My experience with Weebly
March 23, 2017

My experience with Weebly

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Weebly

Weebly was selected to support a new website for a new company. It has been used as an institutional tool to provide useful information about the company's structure, associated partners, services portfolio, etc. Actually, it is available in two languages (English and Brazilian Portuguese). The main business objective was to easily deploy a responsive website in a short period of time, without the need of any technical professional.

  • Chance to test the service/tools available before signing it to check how easy it is. It is possible to sign it only after trying it out.
  • Variety of templates and guidelines. No need to write one single code line. I deployed the whole site only using the setup tools, assistants, etc.
  • It is very easy and fast to deploy (it was made in 2 days!).
  • Variety of add-ons and applications that may be attached to the website. Example: the multi-language app that made possible to publish the second language version in just one day.
  • I believe that the model based on templates may limit some users who desire to create something really different or more personalized.
  • I think that the basic reporting could be a bit more complete, providing more useful information.
  • The multi-language app is a bit confusing at the start. I believe it may become an issue in case of projects that demand 3 or 4 languages translations. After a while, it becomes easier to understand how it works, but its operation demands attention to avoid basic mistakes such as forgetting to translate one single page.
  • Very low cost to quickly publish a web site and improve it gradually.
  • I did not make a ROI calculation but it certainly was much more interesting than hiring someone to build it.
The only comparison I did was to Wix during the first testing/trial period. I found Weebly easier for a non-technical person (like myself). I understood that Wix would give more flexibility for a few things, but it would take more time to deploy when compared to Weebly. In terms of pricing the difference was little, so the priority was to choose a solution that was easy to use and fast to deploy without big efforts.
I understand that Weebly is well suited to basic projects with a low budget, that need to be deployed very quickly and/or that will be created/managed by someone that is not a programmer (like myself). Probably it will seem too simple or limited to more experienced professionals that are looking for a more flexible/open platform. I also guess that some specific types of integrations could be a bit complex if not based on the library of apps already available.

Square Online Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
10
Code quality / cleanliness
Not Rated
Admin section
8
Page templates
9
Library of website themes
9
Mobile optimization / responsive design
10
Publishing workflow
Not Rated
Form generator
8
Content taxonomy
8
SEO support
8
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
8
Community / comment management
Not Rated
API
Not Rated
Internationalization / multi-language
9
Role-based user permissions
7