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Cleanliness is Godliness, and this is not clean.
February 28, 2018

Cleanliness is Godliness, and this is not clean.

Mandy Cramer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Wix

Wix is a great starter website option for clients that need a website ASAP. Wix gets the job done if you need to just get a landing page and some basic information onto the web. I don't personally recommend it as my first go-to option unless I'm working with inexperienced people. It's best for people who don't really know what they're doing or how to do design.

I began using Wix when I was starting out for a portfolio web option, but at the time they didn't have a decent built-in blog platform and I wanted to be able to have a blog as well. It looks like they've now built that in as an App and it seems better than before, but there still doesn't seem to be as much customization as I'd like. I do like their additional ADI (Advanced Digital Intelligence) that does assist in creating a basic website to start with. I think this is ideal for someone who doesn't have any clue how to get started on a website.
  • Apps. Wix provides many add ons or apps to put on you website for whatever needs you might have.
  • Themes! So many to choose from!
  • Free option. While I don't think any serious business owner should use the free option since it has ads, it's still an option.
  • Inability to change themes. Once you've chosen a theme, you're locked into it until you build a new web page. Then you have to transfer all your information and premium over.
  • Weak UX
  • Ads
  • I wasn't very happy using Wix personally so I was refunded my money when I contacted them. So my ROI was I guess good, since I didn't lose out on any money.
  • The positive impact it had was that because I chose NOT to use Wix, I was able to find a website I did want to use that suited my needs more.
Squarespace is cleaner and has a better overall interface which is important to me when I'm working. I can't have a cumbersome, bulky website that looks childish while I'm designing. I need clean themes, clean layouts, clean design. Wix isn't necessarily a worse option, just not the one for me. I feel the look is overall quite clumsy looking and doesn't appeal to minimalists.
As mentioned before, I do think that Wix is a bit of a more amateur web design option and would only recommend it to someone with a business that doesn't want to pay a designer. As a graphic designer myself, I always recommend businesses just pay a designer who wants to get to know their brand, but if you're the kind of person who doesn't feel like paying for good quality design work, then Wix is an okay option for creating a quick website. Again, I do think their overall look is pretty amateur looking, but it does get the job done. I definitely recommend it over Squarespace when it comes to simplicity for designing. To me, Wix is the web-builder for someone who doesn't have patience and/or money to waste on a website.

Wix Feature Ratings

7.9
WYSIWYG editor
8
Code quality / cleanliness
Not Rated
Admin section
8
Page templates
8
Library of website themes
10
Mobile optimization / responsive design
6
Publishing workflow
6
Form generator
9
7.0
Content taxonomy
7
SEO support
Not Rated
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
Not Rated
Community / comment management
Not Rated
7.0
API
7
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
8.0
Role-based user permissions
8
CMS programming language or framework ()
Not Rated

Using Wix

It's useable for the most basic person to use, but it's not a great option overall. I think that the platform for creating is rather cumbersome and not clean or organized. If you don't care about that while working on a website, it's an okay option, but I only recommend this option for basic users.
ProsCons
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Quick to learn
Feel confident using
Familiar
Do not like to use
Cumbersome
  • There is really nothing elegant about Wix.
  • All of Wix is pretty cumbersome.
Yes - It's not that great looking when you load up your website on a mobile device. It does pare down, but again, not that well. It looks kinda jumbled and like an afterthought. This is why I recommend creating a website with an actual designer because then you'll actually get a decent looking website that is tested for both Mobile and desktop.