# Weebly — Website Builders

Weebly by Weebly, Inc. holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-10-29. Provenance: Rest of world; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Weebly, Inc. (https://www.weebly.com)
- Category: [Website Builders](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): Rest of world
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/weebly
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/weebly/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/weebly/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-10-29 · oldest source captured 2026-10-28

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Weebly, Inc.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S3]

## The panel's verdict

Weebly, Inc. of San Francisco, part of Block, Inc. — the captured footer names Square, Inc. — is a browser-based drag-and-drop website builder with an online store. The bench scores it strongest on forms and business: nine field types, file uploads, CAPTCHA, dashboard storage and CSV export, plus membership, password protection, PayPal payments and an App Center. Editor and design scores 6, credited for drag-and-drop plus full HTML/CSS and custom JavaScript, though we found no public information on separate mobile editing, multilingual sites, collaborator roles or version history. Legal compliance and sovereignty are the weakest areas: a cookie banner comes only by signing up with a third party such as Cookiebot, the pages name a US operator, and we found no public information on hosting locations, subprocessors or a data processing agreement. The sovereignty spread reflects the weight judges gave the documented privacy notice and GDPR update, not different facts. SEO and marketing scores 5, as does pricing transparency; hosting and portability scores 4, where we found no public information on backups or export.

**Speaks for it:**
- Form builder documented in depth: nine field types, file uploads, CAPTCHA, confirmation messaging, email notification, dashboard storage and CSV export
- Hosting is free and included, with 128-bit SSL and a DDoS mitigation service on all sites
- Four plans published with both figures, from Free at $0 /mo to Performance at €30 /mo billed annually or €40 month-to-month
- Full HTML/CSS control of the theme plus custom JavaScript for power users
- Membership with page access control, password protection, PayPal payments and an App Center of third-party integrations

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scores 0-2: the captured pages name Square, Inc. of San Francisco as operator, and we found no public information on hosting locations, subprocessors or a data processing agreement
- A cookie banner requires signing up with a third party (Cookiebot, Legal Monster, CookieHub or CookiePro) and pasting its code into settings
- Weebly sets performance and analytical cookies on customer sites by default, including Snowplow trackers
- We found no public information on backups, restore, an uptime commitment or export of pages and media
- We found no public information on renewal prices, minimum term and notice, VAT treatment or transaction fees, so a two-year cost cannot be computed

**Best for:**
- You need a simple site with a working enquiry form — entries arrive by email, sit on the dashboard and export to CSV
- You want drag-and-drop building today, with full HTML/CSS and custom JavaScript available if someone on the team codes
- You sell products or take PayPal payments and want membership areas, password-protected pages and an App Center alongside
- You want to compare plans with both annual and month-to-month prices published

**Avoid if:**
- You must show a European authority where patient or customer data is hosted — the captured pages name Square, Inc. of San Francisco as the operator
- You need consent handled inside the product — the cookie banner means a third-party sign-up, and performance cookies are set on your site by default
- Your business runs on live booking — the documented form is an Appointment Request with a preferred date and time, and we found no public information on calendar synchronisation
- You must handle data subject rights requests with vendor support today — the help pages say a response process is still being created

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Small-Business Owner | The Freelance Web Designer | The Marketing Lead | The Practice Owner | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Editor, templates & design control | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Hosting, domains & portability | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| SEO, analytics & visibility | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Forms, bookings & business features | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 0.5/5 | 0/5 | 0.5/5 | 0/5 | 0.5/5 | 1/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The Small-Business Owner** (v1.0): Runs a joinery with six staff and builds the company website on a Sunday afternoon. Wants a template that looks like a craftsman and not like a start-up, to be found when someone nearby searches for a carpenter, an enquiry form that lands in the inbox, the imprint and cookie banner handled without a lawyer, and a price that is still clear in the second year.
- **The Freelance Web Designer** (v1.0): Builds about twenty sites a year for doctors, restaurants and consultants, and looks after them afterwards. Wants real control over layout, mobile breakpoints and type, reusable sections across client sites, a client login that cannot break the design, backups that restore in one click, and a way to take the site and its content elsewhere if the client or the tool changes.
- **The Marketing Lead** (v1.0): Owns the website of a forty-person engineering firm and is measured on enquiries, not on page views. Wants landing pages built without waiting for the agency, clean URLs, redirects and structured data, analytics that work without a consent wall in front of every visit, and form entries that reach the CRM instead of a shared mailbox.
- **The Practice Owner** (v1.0): Runs a physiotherapy practice with four therapists and a waiting list. Wants patients to book and cancel appointments online, a contact form that does not send health details around in plain email, a site an older patient can read and use, a cookie banner that holds up if the regulator asks, and the data kept in Europe.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Serves as external data protection officer for thirty small companies and reviews their websites once a year. Wants a consent banner that blocks scripts and embeds until the visitor agrees, fonts and maps that do not leave for the US on page load, a data processing agreement and subprocessor list that can be filed, form entries with a retention period, and hosting that is named rather than implied.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen "your website for 1 euro" renew at thirty, templates that only exist inside the builder, an export that turns out to be the blog posts alone, and a domain that costs a fee to move. Reads "GDPR compliant" next to a cookie banner that loads trackers before anyone clicks, and a subprocessor list that stops at the CDN — and asks what leaving would cost.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Cookie banner third party: Cookiebot · Legal Monster · CookieHub · CookiePro · no [S16]
- GDPR privacy notice update: Privacy Notice and Terms of Service updated in support of GDPR [S15]
- Regulations referenced: CCPA (California), GDPR (EU), APPI (Japan), LGPD (Brazil) [S16]

