The best Weebly alternative for a site that has to keep moving
Weebly still works, and that is most of what can be said for it. Square bought it in 2018 and put its effort into Square Online instead, so the editor you learned is the editor you will keep. Grigora is built and shipped every month, with the CMS, newsletter and store in one plan from $12/mo.
Last updated September 2026
Weebly was one of the first builders to make a website feel easy, and its drag-and-drop editor is still pleasant to use. The problem is direction. Since Square acquired it, Weebly has been maintained rather than advanced, with Square's ambitions moving to Square Online. The plans are priced like a current product, the store is Square's, the blog is dated, and there are no email campaigns. Grigora is a platform that is still being built, and it includes the newsletter and store Weebly does not.
- A platform that ships new features rather than maintains old ones
- A newsletter and subscriber list in the plan
- A store that is the site's own, on any gateway
- A CMS with directories and moderated comments
- An AI first draft instead of an empty template
- •Already run a working Weebly site and have no reason to touch it
- •Take payments through Square and want the store on the same rails
- •Want the option of exporting your pages as static HTML
Weebly alternatives at a glance
How Grigora and the other easy builders compare for a small business site.
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| Platform | Best for | Free plan | Starting price | Sales commission | Export your site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grigora | All-in-one, actively built | Yes | From $12/mo | 0% (processing only) | |
| Weebly | Simple sites on Square payments | Yes (Weebly ads) | From $13/mo | 0% (Square processing) | Static HTML |
| Square Online | Square merchants selling online | Yes | From $49/mo paid | 0% (processing 2.9% to 3.3%) | |
| Wix | Templates and app market | Yes (Wix ads) | From $17/mo | 0% (processing only) | |
| GoDaddy | Fast small-business presence | Yes (GoDaddy branding) | $9.99 intro, renews $14.99 | 0% (processing only) | |
| Jimdo | European small business | Yes | From $11/mo | 0% (processing only) |
List pricing (billed annually) as of September 2026; payment-processor fees apply to all. Verify current pricing on each provider's site.
Why people switch from Weebly to Grigora
The friction points Weebly users hit most often, and how Grigora handles them.
Nothing new arrives
The features list has barely moved in years. The builder you signed up to is the builder you get, indefinitely.
The store is Square or nothing
Payments run through Square. Businesses on other gateways cannot bring them.
No way to email the list
Addresses can be collected. Campaigns need another platform and another bill.
The blog aged
Basic comments, no directories, no AI writer. A site that grows through content finds the ceiling early.
What Weebly does well
- One of the gentlest drag-and-drop editors to learn
- Store on Square's rails, convenient for Square merchants
- Static HTML export, which most builders refuse
- A usable free plan
Where Weebly falls short
- Maintained rather than developed since the Square acquisition
- No email campaigns on any plan
- Store is tied to Square payments
- Dated blog and no AI
Grigora vs Weebly at a glance
The differences that matter for a site you expect to keep for years.
Square-owned website builder
All-in-one platform
Grigora vs Weebly: feature by feature
A category-by-category breakdown, pricing, AI, design, e-commerce, email, SEO, performance, and support.
Where the product is going
Grigora winsThe category that decides this comparison. Weebly's editor, themes and app centre have changed little since the acquisition, and Square's investment visibly went into Square Online. Choosing a builder is choosing its next five years, and Weebly's next five years look like its last five.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| New features shipping | Monthly | Rare |
| AI site generation | ||
| Owner's flagship product | This one | Square Online |
| Theme library freshness | 131 current templates | Largely unchanged |
Takeaway: A builder is a long relationship. Weebly's owner has already moved on.
Pricing & value
Grigora winsWeebly's plans cost about the same as Grigora's and include less. Personal is $13 a month billed annually, Professional $15, Performance $32. None of them adds a newsletter, and the store is Square's rather than the site's.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $12/mo | $13/mo (Personal) |
| Mid tier | $20/mo (Pro) | $15/mo (Professional) |
| Top tier | $45/mo (Business, 5 sites) | $32/mo (Performance) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes, with Weebly ads |
| Newsletter in the price |
Takeaway: Similar money. One of them includes the email and the AI.
