You get a live site for the lowest realistic monthly cost, with the catches spelled out. Seven verified options compared on entry price, free plan and what the cheap tier leaves out.
The cheapest website builder is rarely the one with the lowest sticker price. Free plans often block a custom domain or live publishing, and cheap hosting plans leave you to build the site yourself. This page compares seven options we checked on official pages: Hostinger (hosting with an AI builder), Mixo, Unicorn Platform, Framer, Durable, Pixpa and 10Web. Prices are the entry figures stated on each card, in the currency the vendor uses, and some are billed yearly. Read the limit column before you choose: a free site with a vendor badge and no custom domain may cost more in the end than a paid plan of $10 to $20 a month.
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Cheapest entry in this list: hosting plans from $2.49/mo with an AI Builder and a chat assistant on every plan.
When to pick it: Pick it if you accept a long upfront term for the lowest monthly price and want hosting, domain and builder in one account.
Design-first builder with an AI agent on the canvas, hosting, CMS and SEO; Free plan includes a free Framer domain and 1 GB bandwidth; Basic is $10/mo billed yearly.
When to pick it: Pick it if design control matters and you can start free, then pay $10/mo billed yearly for a custom domain.
No-code builder for startups and SaaS with an AI co-pilot, custom HTML/CSS/JS and Stripe; Maker costs $14/mo ($9/mo yearly).
When to pick it: Pick it if you are building a landing page or blog for a product and can pay $9–14/mo.
AI builder for small businesses: describe the business and it generates a site with contact form and SEO tools; Free plan gives a live one-page site; Business Site is $20/mo.
When to pick it: Pick it if you want a free one-page site to test an idea and a free custom domain for year one on the $20 plan.
AI business builder with website, CRM, bookings and payments; Launch plan from $25/mo; Free plan lets you build and preview.
When to pick it: Pick it if you want bookings and a customer database as well as a site.
Portfolio builder for photographers and designers with client galleries and a commission-free store; from €8.21/mo; 15-day trial with no card.
When to pick it: Pick it only if you run a portfolio or sell prints; it is not a general-purpose builder.
Generates a site or store from a prompt, link or Figma design and hosts it; every build is a WordPress site you can export.
When to pick it: Pick it if you want WordPress under the hood and AI generation; 3-day trial with 5 AI credits.
None of these tools has a free plan.
| Criterion | Hostinger | Framer | Unicorn Platform | Mixo | Durable | Pixpa | 10Web | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From (price/mo) | $2.49/mo source | custom, not published source | $14/mo source | $20/mo source | $25/mo source | €8.21/mo source | $10/mo (AI Starter, 1 website) source | |
| Free plan / trial | no source | yes source | yes source | yes source | yes source | no; trial: 15-day free trial, no credit card required source | no; trial: 3-day free trial with 5 AI credits source | |
| Key capability | Hosting + AI builder from $2.49/mo source | AI design agent, CMS, hosting source | AI co-pilot, landing pages and blogs source | AI-generated small-business site with hosting source | Site + CRM + bookings + payments source | Portfolio, client galleries, store with no commission source | Prompt-to-WordPress with hosting source | |
| Main limit | No free plan or trial; long-term upfront payment for the headline price; check the term on the vendor's site source | Custom domain needs a paid plan; Basic has 2 CMS collections and 50 GB bandwidth source | Free Lurker plan cannot publish live source | Free is one page with a Mixo badge source | Free plan CRM holds 10 customers; limited HTML customisation source | No free plan; Basic store capped at 3 products source | AI Starter lists $10/mo with 100 AI credits; the 12-month offer is $120 (regular $240) per the vendor's pricing page source |
Facts from the vendors' official pages, checked on the date in the last column. Prices are what the vendor published on that date.
Choose between a free test site, a yearly-billed plan with a custom domain, or hosting where you build the site yourself.
Framer needs a paid plan for a custom domain; Mixo includes one free for year one on its $20 plan. Without a custom domain you are on a vendor subdomain.
Some prices are quoted billed yearly or for a long upfront term. Open the pricing page and look for the renewal price.
Use the free plan (Framer, Mixo) or trial (Pixpa 15 days) to build one real page and preview it on mobile.
10Web builds on WordPress and allows export; confirm what you can export from the others before paying.
Hostinger lists website plans from $2.49/mo on its card and includes an AI builder; it has no free plan. Compare the long-term upfront term on the pricing page; we could not confirm the term from the vendor's site.
Mixo has a free forever plan with a live one-page site and a badge. Framer’s Free plan includes 500 AI credits and a Framer domain. Durable’s Free plan builds a preview.
Mixo and Durable both target small businesses: Mixo from $20/mo, Durable from $25/mo with CRM and bookings. We have not tested them hands-on.
10Web builds every site on WordPress. KI Websitebuilder Pro is a plugin for your own WordPress from €19/mo. Both are in our catalogue.
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