to W3techs. Famous for its supreme blogging feature and popular for it’s easy to use CMS, WordPress is certainly not a one-trick pony. If you are new to using the WordPress content management system, then it may be useful to have a look at all of the various plugins and other features that WordPress offers.
Its plugin directory is enormous and ever-evolving, why not take a quick look to see what it offers? Whilst some of the plugins come at a cost, there is a wide range of plugins that are available for free.
It is important to note at this point that there are different types of hosting available for WordPress – self-hosted which would typically cost around £3 per month to run and its free version that has many limitations. For the purpose of this article, we are comparing the self-hosted service.
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This option encompasses a requirement to obtain your own domain name and hosting from a WordPress web host which will cost a monthly fee, usually anything from £3 per month up to £30 per month depending on your full requirements.
One of the drawbacks of WordPress is that it doesn’t offer an inbuilt drag and drop page builder, unlike Wix and many other site builders. However, because it has a large library consisting of thousands of themes to choose from, you can still create a great visual website but it isn’t as easy to modify the layout/page style.
Wix
You can get the very basic website builder for free but of course, there are a number of negatives to this option. One thing that might put you off is that you cannot use a custom domain. Additionally, Wix will place advertisements on both the top and bottom of your site so you don’t have any control over preventing this.
There are a number of premium plans to pick from, that all offer different storage and bandwidth packages. Which one you require will largely depend on what you are using your website for. If it is a business, then the eCommerce option provides an online store to sell your products.
Unlike WordPress, Wix offers the very user-friendly drag and drop interface that allows you to easily move sections of your site around and to quickly test different layouts. Wix also offers over 500 templates that you can choose from and whilst you can’t change the template once you’ve selected one but the drag and drop feature ensures that you can still customise the way you want the page to look.
And the winner is…..
As you can see both Wix and WordPress have a number of pros and cons, making it impossible to call an outright winner. However, the different features we have mentioned should allow you to select your own winner based on your personal website requirements.
Good luck with your site building!
