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Many small businesses leave Wix because you can't switch templates or move a Wix site elsewhere, and designing every page takes time. Seven alternatives: C Building (AI builds the site), Squarespace (design), Shopify (selling), WordPress.com (plugins), Strikingly (one-page sites), Canva Websites and Google Sites (free).
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WordPress is free software, but you pay for hosting and themes and handle plugin updates, backups and security yourself; it suits sites that need many plugins. An AI website builder has a fixed price (C Building Basic is $20 a month billed yearly), includes hosting and updates, and builds a first version in minutes.
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A restaurant website should show your menu, prices, hours, address and how to book within seconds, matching your Google Business Profile. Most need 4–6 pages: home, menu, about, location and hours, and reservations. Take bookings with a request form or link to a reservation system such as OpenTable, Resy or Tock.
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A studio website should show your work, make prices clear and get people booked. You need a home page, portfolio, services and prices, an about page, a booking policy, and contact details. Take bookings by message, with a request form, or through a scheduling tool such as Calendly, Acuity or Square Appointments.
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Wix has 900+ free templates, a free plan and an AI website builder, with paid plans from $17 a month billed yearly and a free first-year domain. Before you commit: you can't switch templates once a site is created, you can't move a Wix site off Wix, and the cheapest plan can't take payments.
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A small business website should tell people who you are, earn their trust and help them reach you. Most need 5–8 pages: home, about, services, work, prices, FAQ, and contact. Build it with an AI website builder in minutes, lay it out yourself on a template builder, or hire a freelancer for about $2,000–$8,000.
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A freelancer typically charges $2,000–$8,000 for a small-business website, plus $50–$200 a month for maintenance. Building it yourself with an AI website builder costs about $250 in the first year with a domain, and you make changes yourself. Hire help for custom features or a full brand project.
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Most AI website builders now generate a whole site from a short description; the differences are how you edit afterwards, the price with your own domain, and renewal costs. For editing it yourself: C Building, Wix, Strikingly. For design: Squarespace, Framer. For WordPress: 10Web. For custom apps: Lovable.
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Choose C Building if you want AI to build the whole site and then edit it by chat or click. Choose Wix for an online store, time-slot bookings, many templates and a lower price: Wix Light is $17 a month billed yearly with a free first-year domain, C Building Basic $20 with the domain bought separately.
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Building a website with an AI website builder costs $0 to start, and $20–$25 a month on your own domain with C Building's Basic plan, plus $10–$23 a year for a .com. Template builders such as Wix and Squarespace start at $17–$19 a month billed yearly, while a freelancer typically charges $2,000–$8,000 for a small-business site.
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