Our Pick Of The Cheapest Website Builders For Australians

Wix offers a free plan with a Wix-branded domain and 500 MB of storage. Its most affordable paid plan is $16 AUD per month and offers a custom domain (free for one year), 2 GB of storage and 24/7 customer care.

Wix’s website builder offers a highly customised website design experience and it’s one of the most popular choices among Australian users. Choose a template from more than 900 industry-specific, e-commerce, blog and creative website templates. Then, use the Wix Editor to choose from hundreds of drag-and-drop design features—including scroll effects, animations and video backgrounds—to build a website that fits your needs.

Wix’s e-commerce tools are what sets it apart. With basic e-commerce plans starting at $33 AUD per month, you can create convenient shopping experiences via wish lists, buy-now buttons, translation options in 150 different languages and currency conversions. You can sell customisable, tangible products; product subscriptions and dropshipping and print-on-demand products. Further, use Wix tools to expand your store to Amazon, eBay and social media.

Learn More: Read our full Wix review.

Who should use it:

Australian Businesses wishing to start an easy-to-design and customisable e-commerce store at an affordable price should consider Wix.

Webflow offers a free plan with a Webflow.io domain and 1 GB of bandwidth. Paid plans start at $US14 ($21.42 AUD) per month with a custom domain and 50 GB of bandwidth. Webflow’s more expensive plans offer guest editors, making them a better fit for design agencies. Starting at $US19 ($28 AUD) per month, its Workspace plans offer more control, including roles, access permissions and custom code.

Webflow’s website builder offers a combination of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript and drag-and-drop design that leaves designers with all the control. For example, its visual canvas allows you to drag in unaltered pre-built HTML5 pieces—such as sliders and background videos—onto a blank website canvas. Then, Webflow’s website builder translates your design into ready-to-publish code. Or, if you’d rather dabble in the code itself, you can do that, too.

Who should use it:

Webflow is best for solo or agency designers with at least some experience with coding and design tools that have similar interfaces to Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

Ucraft offers a free plan with a free drag-and-drop builder. You can add your own custom domain using the free plan. Its paid plans start at $US10 ($15 AUD) per month. It includes unlimited pages and bandwidth, SEO tools, designer and blogging tools, the ability to use your own domain, Google Analytics and 24/7 customer support. Using this plan, you can sell up to 15 products on your website via Stripe and PayPal payment methods and 0% transaction fees.

Ucraft’s free landing page builder helps to drive traffic to a lead magnet and email sign-up form, making it uniquely useful for sales professionals. Choose from 30-plus landing page templates, then easily add custom content and design features. You don’t need a website to use the landing page builder. Simply add your own domain to the landing page you’ve built. To remove the Ucraft watermark, however, you must buy a $US4.99 ($7.41 AUD) a month add-on.

Who should use it:

Sales teams that wish to use their website to sell visually stunning products or services—such as auto dealerships, travel agencies or spas—should consider Ucraft.

Jimdo offers a free plan with a Jimdo subdomain, 500 MB of storage, 2 GB of bandwidth, contact forms, an image library and five website pages. Its paid plans start at $US18 ($27.53 AUD) per month (billed annually) . This plan is quite basic with 5 GB of storage and ten pages allowed. Even its Grow plan only offers 15 GB of storage and 50 website pages. Still, all paid plans have SEO tools, fast Google indexing and website statistics, in addition to free-plan features.

Jimdo stands out via its ease of use. Create a logo using its free logo creator. Then, upload your images and logo and the website will automatically update with matching colours. The image library makes it easy to find industry-relevant images. You can also connect your Facebook, Instagram or Google profiles and Jimdo will source images and information from them to automatically design your website.

Who should use it:

With basic designs and few website pages in each plan, Jimdo is a good option for freelancers with no design experience who want a quick and attractive site for showcasing a portfolio.

Weebly offers a free plan with lots of features. These include an e-commerce store, inventory management, SEO and lead-capture tools, and SSL security. Paid plans start at $7 AUD a month (when paid annually). Even its basic plans are not basic. Weebly’s most affordable paid plan includes the ability to connect your own domain, SEO and lead-capture tools, pop-up notifications, chat and email support and SSL security.

