Weebly offers five different types of plans in order to fulfill various categories of users. Each plan has a set of features and targeted for particular segment of users. Before upgrading to any plan it is necessary to check how much it will cost for you and what are the features you can get more compared to a free plan. In this article, we will compare all Weebly pricing plans and the list of features you will get under each plan. We also listed down the free alternate options available for the pro features so that you can think before you purchase premium plan.
All Weebly Pricing Plans
Earlier Weebly was focusing on content websites with free, starter and pro plans. After Square acquired Weebly, the primary focus is changed to offer integrated ecommerce features and combine the Square payment with all Weebly premium plans. Unfortunately, Weebly consistently changes their pricing plans without prior notification to users. At this moment below are the plans offered by Weebly. The performance plan is renamed as business plan in some regional locations and offered with modified features.
- Free Plan
- Personal Plan (earlier known as Starter plan)
- Professional Plan (earlier known as Pro plan)
- Performance Plan (offered as a Business Plan in some regions)
Below is the picture showing earlier pricing plans in USA.
However, the latest pricing plan includes four plans with changed names / pricing as below.
Let us explore each plan in detail to understand the features.
Weebly Personal Plan
Earlier known as starter plan, Weebly personal plan is one of the premium plans offered by Weebly targeting small-scale consumers with limited features. The personal plan has the following premium features:
- Free site editor, hosting with unlimited pages and limited storage.
- Connect your custom domain from third party registrars.
- Remove free Weebly footer and customizable drag and drop footer.
- Free SSL, Own favicon and ecommerce features for physical goods.
Expanded site statistics and 1 year free domain.
The personal plan will cost you $6 per month per site for the annual plan. Though starter plan is one of the preferred options for building a site with Weebly due to cost vs feature comparison it has the following limitations:
- Limited storage of around 500MB (Weebly always changes this limit).
- There will be no membership and limited ecommerce options like selling digital goods.
- No site search box and multimedia elements like video and audio players.
Weebly Professional Plan
Weebly professional plan targets medium scale consumers which will cost $12 per site per month. Weebly pro package has the following features:
- Free hosting, site builder with unlimited pages and storage.
- 1 year free domain and connect your custom domain.
- Expanded site statistics with site search box and password protection.
- Customizable footer with custom favicon and remove Square advertisement from the footer.
- Self hosted video and audio players.
- Full width video backgrounds.
- Selling digital goods with coupons and gifts.
Weebly pro plan has the following restrictions:
- Header slideshow option was removed with all responsive themes.
- Up to 100 memberships without registration option.
Up to 25 product elements and checkout on Weebly domain with 3% transaction fee.No option to sell digital goods and offer coupons.- No PayPal payment is allowed.
Pro plan will cost you $9 without free domain (offered only in specific geographical regions) and $12 with free domain for 1 year.
Weebly Business Plan
Weebly business plan is a premium plan offered by Weebly targeting ecommerce users want to have complete online store. It costs around $26 per month per site and has the following premium features over Weebly pro package:
- Integrated ecommerce with unlimited product elements and PayPal payment.
- Selling digital goods, inventory management and integrated coupon codes.
- Free SSL certificate with unlimited membership with registration option.
- Realtime time shipping rate calculation during checkout.
- Item reviews and shipping labels.
- Abandoned cart email function will trigger auto email to customers who did not complete the purchase.
The ecommerce plan will cost $26 per site per month which may or may not include 1 year free domain (we noticed the domain is included in US and not for Europe).
Weebly Performance Plan
Weebly had an additional performance plan but now it is not available in US region anymore. Therefore, we assume this will be discontinued and combined with business plan.
Pricing Comparison for Different Timeframe
The below table shows the comparison between various plans with the price per month for 6 months, 1 year and 2 years plan.
Weebly Plans Pricing Details
| Plan | Number of Sites | Price Per Month (Monthly Plan) | Price Per Month (1 Year Plan) | Price Per Month (2 Years Plan) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 10 | Free | Free | Free |
| Personal | 10 | $13 | $10 | $9 |
| Professional | 10 | $16 | $12 | $10 |
| Performance | 10 | $29 | $26 | $22 |
| Premium | 10 | $79 | $72 | $68 |
Points to Note:
- All Weebly premium plans are applicable at site level which means you need to upgrade individual sites on your account separately. Premium features will stop functioning if you do not renew the plan after expiry date.
- Weebly also offers 100% money back guarantee within 30 days from the date of purchase for all premium plans.
- 1 year and 2 years plans are offered with discount compared to 6 months plan. Two years is the maximum period of upgrade for any premium plans and subsequently you can extend your upgrade to further years.
Comparison of Free, Starter, Pro, Business and Performance Plan Features of Weebly
Performance plan is the highest level of premium plan offered by Weebly targeting users want to create a quick online store. Any feature added in future will be available for performance and business plan users by default whereas users using other plans may or may not get it freely. Here is the complete comparison of Free, Starter, Pro, Business and Performance plan features.
| Feature | Premium | Performance | Professional | Personal | Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Site Builder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free Hosting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free Domain | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year | No | No |
| Number of Pages | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage Limit | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Limited | Limited |
| Search Engine Indexing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Expanded Site Statistics | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Connect with Custom Domain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Remove Square Ad | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Drag & Drop Customizable Footer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Password Protection | Page Level | Page Level | Page Level | Site Level | Site Level |
| Own Favicon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Site Search Box | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Video Backgrounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| HD Video and Audio Players | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Editor Permissions | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| File Upload | 250MB | 250MB | 250MB | 100MB | 100MB |
| SSL Certificate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Membership | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| User Registration | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Support Model | Forum + Email + Chat + 24/7 Phone | Forum + Email + Chat + Phone | Forum + Email + Chat + Phone | Forum + Email + Chat + Phone | Forum + Email + Chat |
| Ecommerce Features | |||||
| Selling Digital Goods | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Inventory Tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Shipping Details | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Tax Calculator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Offering Coupon Codes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Realtime Shipping Rates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Abandoned Cart Emails | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Gift Cards | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pro Features Rating and Alternate Options for Free Users
Weebly Pro was the initial highest level premium plan offered which was subsequently superseded by Business plan. Pro plan is the most suitable plan for most of the users who do not have a need to run an online store. The major problems in the Weebly Pro pack is that many of the features can be achieved either by modifying HTML/CSS or by using alternate free options. The other problem is that even with the Pro upgrade, you will miss important eCommerce and membership features and upgrading to Business plan needs 3 times more money than a Pro plan.
Here is the rating of the Pro features and alternate options available for free users. Learn complete list of Pro feature here.
| Weebly Pro Features | Rating | Alternate Options for Free Weebly Users |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Player | Poor | Audios from SoundCloud can be embedded with playlist option |
| Editor Permission | Good | |
| Favicon | Good | Can be added by HTML/CSS modification |
| File Uploads | Good | |
| Flexible Drag and Drop Footer | Excellent | Can be added by HTML/CSS modification |
| Form Options | Good | |
| Video Backgrounds | Excellent | Can be added by HTML/CSS modification |
| Password Protect | Good | |
| Site Search | Good | Google Custom Search is free and AdSense enabled |
| Site Statistics | Poor | Google Analytics provides more reliable and exhaustive data. |
| Video Player | Good | YouTube Element can be used to embed Videos |
