IONOS Website Builder Review 2023: Features, Pros & Cons

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IONOS vs Weebly

Weebly is one of the best e-commerce website builders not only for its ease of use but also for its price. While an online store with Weebly that is ad-free and enables you to connect your own domain will cost $15 AUD per month, with IONOS it will cost $US24 ($37 AUD) per month. It’s also generally a better value with Weebly as it is designed to meet the needs of e-commerce businesses with a far more comprehensive set of e-commerce-related features—never mind unlimited storage.

For a basic business website, IONOS is the expensive option at $US12 ($19 AUD) per month compared to Weebly at $15 AUD per month. Granted, Weebly does offer a free forever plan and a personal-use plan for $7 AUD per month, but neither is suited for professional use. The free plan does not allow you to connect a custom domain, and instead uses a Weebly subdomain (e.g., yourbusiness.weebly.com) and though the personal plan does allow you to connect a custom domain, it displays Weebly ads, which looks unprofessional.

In general, Weebly costs a bit more than the IONOS website builder, but it is far more customisable and offers far more templates, giving users more flexibility to build their ideal site. Australian businesses that prioritise features and capabilities, and want a website that can more effectively scale with them, will likely find Weebly to be more suitable.

IONOS vs Squarespace

Squarespace costs substantially less[1] than IONOS at $16 AUD per month compared to $US12 ($19 AUD) per month. Granted, Squarespace does offer a much larger set of features and capabilities. In addition to a far larger template library with award-winning designs and seemingly endless add-ons to expand functionality, Squarespace plans come with unlimited storage and bandwidth. On top of that, Squarespace also offers a free 14-day trial, which enables users to test-drive the site builder and find out if it’s right for them—without having to invest in a plan.

Both have a similar site editor where elements, such as a paragraph of text, a photo or video, a banner or contact form, can be added to web pages, but only to specific areas of the page. So when a user drags and drops, say a text block onto the page, it will go to the designated area—as opposed to the exact location on the page where it was dropped. While this type of site editor offers less design freedom, it can help web design beginners build a more professional-looking site.

Related: Squarespace Review: An Ideal All-Around Website Builder[2]

IONOS vs Wix

Wix does one major thing very well that IONOS does not: it is very customisable. Wix[3] utilises a true drag-and-drop site builder so that users can place elements, such as text, images, contact forms or more, anywhere on the page. Whereas, the IONOS site builder is set up so that while users can drag and drop elements to the page, there are set locations where elements can go. Granted, while Wix offers far greater design flexibility, this is not always best for every user. For example, those who are new to web design often find it easier to build a site when they have fewer design options.

Customisation capabilities aside, Wix is generally a far more powerful website builder than IONOS. It has far more templates to choose from, which are conveniently broken out into business categories (e.g., professional services, real estate, e-commerce, etc.). It also has a tool that will design a site for you, which can be a good option for those who need a site but don’t want to spend a lot to hire a web designer, but who also do not necessarily want to design their own site.

Related: Wix Vs. Squarespace (2023 Comparison)[4]

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