Weebly’s drag-and-drop builder offers over 50 website themes for online stores, business, portfolio, personal, events and blog websites. Once you’ve chosen a theme, you get instant access to Weebly’s drag-and-drop builder. In it, you will find custom fonts, parallax and reveal animation effects, an image editor, video backgrounds and the option to use HTML/CSS and JavaScript to deeply customise your website.

Weebly’s ample e-commerce tools work with its marketing tools to help you turn potential customers into paying ones. For example, its marketing tools include abandoned cart and welcome emails, customer life cycle emails, SEO tools, customer reviews and Google Ads credit. Its e-commerce tools include domestic and international shipping tools, inventory management, gift cards, a coupon builder, product search and an automatic tax calculator.

Who should use it:

Weebly is best for start-up companies looking for a value-packed but extremely affordable premium plan and the ability to grow their online presence by upgrading later. It is also best for brands that use Square for online payment processing, as PayPal can only be accepted in the most expensive plan.

Strikingly offers a free forever plan. It comes with unlimited free sites, 500MB of storage per site, 5GB of bandwidth, five pages per site and the ability to sell one product. Its most affordable Limited plan is $US8 ($12.24 AUD) per month when billed annually. It includes two premium sites and unlimited free sites, a free domain for a year, 1GB of storage, 50GB of bandwidth, five website pages, the ability to sell single product, a transaction fee and 24/7 chat support.

With limited storage in each plan, Strikingly’s website builder is best for brands looking to create a very simple and quick one-page website. Its templates allow you to start with an already designed website, then add your own content easily and almost instantly. Contact and sign-up forms make Strikingly a great option for brands looking to sell one or two service packages and allow potential clients to contact them or follow their brand.

Who should use it:

This website builder is best for freelancers looking for a simple web presence to showcase their services and help potential customers find and contact them.

WordPress.org is free, open-source and self-hosting software for building a website. It must be installed on a web server, not stored on your computer. So, you must pay for hosting elsewhere. Example hosting companies include GoDaddy and Bluehost. The beauty of this software is it gives you access to tens of thousands of free website themes and plugins. This means you can create a highly customised website for free, despite paying for hosting.

WordPress.org offers unique monetisation perks to influencers and authors. First, because WordPress.org requires you to self-host your website, your content cannot be used by WordPress as it sees fit. Second, while WordPress.com only allows you to use WordAds to monetise your blog, a self-hosted account allows you to use any ad network, such as Google AdSense or AdThrive, to monetise your blog.

Who should use it:

WordPress.org is a great option for authors or influencers wanting to monetise their personal brands, sell website ad space or participate in affiliate marketing. In the end, however, it is a perfect tool for any business or person who wants a highly customisable website design experience.

SITE123 offers a free plan with 250 MB of storage and bandwidth. It also comes with a SITE123 subdomain. Its most affordable Premium plan is $US12.80 ($19.58 AUD) per month to include a free domain. It offers a free domain for a year, 3GB of storage, 3GB of bandwidth, the ability to set up an e-commerce store and to connect your own domain.

SITE123’s website builder is more efficient than traditional drag-and-drop builders. Instead of adding elements such as text boxes, it offers a list of website sections or pages to add. For example, you can add an about, testimonials or portfolio page. Then, customise the template to your brand by clicking on text boxes to change text, selecting photos from the free gallery or uploading your own photos. This means a quick but customisable design experience

Who should use it:

Businesses with zero website design experience and basic computer skills should consider SITE123’s website builder.

GoDaddy’s free website option comes with a website, unlimited pages and content, digital marketing tools and 24/7 customer support. However, you must use a GoDaddy domain (www.yoursite.godaddysites.com). Paid plans start at $13.95 AUD per month and come with a custom domain, a drag-and-drop website builder and digital marketing tools. Simply choose a template, then use the GoDaddy builder to easily design your website and add content.

GoDaddy’s website builder stands out with its Digital Marketing Suite. It includes tools for creating and managing social media posts, ads and marketing emails, gathering reviews and search engine optimising your site. Choose from more than 200 social media and email campaign templates. Once you publish or send your campaigns, analytics reports tell you how they perform. Finally, you can manage all these features from one dashboard.

Learn More: Read our full GoDaddy Website Builder review.

Who should use it:

With an ample suite of digital marketing tools, GoDaddy’s website builder is best for individuals or brands looking to lean heavily on digital marketing to promote their brand or sell products from an online shop.