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Wix sells a real design tool along with the hosting. If you've already got finished files and just need somewhere for them to live, you're paying for an editor you'll never open.
No mid-term price increases.*
Wix plans with a custom domain and no Wix branding start around $17–29 a month. Figures approximate — check their current pricing.
Wix is a website builder — a drag-and-drop editor, a template library, and hosting, sold together as one product. That's the whole point of it: you design in the browser and never touch a file. If your site is already built as HTML, CSS and JS, that editor is a feature you're paying for and not using.
This page compares a Wix plan with a custom domain against Lemonade Host, a static-only host at 99¢ a month. Wix's figures below are approximate as of mid-2026 — pricing changes, so check Wix's own pricing page before deciding.
At a glance
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| Feature | Lemonade Host | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | 99¢/mo, billed $11.88/yr | ~$17–29/mo for a plan with a custom domain |
| Renewal price | $11.88/yr — unchanged in year two | Same published tiers; confirm current rates |
| Custom domain | +99¢/mo ($1.98/mo all-in) | Included on paid plans, no Wix branding |
| SSL | Included, auto-renewed | Included |
| Backups | Daily, kept 7 days, included | Site history, varies by plan |
| Storage | 1 GB | Plan-dependent; not usually the limiting factor |
| Editor | None — you bring finished files | Drag-and-drop visual editor, included |
| Deploy methods | Git repo, zip upload, CLI, MCP/AI — four routes | Wix Editor only |
| AI / MCP deploy | Yes — MCP server | Not offered |
| Portability | Your files, in a folder, movable anytime | Lives in the Wix editor; exporting isn't straightforward |
Wix figures are approximate as of mid-2026 and change without notice — check their current pricing page before deciding. Ours are exact and won't move under you.
What's in the price
Wix's monthly fee bundles a drag-and-drop editor, a template library, hosting, and support staffed to help people who've never written a line of code. That's real value if you need the editor. If you're publishing a folder of files you already built, you're funding a design tool you won't open.
Where Wix fits
Wix suits someone building a site by dragging elements around a canvas — no HTML, no files, no deploy step to think about. Builders give non-technical people a real editor and we don't, so if you want to design in the browser rather than write files and push them somewhere, Wix is doing a job we don't do at all.
Our side
Your files are yours here.
A Wix site is built and stored inside the Wix editor — there's no straightforward export to move it elsewhere later. A Lemonade Host site is HTML, CSS and JS you can zip up and take anywhere, including to a different host, any time you like. Add a custom domain for $1.98 a month all-in, and let an AI assistant publish it through our MCP server if you'd rather not touch a terminal at all.
Before you build a year of content there: a Wix site lives inside the Wix editor, and moving it to another host isn't a straightforward export. A Lemonade Host site is your own HTML, CSS and JS — copy the folder anywhere, anytime.
Cost over one year and three
Wix's rate doesn't jump the way a shared host's does — the difference here is entirely the sticker price, and what you can do with the site afterward.
Wix figures are approximate as of mid-2026 — confirm the current plan price for a custom domain on their pricing page before deciding.
Questions
Yes, on paid plans — roughly $17 to $29 a month as of mid-2026 depending on the tier. Lemonade Host includes a custom domain for $1.98 a month all-in, on the same plan.
Not straightforwardly — a Wix site lives inside the Wix editor and isn't structured as a portable folder of files. A Lemonade Host site is your own HTML, CSS and JS, movable at any time.
No — Wix publishes through its own drag-and-drop editor. Lemonade Host supports a Git repo, a zip upload, a CLI command, and an MCP server for AI assistants.
Yes — Wix gives non-technical people a real visual editor, which Lemonade Host doesn't offer. If you want to design a site by dragging elements around rather than writing files, that's a genuine reason to choose it.
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