**Hosting**
- Free hosting: yes · yes [S2]
- Operator: Square, Inc [S7]

**Integrations**
- App center: yes [S2]
- App center: third party integrations · yes [S8]
- Google adsense: yes [S10]
- Google workspace: email@yourdomain · calendar · storage · chat · yes [S9]
- Weebly contact sync: membership groups · store orders · forms · yes [S12]

**Legal**
- Company: 2026 · Square, Inc [S10]
- Copyright entity: Square, Inc [S15]
- Copyright holder: Square, Inc [S6]
- Copyright holder: 2026 · Square, Inc [S5]
- Copyright holder: © 2026 Square, Inc [S3]
- Copyright holder: Square, Inc [S13]
- Not legal advice: notice does not constitute legal advice [S15]

**Pricing**
- Claims: 30000000 [S14]
- Free plan: 0 [S3]
- Performance: 30 · 40 [S3]
- Personal: 11 · 14 [S3]
- Personal custom domain: Personal plan connects to a custom domain [S3]
- Professional: 17 · 22 [S3]

**Product**
- Abandoned cart emails: Abandoned Cart Emails [S3]
- Advanced ecommerce insights: Advanced eCommerce Insights [S3]
- Advanced site stats: Advanced Site Stats [S3]
- Automatic tax calculator: Automatic Tax Calculator [S3]
- Background images: yes · blur · darkness · filter · yes [S8]
- Blogging: yes [S2]
- Browser based no install: yes · no [S7]
- California disclosure: Additional California Privacy Disclosure linked in footer [S5]
- Community: yes [S12]
- Cookie banner setup: Settings > General > Cookie Banner · 24 [S16]
- Cookie opt out: site-wide opt-out of marketing/tracking cookies via privacy preferences [S5]
- Coupons: Coupons [S3]
- Custom code: Full HTML/CSS control of website theme [S10]
- Custom domains: yes [S2]
- Custom forms: yes [S2]
- Custom headers: slideshows · videos · dynamic content · yes [S7]
- Custom javascript: yes [S10]
- Custom template save: yes [S12]
- Data subject rights requests: process being created to help users respond to data subject rights requests [S15]
- Ddos mitigation: yes [S10]
- Default cookies: is_mobile · sto-id-editor · sto-id-pages · language · sp · _snow_ses.1cf4 · _snow_id.1cf4 · snowplowOutQueue_snowday__wn_post2 · WeeblyDiceRollUser [S16]
- Digital goods: Digital Goods [S3]
- Dns management: CNAME · A records · Weebly dashboard · yes [S9]
- Domain hosting: yes [S9]
- Domain import: detailed guides for domain import from other major domain name registrars · yes [S9]
- Domain registration: domain purchase through Weebly, site live within minutes · yes [S9]
- Domain search tool: yes [S9]
- Drag and drop builder: Drag and drop website builder [S2]
- Drag and drop editor: drag and drop website editor, no technical skills required [S7]
- Drag drop builder: yes · images · font pairings · color palettes [S12]
- Ecommerce domain checkout: yes [S10]
- Ecommerce platform: yes [S2]
- Ecommerce tools: order management · shipping · payments [S1]
- Elements: drag and drop · text · photos · maps · videos [S7]
- Features index: Builder · Mobile · Ecommerce · Templates · Blogging · Email Marketing · App Center · Photo Gallery · Video · Forms · Business · SEO · Domain Names · Statistics · Hosting [S8]
- Form builder drag and drop: drag and drop form builder for contact forms, RSVP lists, surveys [S14]
- Form confirmation message: yes [S13]
- Form confirmation messaging: customizable post-submission confirmation messaging [S14]
- Form dashboard storage: form submissions stored on site dashboard [S14]
- Form data export: export form data to spreadsheet [S14]
- Form email notifications: submission email notification to address of choice [S14]
- Form entries dashboard: yes · yes [S13]
- Form entries export CSV: yes [S13]
- Form field customization: customizable fields: text boxes, drop down menus, checkboxes, per-field settings [S14]
- Form field customization: yes · yes [S13]
- Form file uploads: file upload element accepts documents, pictures, other files [S14]
- Form section types: Contact Us · Catering Request · RSVP/Registration · Custom Quote · Appointment Request · Event Request · Wholesale Inquiry [S13]
- Form settings options: yes · yes · yes · yes [S13]
- Free domain: Free Domain [S3]
- Free ssl: Free SSL Security [S3]
- Free subdomain: yes [S9]
- Free website builder: yes [S1]
- Full width sections: color backgrounds · text · images · video · yes [S7]
- Hosting free: free hosting included [S14]
- In store pickup: In-Store Pickup [S3]
- Instagram feed: Instagram feed [S3]
- Inventory management: Inventory Management [S3]
- Layout customization: font · header · color scheme · all major web design elements [S8]
- Lead capture: Lead Capture [S3]
- Marketing tools: Facebook ads · automated email campaigns [S1]
- Membership: Membership program with groups, page access control, auto or manual member approval [S10]
- Next feature ecommerce: Ecommerce [S7]
- No forced ads: no [S10]
- Password protection: Password protection for whole site or individual pages [S10]
- Password protection: Password Protection [S3]
- Paypal payments: Accept payments through PayPal [S3]
- Photo features: yes [S2]
- Popup notifications: Pop-up Notifications [S3]
- Predesigned templates: newsletters · promotions · product announcements · events · yes [S12]
- Preview views: desktop · mobile · text-only [S12]
- Privacy policy generator: privacy policy generator available [S15]
- Product lines: Websites · Online Stores · Photo Studio [S5]
- Question types: Multiple choice · Short answer · Long answer · Dropdown · Date · Time · Address · Email · Phone number [S13]
- Remove square ads: Remove Square Ads [S3]
- Responsive themes: yes [S2]
- Scheduled delivery: yes [S12]
- Segmentation: yes [S12]
- SEO: SEO [S3]
- SEO advanced settings: yes · yes [S11]
- SEO guide: The Ultimate SEO Guide is split into four sections: Getting Started, Keyword Research, Growth, Tracking [S4]
- SEO guide: yes [S11]
- SEO sitemap: yes · yes · yes · yes [S11]
- SEO tools: yes [S2]
- Shipping calculator: Shipping Calculator [S3]
- Shipping labels: Shipping Labels [S3]
- Shopping cart: Shopping Cart [S3]
- Site statistics: yes [S2]
- Square gift cards: Square Gift Cards [S3]
- Ssl: 128-bit · yes [S10]
- Starter guides: yes [S1]
- Subdomain upgrade forwarding: yes [S9]
- Template variety: wide range of professionally designed website templates, minimalist to classic [S8]
- Templates: yes [S2]
- Templates free: site · blog · store · yes · yes [S8]
- Templates responsive: yes [S8]
- Test emails: yes [S12]
- Theme editor: yes · yes [S8]
- Third party embed: Add 3rd party embed code [S3]
- Trusted count footer: over 30,000,000 [S7]
- Trusted users: >30000000 [S8]
- Unlimited items: Unlimited Items [S3]
- Unlimited storage: Unlimited Storage [S3]
- User base: over 40 million [S7]
- Video backgrounds: free video library · own upload · video backgrounds [S7]
- Video hosting: yes [S2]
- Website integration: Weebly account [S12]

