Looking for a Wix alternative?
A hand-built UK alternative to Wix for small businesses that no longer want to be their own web designer.
01 / Why people leave Wix
Wix is not bad. It is just a lot of work.
Wix is one of the biggest website builders in the world for a reason. The editor is powerful, the templates are plentiful, and the price looks tiny on day one. The catch is that all of the work falls on you. Picking the template, wrestling the editor, fixing the mobile layout, writing the copy, optimising the images, choosing the apps. By the time you are done, the site you wanted does not quite match the site you got, and the Saturday is gone.
Most of the people who search for a Wix alternative are not unhappy with Wix the software. They are unhappy with how much of their week the software was eating. The alternative they want is usually not another tool. It is a person.
We are that alternative. You stop being the designer, the developer, the SEO writer and the support team. We hand-build the site for you, host it, and look after it for one monthly fee.
02 / What changes when you switch
Six things that work differently
Honest comparison. Wix is good at what it does. We do something different.
You stop being the designer
Wix hands you a drag-and-drop canvas and expects you to know what looks good. Our model hands you a designer. You describe the business, we design the site, you sign off a preview before anything goes live.
Hand-built, not template-built
Wix has a few thousand templates and most of them get reused by thousands of businesses. We design from a blank canvas every time, so the site does not turn up looking like the salon two streets away.
Faster on mobile
Wix sites carry the weight of the editor. They are heavier than a hand-built site loading the same content, and the difference shows up in mobile speed scores. Our sites typically load in well under two seconds even on a 4G phone.
Changes you do not have to make yourself
On Wix, every change is your job. New page, new prices, broken layout: you log in and figure it out. With us you message a person in UK hours and the change is live the same day.
Predictable monthly cost
Wix plans start around £12/month and stack up quickly once you add email, domain, premium apps and storage. Our standard plan is a flat £79/month covering everything, with no add-on bills attached.
Honest about Wix
Wix is genuinely good at what it does. If you enjoy editing your own site, want full control over every block, and have spare evenings, it can work fine. If you do not, that is when an alternative makes sense.
03 / Switching from Wix
From editor to off your plate
Tell us about the business
A short call. We learn what you sell, who buys it, and what your current Wix site is failing to do. No editor, no template browser, no hours of fiddling.
We design
Within roughly a week you get a clickable preview built around your business, not picked from a gallery of templates also being used by thousands of others.
We migrate and build
We move the content off Wix, rebuild the site on modern infrastructure, set up redirects and email forwarding. You see it on a staging URL before launch.
We host and update
Live on our hosting, looked after monthly. Need a change? Drop a message. No editor to learn, no plan to upgrade.
FAQ
Common questions
Why look for a Wix alternative at all?
Most owners search for an alternative when they realise that the time spent fighting the Wix editor is worth more than the monthly bill they were trying to save. The trigger is usually a layout that broke, a template that aged badly, or a Saturday afternoon that disappeared into the editor without a finished page to show for it.
Can you migrate my existing Wix site?
Yes. We do this regularly. We pull the content off Wix, rebuild the design from scratch, set up 301 redirects from your old Wix URLs to the new ones, move the domain and the email forwarding, and keep your search rankings intact through the cutover.
Will I lose my custom domain?
No. Your domain stays in your name and points at your new site. If your domain was registered through Wix we walk you through transferring it to a registrar you control. You end up owning the domain properly, often for the first time.
Is your alternative more expensive than Wix?
On the headline number, yes. £79/month is more than a Wix Premium plan. The fair comparison is what you get for the money. With Wix, you pay the bill and still do all the work yourself. With us, you pay the bill and the work is done. Different products at different price points.
What if I like editing my own site?
Then Wix or Squarespace is probably the right tool for you. The whole reason a subscription web design model exists is to take the editing off your plate. If you want the editing, the tool is the right shape and the alternative is not.
How long does the migration take?
Two to three weeks from kickoff to a redesigned, hand-built site live on your domain. We work in the background while your existing Wix site stays up so there is no downtime in the middle of the move.
Ready to stop being the designer?
Start free. We will redesign your site, migrate it off Wix, and then look after it monthly.