An independent website-platform comparison
Compare website platforms on evidence, not commissions.
Ten platforms. 111 attributes each. Every cell cited to an official source and dated. No affiliate links, no sponsored rankings, no pay-to-play — the full matrix and head-to-head pages are rolling out now.
Quick compare
The matrix, in miniature
A working slice of the dataset — five platforms, five of the 111 attributes we track. Every figure below is cited to official documentation in the underlying data, and dated.
| Attribute | WordPress | Wix | Squarespace | Webflow | Shopify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid path $/mo, annual | $3.99 † | $17 | $19 | $15 | $29 |
| Real sites passing Core Web Vitals May 2026 | 50.7% | 82.7% | 70.4% | 74.5% | 79.5% |
| Free plan | Software only † | Yes | No | Yes — subdomain | No |
| Full content export | Full (WXR) | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Built-in 301 redirects | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Plan-gated | Yes |
† WordPress software is free; the price shown is a market-typical managed-hosting entry figure. Core Web Vitals: share of real sites passing, May 2026 CrUX data via HTTP Archive. All cells verified 2026-07-08 against official documentation.
The first nine matchups
Head-to-head pages ship in the order people actually search for them.
- 01 Wix vs Squarespace in progress
- 02 Webflow vs WordPress in progress
- 03 Squarespace vs Shopify in progress
- 04 Squarespace vs WordPress in progress
- 05 Wix vs GoDaddy in progress
- 06 Drupal vs WordPress in progress
- 07 Webflow vs Squarespace in progress
- 08 Shopify vs WordPress in progress
- 09 Joomla vs WordPress in progress
No affiliate links. Ever.
Nearly every “best website builder” ranking is an affiliate storefront — the winner is whoever pays the highest commission. SiteVersus takes no affiliate money, runs no sponsored placements, and sells nothing in the matrix.
It is built by K Squared Consulting, an agency that builds client sites on these exact platforms and lives with the consequences. That is both the disclosure and the qualification.
K Squared also makes a CMS. It is not listed here — and it will not be until the scoring rubric has been public long enough for you to hold us to it. When it appears, it will be labeled as ours and scored like everyone else.