**Support**
- Center: yes [S2]
- Chat email: Chat & Email Support [S3]
- Community forum: Community Forum [S3]
- Priority: Priority Support [S3]
- Webinars: yes [S12]

## Questions

### Is Weebly European?

No. whats-best.ai classifies Weebly as Rest of world.

### Where does Weebly store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026.

### Does Weebly have a free plan?

Yes. Weebly has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 28 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/12053).

### What are the best alternatives to Weebly?

As of 4 Nov 2026, the panel rates [Duda (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/duda), [Wix (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/wix) and [WordPress.com (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/wordpress-com) highest among the other 17 Website Builders products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Framer](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/framer) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Weebly alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/weebly/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 4 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 hosting fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 integrations fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.weebly.com/ (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S2] Features page: https://www.weebly.com/features (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S3] Pricing page: https://www.weebly.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S4] SEO features page: https://www.weebly.com/seo (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S5] Privacy policy: https://www.weebly.com/privacy (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S6] Terms of service: https://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S7] Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/website-builder (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S8] Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/website-template (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S9] Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/free-domain-hosting (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S10] Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/ssl-and-more (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S11] SEO, analytics & visibility — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/seo (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S12] SEO, analytics & visibility — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/email-marketing (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S13] Forms, bookings & business features — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/app/help/us/en/topics/add-a-contact-form-to-your-website (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S14] Forms, bookings & business features — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/features/form-builder (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S15] Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/app/help/us/en/topics/gdpr-changes-to-our-privacy-notice-terms-of-service-and-new-tools (checked 2026-10-28)
- [S16] Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance — found from sitemap: https://www.weebly.com/app/help/us/en/topics/add-a-cookie-banner-to-your-website (checked 2026-10-28)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Weebly — Website Builders", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-11-04. https://whats-best.ai/software/website-builder/weebly

Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/1133?target=page