How Much Does a Wix Website Cost? The Plans, the Three-Year Math, and the Exit

Wix is one of the most popular website builders in the US and the UK, and its pricing page is clear about the monthly price. It is less clear about what three years of Wix add up to, and about what happens when you want to move on. This guide covers both.

Key takeaways

• Paid Wix plans cost about $17 to $160 a month on yearly billing; most small businesses land at $29 to $40.
• The free domain is free for the first year only.
• Over three years, Light costs about $610, Core about $1,050 and Business about $1,300 to $1,450.
• Paid apps, a custom email address and your own time come on top.
• Wix does not let you export your site. Your domain moves with you, the site does not.

Wix plans at a glance

Prices from Wix's pricing page in September 2026, for yearly billing. They differ by country (other countries see prices in local currency) and are higher if you pay month to month. Check the current price before you sign up.

What Wix costs over three years

Add domain renewal from year two. For most small businesses, that is a fair price for a site they build and maintain themselves. The catch is the second half of that sentence. How Wix compares with every other way to run a site, month by month: How much does a website cost per month.

What the plan leaves out

• Paid apps: Many apps in the Wix App Market have their own paid plans on top of your Wix plan.
• A professional email address: Email at your own domain is usually a separate subscription.
• The domain after year one: It renews at the regular price.
• Your time: A builder is a tool, not a service. Every new page, text change and photo is yours to do. That is the largest cost, and it is on no invoice.
• Hiring help: If you pay a Wix designer to build or update the site, their fee comes on top. Typical rates: Web design agency cost.

The cost of leaving Wix

Wix's own support documentation is blunt: you cannot export your site to run it elsewhere. If you move, your text and images come with you, but the site itself has to be rebuilt. We cover the options in Wix alternatives and the move itself in How to move a Wix or Squarespace site.

Your domain is a different story. If it is registered through Wix, you can transfer it to another registrar with an authorization code; ICANN, which oversees domain names, explains the process in its FAQs on transferring a domain. Make sure you are listed as the registrant.

Is Wix worth it for you?

• Yes, if you want to build and maintain a small site yourself and enjoy doing it. Few routes to a decent website are cheaper.
• Probably not, if you don't want to touch the site, or it needs regular new content. Then you pay for the plan and for your own time, or for someone to make the changes.

Comparing Wix with Squarespace and the other builders: our website builder comparison. Whether you actually own what you build there: Do you own your website?

Frequently asked questions

The bottom line

Wix is an affordable way to get a website, but not as cheap as the first year looks, and not easy to leave. Budget with the regular price over three years, count your own time, and decide at the start whether you might want to move on later.