WordPress vs Weebly – Which is better? (Comparison)

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Deciding whether to build your new website with WordPress or Weebly can be difficult. WordPress is a popular choice and is used by over 43% of websites worldwide, while Weebly is another well-known solution for building websites, blogs and eCommerce stores.

At WPBeginner, we use WordPress for our blog and online stores because it offers the features and customization we need to make our websites the way we want. In our experience, Weebly is easier to use for beginners, but over time, many users find it too limiting.

In this article, we will thoroughly compare WordPress and Weebly and examine their strengths and weaknesses to help you decide which platform best suits your needs.

Note: This article compares Weebly to WordPress.org self-hosted sites, not WordPress.com blogs. See our guide on the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org .


When choosing between the two website builders, list of benin cell phone number it is important to know whether you prefer a self-hosted platform or a hosted platform.

Weebly – Hosted Platform

Weebly is a fully hosted service, which means that your website will be hosted on Weebly's servers and you will need to abide by the terms of the service.

The problem with this is that you don't really own all of your content, so if Weebly decides to change its policies and your content violates the terms of the service, all of your data is lost.

On the other hand, the administration area has all the tools you need to easily create, edit and manage your Weebly website.