WordPress.com vs Carrd

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

Short version

Carrd costs less for a six-person team.
WordPress.com fits retail shop, restaurant or café, service business, agency or studio, trades or contractor, online store.
WordPress.com suits teams past ten people.

Compare	WordPress.comAutomattic	CarrdCarrd
In one line	Managed WordPress without running a server	One-page sites for $19 a year
Starting price	From $4/mo	From $1.58/mo
Six-person team	$4/mo	$1.58/mo
Plans	Free (subdomain, no plugins); Personal $4/mo; Premium $8/mo; Business $25/mo; Commerce $45/mo, billed yearly (monthly $9/$18/$40/$70)	Pro Lite $9/yr (3 sites, no custom domain); Pro Standard $19/yr (10 sites, custom domain); Pro Plus $49/yr (25 sites)
Pricing model	Free tier	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Unlimited	1
Integrations	60,000+ plugins on Business and up	Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, Google Analytics
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Every paid plan	None listed
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	Automattic has a public status page. Status page	Carrd has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	Not listed	4.6 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	3.8 / 5 from 4,202 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	55	40
Fit: Restaurant or café	60	45
Fit: Service business	85	70
Fit: Agency or studio	90	50
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	60
Fit: Online store	65	25
Why people pick it	Strongest for blogs and SEO Never locked in	Costs almost nothing Fast to build
Where it falls short	No plugins on the free plan More to manage	One page per site No blog or store
	Visit WordPress.com	Visit Carrd

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