Wix vs WordPress.com

Two website builder tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	WixWix	WordPress.comAutomattic
In one line	Drag-and-drop builder with the biggest app market	Managed WordPress without running a server
Starting price	From $17/mo	From $4/mo
Six-person team	$17/mo	$4/mo
Plans	Free (Wix branding); billed yearly: Light $17/mo, Core $29, Business $39, Business Elite $159; monthly prices not shown; 14-day money-back guarantee	Free (subdomain, no plugins); Personal $4/mo; Premium $8/mo; Business $25/mo; Commerce $45/mo, billed yearly (monthly $9/$18/$40/$70)
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	Unlimited collaborators	Unlimited
Integrations	Wix App Market, 500+	60,000+ plugins on Business and up
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every paid plan
Support hours	Live chat: English chat: Monday-Friday 2AM-6PM EST · Callback: English callback: 24/7	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	7 incidents posted on Wix's status page, which covers all Wix products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 3 marked major or critical by Wix. Status page	Automattic has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.4 / 5 from 10,799 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	3.4 / 5 from 29,309 reviews	3.8 / 5 from 4,202 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	70	55
Fit: Restaurant or café	90	60
Fit: Service business	85	85
Fit: Agency or studio	70	90
Fit: Trades or contractor	80	70
Fit: Online store	65	65
Why people pick it	Most flexible editor Restaurant ordering built in	Strongest for blogs and SEO Never locked in
Where it falls short	Cannot switch templates later Sites can get slow	No plugins on the free plan More to manage
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices