What is Wix?
The short answer
Wix is a hosted drag-and-drop website builder with templates, an app market and AI site generation, aimed at small businesses and beginners.
Wix, explained
It is quick to start; the trade-offs are platform lock-in, templates that are hard to switch later, and page weight as apps are added.
Questions people ask about Wix
What is Wix?
Wix is a hosted drag-and-drop website builder with templates, an app market and AI site generation, aimed at small businesses and beginners.
Related terms
Squarespace is a hosted website builder known for polished templates, used for portfolios, small businesses and simple online stores.
No-codeNo-code tools let people build websites and apps visually, by dragging, configuring and prompting, without writing code.
AI website builderAn AI website builder generates a website from a description: it writes the copy, picks a layout and design and often publishes the result for you.
Website builderA website builder is a tool for making a site without code, by dragging blocks, choosing templates or describing it to AI, usually with hosting included.
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