Carrd vs Wix

Carrd builds one-page sites quickly and cheaply. Wix builds full business sites and small shops with bookings and payments. Wix suits most small teams needing more than a page.

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The verdict

For a small team that needs a working website or a simple shop live quickly, pick Wix. You can build the site, connect payments and publish from one login. You can keep editing it yourself afterwards.

For a single page to test an offer or collect sign-ups, pick Carrd. It is lighter and quicker, and there is little to learn.

I'd not choose either for a design-led marketing site that will be tested and tuned constantly. For that, look at Webflow or Framer.

Both have one thing in common that is worth planning for: leaving later means rebuilding. With Carrd that is cheap because the site is one page. With Wix it is a bigger job, so treat the choice as a long-term one and keep your copy and images in a form you can reuse.

What the data says

Wix covers more of the features we compared: 3 of 4, against 2.
Both have a free plan, so you can try each before you pay.
Carrd starts lower, at $0.75/mo against $17.77/mo.
In our Website ranking, Wix places 2 and Carrd 6 of 11.

Side by side

Carrd and Wix compared
8 points compared	Carrd	Wix
Starts at	$0.75/mo	$17.77/mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
API	Not known yet	Yes
MCP server	Not known yet	Yes
Built-in CMS / blog	No	Yes
Native ecommerce	No	Yes
Self-hosting	Yes	No
Visual no-code editor	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Carrd

FreeFree plan with a Carrd-branded site; code-snippet features are blocked.Free
Pro Lite$9 a year for 3 sites; larger site bundles cost $14 (10 sites) and $29 (25 sites) a year.$9/yr
Pro Standard$19 a year for 10 sites; bundles up to 1,000 sites at $599 a year.$19/yr
Pro Plus$49 a year for 25 sites; bundles up to 1,000 sites at $999 a year.$49/yr

Wix

FreeFree website on a Wix subdomain with the editor, templates and basic hosting.Free
LightShown as $17.77 per month on yearly billing; 2 GB storage, free domain for one year.$213.24/yr
CoreShown as $29.77 per month on yearly billing; 50 GB storage, accepts payments.$357.24/yr
BusinessShown as $39.77 per month on yearly billing; 100 GB storage, standard eCommerce.$477.24/yr
Business EliteShown as $159.77 per month on yearly billing; unlimited storage, advanced eCommerce, 100 collaborators.$1,917.24/yr

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Carrd if…

Pick Carrd when the job is one page. Landing pages, event pages, waiting lists and link-in-bio sites all fit. Setup is short and a first page can be live in an afternoon.

It suits founders, freelancers and small teams who want a clean page quickly. The free plan covers up to three sites, and paid plans add a custom domain, forms and widgets.

It also works as a test bench beside a main site, with a page per campaign.

Do not pick it for a company site with several pages, a shop or bookings. Each Carrd site is one page, and its email and payment connections are a fixed list. If your needs grow, you will move to a bigger tool.

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Choose Wix if…

Pick Wix when you need a site that takes bookings or sells things, and you have no developer, no time and no wish to manage servers. It suits small businesses, freelancers and solo founders.

Ecommerce, payments, bookings and a blog are built in, and the free plan lets you try the editor before you spend anything. An official MCP server and a REST API are there for people who later want to extend the site.

Check three things first. Many useful tools sit on higher plans. Prices vary by country, so check the price at checkout where you live. And control over code and page speed is limited, so test your pages if technical SEO matters to you.

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