Online store
Even matchWeebly's store is real and it is Square's: Square processing, Square's item catalogue, Square's fee. That is a strength if you already take card payments through Square in person, and a constraint if you do not. Grigora's store connects to Stripe or Razorpay with no platform commission.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Store included | ||
| Payment rails | Stripe, Razorpay | Square |
| In-person and online in one catalogue | ||
| Digital products | ||
| Platform commission | 0% | 0%, Square processing applies |
Takeaway: If you already use Square in a shop, Weebly's store is convenient. If you do not, it is a constraint.
Newsletter & email
Grigora winsWeebly's current plans do not include email campaigns. Collecting an address is possible; sending to the list means a separate platform. Grigora includes the list, the campaigns and the automations.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Email marketing in the plan | 2,500 to 25,000 subscribers | |
| Campaign builder | Included | Third-party |
| Automation and segmentation | Included | Third-party |
| Signup forms tied to the site | Form only | |
| Professional inbox | From $5/mailbox | Separate provider |
Takeaway: The list is another subscription on Weebly. It is part of the plan on Grigora.
Blog & content
Grigora winsWeebly's blog was competitive in 2016. It has a post editor, categories and basic comments, and not much else. Grigora adds structured directories, author profiles, moderated comments with admin replies and an AI writer.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Blog editor depth | Full CMS editor | Basic |
| Directories and collections | Built in | |
| Comments and moderation | Included, with admin replies | Basic |
| AI blog writing | ||
| Blog export | Not clean |
Takeaway: Fine for occasional posts. Thin for a site that grows through publishing.
Ease of use
Even matchWeebly's drag-and-drop editor is still one of the gentlest to learn, and that deserves credit. Grigora is as easy to edit and faster to start, because the first draft is generated rather than assembled.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Learning curve | Low | Low |
| Time to a first live draft | Minutes, generated | An hour, assembled |
| Mobile editing | App, limited | |
| Risk of breaking the layout | Low | Low |
Takeaway: Both are easy. Grigora starts from a draft; Weebly starts from a template.
SEO & speed
Grigora winsWeebly covers page titles, descriptions and sitemaps and stops there. Grigora adds schema controls, IndexNow submission and a free toolkit for the work around the site.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Meta and sitemap controls | ||
| Schema controls | Limited | |
| IndexNow submission | ||
| Free SEO tools suite | 210 tools | |
| Page speed | Managed delivery | Adequate |
Takeaway: Weebly does the basics. Grigora does the basics and the tooling.
Ownership & export
Weebly winsWeebly deserves credit here: it can export a site as a zip of static HTML, which almost no hosted builder offers. The blog and store data do not come along cleanly, but the pages do. Grigora exports content rather than markup.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Export pages as HTML | ||
| Export blog content | Not clean | |
| Export products and orders | Via Square | |
| Support | Email, priority on higher plans | Chat and email |
Takeaway: Weebly lets the pages leave. That is worth saying about a builder.
Agencies & white label
Grigora winsWeebly has no white-label offer. Grigora sells White Label as a plan at $199/mo so the platform can be resold under an agency's own brand and pricing.
| Feature | Grigora | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Resell under your own brand | $199/mo White Label plan | |
| Your own pricing | ||
| Multi-site dashboard | Per account |
Takeaway: Agencies still hosting client sites on Weebly are supporting a product its owner is not.
Grigora vs Weebly pricing
Almost the same numbers, with very different contents.
Website, newsletter & store in one plan
Annual rates shown. Month-to-month is higher. The CMS, newsletter and store are included on every plan, with 0% platform commission on any gateway.
Site plans on Square's rails
Weebly pricing as listed 2026-09-02 on weebly.com/pricing. Payments run through Square and Square's processing rates apply. No email campaigns on any plan.
Grigora Starter at $12/mo includes the newsletter and a store on any gateway. Weebly Personal at $13/mo includes a domain connection.
The real cost: Grigora vs Weebly
Plan prices match. Count what each plan leaves out.
| What you pay for | Weebly | Grigora |
|---|---|---|
| Base plan | $13 to $32/mo | $12 to $45/mo (all-in) |
| Email marketing | Separate platform | Included (2,500 to 25,000 subs) |
| AI generation and writing | Not available | 15K to 250K credits |
| Directories and moderated comments | Not available | Included |
| SEO tooling | Third-party | 210 free tools |
| Payment processing | Square rates | Your gateway's rates |
| Professional inbox | Separate provider | From $5/mailbox (optional) |
Grigora vs Weebly, side by side
Weebly is the builder Square inherited. Grigora is the one being built now.
Is Grigora the right Weebly alternative for you?
