WordPress.com vs Strikingly

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

Compare	WordPress.comAutomattic	StrikinglyStrikingly
In one line	Managed WordPress without running a server	Simple sites from templates, with a free plan and built-in selling
Starting price	From $4/mo	Free
Six-person team	$4/mo	$0/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)	Free (strikingly.com address, 1 product, 5% fee); Pro $16/mo billed yearly, $20 monthly (3 sites, 300 products, 2% fee); VIP $49 yearly, $59 monthly (5 sites, 0% fee, multi-language); domain $24.95/yr
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	Unlimited	Not listed
Integrations	60,000+ plugins on Business and up	PayPal, Stripe, Square, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Instagram
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	VIP only
Live chat	Every paid plan	Every plan
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7	Live chat: 24/7
Incidents posted	Automattic has a public status page. Status page	We found no public status page for Strikingly.
Capterra score	Not listed	4.3 / 5 from 13 reviews (few reviews)
Trustpilot score	3.8 / 5 from 4,202 reviews	1.5 / 5 from 108 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	60
Fit: Restaurant or café	60	60
Fit: Service business	85	72
Fit: Agency or studio	90	50
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	60
Fit: Online store	65	45
Why people pick it	Strongest for blogs and SEO Never locked in	Free plan to get a site up Pro covers 3 sites
Where it falls short	No plugins on the free plan More to manage	Transaction fees of 5% on Free and 2% on Pro 0% fees and multi-language need VIP
	Visit WordPress.com ↗	Visit Strikingly ↗

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