Looking for a Wix alternative?
Wix builds you a site you can never take with you. The G7Cloud AI Website Builder ships a real site — code, database, admin panel — that you own and can export, from free.
Free plan forever · no card · 30-day money-back on paid plans
First, credit where it's due
Who Wix are
Wix is one of the largest website builders in the world, known for its drag-and-drop editor, an enormous template library and an App Market covering everything from bookings to restaurant menus. Its Core plan is £16/mo as of July 2026. For quickly assembling a conventional site with a visual editor, Wix is genuinely good at what it does.
So this page is not a hatchet job. It's a straight look at where the Wix model costs you money or ownership, where G7Cloud's fixed-price, own-your-code model works better — and, further down, where Wix is still the better fit.
The case for switching
Why people leave Wix for G7Cloud
Model differences, not marketing differences. Every claim below is about how the two platforms actually work and bill.
Wix sites cannot leave Wix
There is no way to export a Wix site’s code and host it elsewhere — the site exists only inside their platform, for as long as you subscribe. The G7Cloud AI Website Builder generates real code with a real database. Browse it, export it, take it anywhere.
Describe it instead of dragging it
On Wix you assemble a site widget by widget. On G7Cloud you describe what you want and the AI builds it — then you click any element to edit it visually, with per-turn checkpoints so every change can be undone. Importing your brand kit from an existing site takes one URL.
Real database-backed features
Shops with stock and discount codes, booking systems, CMS blogs, admin panels the owner logs into — the builder ships full-stack applications with their own Postgres database, not widgets on a page. Blueprints cover shops, bookings, CMS, restaurants, real estate and events.
A hosting platform underneath
A published G7Cloud site sits on the same managed UK platform as everything else we run: dedicated container, free SSL, ScaleShield WAF and bot protection, daily restore-tested backups on paid plans, email and DNS hosting included from £9/mo. Wix business email is a paid third-party arrangement.
Start free, honestly
The Free plan is free forever — 1 builder project published to yoursite.sites.g7cloud.com, no card, no trial countdown. Move to Starter (£9/mo) when you want your own domain.
The honest bit
Where Wix is still the better fit
No platform wins everything. If the points below describe you, Wix may genuinely serve you better — and we'd rather tell you now than after a migration.
The template library and App Market
Wix has hundreds of professionally designed templates and an App Market with one-click extras. G7Cloud starts from your description and brand kit rather than a template gallery, and features are built into your code rather than installed as apps. If you want to browse hundreds of ready-made designs, Wix offers more to browse.
Two decades of editor polish
Wix’s drag-and-drop editor is extremely mature. Our visual click-to-edit is direct and fast, but pixel-level manual layout control of the kind Wix power users enjoy is deeper there. Our bet is that describing changes to an AI is faster than dragging boxes — but it is a different way of working.
Built-in extras ecosystem
Things like Wix’s built-in logo maker, email-marketing tools and app integrations are part of their suite. We focus on the site, the shop and the hosting platform; marketing tooling is yours to choose.
G7Cloud vs Wix, side by side
Model-level comparison — how each platform is built and billed.
Wix Core is £16/mo as of July 2026. G7Cloud starts free (builder subdomain) and Starter is £9/mo with a custom domain, email and DNS included.
Real prices, one ladder
What switching actually costs
Fixed GBP prices. No usage billing, no per-seat fees, no renewal increases. Every plan includes the AI Website Builder, free SSL and ScaleShield protection.
Starter
One real site on your own domain — with email, DNS and backups.
- 1 hosted site — WordPress, PHP, Ghost, git apps & more
- AI Website Builder — 3 projects, publish 1 on your domain
- 60K AI tokens per day
- Custom domain + free SSL
- Email hosting (mailboxes, webmail, spam filtering)
- DNS hosting & SFTP access
- Daily backups with one-click restore
- Uptime monitoring with alerts
Full feature breakdown on the pricing page. 30-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan.
Moving from Wix
We move you. Free. You approve every step.
Wix does not allow code export, so we rebuild instead of copy — and the AI makes that fast: give the builder your existing site’s URL and it imports your brand kit (colours, fonts, logo, tone), then generates the new site for you to refine. Our team helps you move your domain and set up email, free. Your Wix site stays live until you are ready.
- Assisted by our team — we do it with you, not to you
- Preview everything on a temporary URL before anything switches
- Your old site stays live until you approve the cutover
- 30-day money-back guarantee if it does not work out
Wix alternative — questions answered
Start free — no card
Build a real, database-backed site with the AI Website Builder on the Free plan, or host your existing site on managed UK infrastructure from £9/mo. Fixed prices, and you own the code.