Where Grigora is the stronger move, and where staying makes sense.
Best Weebly alternative for small businesses
The same monthly price buys a platform that is still being built, with the newsletter and the AI included.
… for sites that publish
Weebly's blog stopped evolving. Grigora's CMS has directories, author profiles and moderated comments.
… for stores not on Square
If you take payments through Stripe or Razorpay, Weebly's Square-only store is a constraint. Grigora's is not.
Stay on Weebly if…
Your site works, you sell through Square in person, and you have no plans to change anything. Inertia is a legitimate reason.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Grigora if…
- You want a platform with a roadmap
- You need a newsletter in the plan
- You take payments through Stripe or Razorpay
- Your site publishes and needs a real CMS
- You are an agency that wants to resell a platform
Choose Weebly if…
- •Your site already works and nothing needs to change
- •Your business runs on Square payments
- •You value the static HTML export
How to switch from Weebly to Grigora
Weebly's HTML export gives you the pages as a reference, and its blog can be moved by hand or via RSS. The AI draft rebuilds the structure quickly.
- 1
Export from Weebly
Download the site archive from Weebly's settings so you have every page's text and images to hand.
- 2
Start your Grigora site
Describe the business in a sentence and the AI generates a first draft with pages, layout and copy.
- 3
Rebuild the pages
Use the archive as the source and reproduce the key pages in the block editor.
- 4
Move the blog, list and products
Bring posts into Grigora's CMS, subscribers into the newsletter, and products into Grigora Commerce from a Square export.
- 5
Point your domain and redirect
Connect your domain and redirect old Weebly URLs so rankings carry over, then close the Weebly plan.
Why people look for a Weebly alternative in 2026
Weebly did not get worse. Everything around it got better, and Weebly stayed where it was. That is what happens when a product's owner decides its future lies elsewhere, and Square decided that some time ago.
A product in maintenance
Since the 2018 acquisition, Square's building has gone into Square Online. Weebly's editor, themes and app centre are recognisably the same as they were then, while every competitor in this comparison has added AI generation, deeper CMS tooling or email. A builder is something you live with for years, and Weebly's years ahead look like its years behind.
The plan price did not stay behind
Personal at $13, Professional at $15 and Performance at $32 a month billed annually are current prices for a product that is not. They buy a domain connection, ad removal and Square's store. They do not buy a newsletter, AI, directories or comment moderation.
Square is the store
Weebly's ecommerce runs through Square, which is convenient for a shop that already takes Square in person and a wall for everyone else. A business on Stripe or Razorpay cannot bring its gateway.
How Grigora compares
Grigora is at the other end of its life. The platform ships features monthly, the AI generates a first draft from a sentence, and the plan includes the parts Weebly never added.
The same money, the full set
Starter at $12 a month billed annually includes the site, the CMS with directories and moderated comments, a newsletter with 2,500 subscribers, and a store on Stripe or Razorpay with no platform commission. That is a dollar less than Weebly Personal.
What Weebly still does better
Two things, and both are real. Its editor is as gentle as any to learn, and it will export your pages as static HTML, which Grigora does not. If your site is finished, works, and sells through Square in a physical shop, there is no urgency to leave. This page is for the rest.
Frequently asked questions
For small businesses that want a builder that is still being developed, with a newsletter and a store on any gateway included, Grigora is the strongest all-in-one Weebly alternative from $12/mo. If your site works and your payments already run through Square, staying on Weebly is reasonable.
As listed in September 2026, Weebly offers a free plan with Weebly ads, then Personal at $13/mo, Professional at $15/mo and Performance at $32/mo billed annually, or $16, $20 and $36 month-to-month.
Weebly is still sold and still works, but since Square acquired it in 2018 the product has been maintained rather than advanced. Square's investment has gone into Square Online. Grigora ships new features monthly.
Weebly's current plans do not include email campaigns. You can collect addresses, but sending to the list means a separate platform. Grigora includes newsletter campaigns and automations with 2,500 to 25,000 subscribers depending on plan.
Yes, and it is one of Weebly's genuine advantages: the site can be exported as a zip of static HTML. Blog posts and store data do not come along cleanly. Grigora exports content rather than markup.
Products and orders can be exported from Square and imported into Grigora Commerce, which connects to Stripe or Razorpay. Pages are rebuilt, which the AI draft makes quick, and old URLs should be redirected.
Compare Grigora with other platforms
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