You want to design it yourself
If you enjoy arranging every part of the page by hand, Wix and Squarespace are built for that. We build the website for you, and you change it by asking or in a simpler editor.
Wix, Squarespace and WordPress.com give you the tools to build a website yourself. We build yours for you and look after it, and the store, shipping and bookings are in the same $7 plan. Here is what each one offers, as their own websites showed it on November 11, 2026.
Side by side
Prices are in US dollars before tax, at each company’s regular price. Sale and first-order discounts are left out. On a phone, slide the table sideways to see every column.
| Jaybird Digital | Wix | Squarespace | WordPress.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | $7 a month, or $70 a year | Light: $17 a month, billed yearlyMonthly billing is priced at checkout | Basic: $25 billed monthly, or $19 a month billed yearly | Personal: $9 billed monthly, or $4 a month billed yearly$5 a month from the second year |
| Who builds the website | We do, from a conversation, or we move your old website across | You do, with templates and an AI builderDesigners for hire are priced separately | You do, with templates and an AI builderExperts for hire are priced separately | You doOr their design service, from $499 plus a plan |
| Changes once it is live | Ask for them: simple changes are taken care of, and 5 design changes a month are included. Your own editor too | You make them in the editor | You make them in the editor | You make them in the editor |
| Selling online | In the plan, with no sales fee from us | Needs Core: $29 a month, billed yearly | Basic sells with a 2% fee on store salesNo fee from Core: $39 billed monthly, or $29 a month billed yearly | A full store needs Commerce: $70 billed monthly, or $45 a month billed yearly |
| Shipping labels | In the plan; you pay the postage for each label | Available; you pay for each label | From Core; you pay for each label | On Commerce; you pay for each label |
| Bookings and appointments | In the plan (beta)Guests cannot pay online yet | From Core | A separate subscription, from $16 a month billed yearly, or $20 billed monthly | An extension sold separately |
| Customer accounts | In the plan | From Core | On every plan | On Commerce |
| Email signups and newsletters | Signups, your existing list brought in, and pop-ups emailed to subscribersNewsletter issues cannot be emailed yet | 200 emails a month at no charge; paid plans for more | Paid, from $8 a month billed yearly, or $12 billed monthly, for 500 emails | Each new post emailed to subscribers at no charge |
| More languages | $10 once for each language, with a preview to approve | Built in, with 3,000 words translated automatically; more words are paid | Not built in: a separate translation service, or copies of your pages | Through plugins |
| Business email | $5 a month for the first mailbox, $1 for each one after | From $7 a mailbox a month, billed yearly | $8.40 a mailbox a monthThe first year is included from Core | From $3.50 a mailbox a month, or $2.92 billed yearly |
| SSL certificate (the padlock) | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Domain name | A separate yearly cost, shown before you choose | First year at no charge on yearly plans | First year at no charge on yearly plans | First year at no charge on yearly plans |
| Accessibility | Every page we build is tested against WCAG 2.1 AA and repaired | Says its tools follow WCAG; whether your website complies is up to you | Says you are responsible for your website complying | No statement for websites found |
| Leaving with your website | Download its code, pages and photos, or have it sent to your GitHubIncluded after 7 months; a one-time $50 before that | No export: a Wix website runs only on Wix | A partial export: basic pages, one blog, text and images, without products or styles | Posts and pages on every plan, without the design or plugins; a full backup on Business and Commerce |
| Trying it first | Planning costs nothing; a full refund within 14 days of your first payment | A free plan; a refund within 14 days of your first upgrade | A 14-day trial; a refund within 14 days on yearly plans | A free plan; a refund within 14 days on yearly plans, 7 days on monthly |
Being fair
If you enjoy arranging every part of the page by hand, Wix and Squarespace are built for that. We build the website for you, and you change it by asking or in a simpler editor.
WordPress.com allows plugins on its paid plans, from a very large library. Our websites are written for your business with no plugins, which keeps them simple but means fewer ready-made extras.
Wix and WordPress.com have free plans with their own branding and address. We have no free plan: planning costs nothing, and you pay when you start your plan.
Our bookings are in beta and guests cannot pay online yet, and newsletter issues cannot be emailed yet. If you need either today, a dedicated tool will do more.
Our store takes up to 15,000 products for now. A bigger catalog, or a store that leans on many sales apps, is better on a platform made only for selling.
WordPress.com’s cheapest mailbox costs less than our first one. Ours is $1 a month for each mailbox after the first, so three mailboxes cost $7 a month in all.
Where this comes from
We read each company’s own pages on November 11, 2026, from the United States. We have no connection with any of them, and their names belong to them. If something here is out of date, email steve@jaybirddigital.com and we will correct it.
Access is by invitation while we open up.Founding customer spots are limited.
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