Every so often, I get a question “how can I build a website without code?”. Ok, that’s a lie. Actually, I get this question all the time. My knee jerk reaction is to climb up onto a high horse of professionalism and start lecturing people on how websites work, but then I remember that I had been there before myself.

I wanted a website. I didn’t know much code. I didn’t have two years to invest into learning.

Professional designers and developers explained to me that I needed to learn “HTML and CSS” and to decide on a “CMS”. Then I would have to find hosting and pay for a domain. All this had been overwhelming to say the least.

Now I know all that and I’ve become the asshole that lectures people on HTML and CSS and hosting and domains. To make up for it, I decided to compile this list of website builders. Also to help people, of course.

This post is not about why one should or shouldn’t use website builders. There has been a lot said about this and the fact is, code generator technology is improving dramatically.

BTW: If you are going to design your own website and are not a designer, check out this post on design tricks before you start!

Here is my criteria for the tools on this list: first, the website of the tool had to look great. All those sites with drop shadows and gradients all over the place were out automatically. Then there was the website builders’ reputation, so Wix and GoDaddy dropped out immediately. The website builders on this list all require zero coding knowledge, even though some don’t offer built-in hosting.

Related read: 13 Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Design Tools I Know

Top Website Builders

Webflow Price starts at: Free Type: Unique design, templates available Hosting: Optional Best for: Designers

Shopify Price starts at: $9 Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

SquareSpace Price starts at: $8 Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce, but supports other types

Weebly and Weebly Carbon Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Strikingly Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

WordPress.com Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Blogs

uCoz Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce and blogs

Splash Price starts at: $249 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Pikock (now Orson) Price starts at: $2 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

SnackWebsites Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Webiny Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers and blogs

Jimdo Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

IMcreator Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

WebsiteBuilder Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Yola Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

SiteKit Price starts at: $5 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce and blogs

Pixpa Price starts at: $4 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Webydo Price starts at: $25 per month Type: Custom design Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers and e-commerce

LiveControl Price starts at: $8 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Duda Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Sidengo Price starts at: $19 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Pagevamp Price starts at: $12 per month Type: Custom design Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Simbla Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Clickbooq Price starts at: $8 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Motocms Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Pinegrow Price starts at: $99 Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Pivot Price starts at: $18 Type: Templates Hosting: Optional Best for: Designers

Weld Price starts at: Free Type: Custom design Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Designmodo – slides Price starts at: $248 Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Mobirise Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Optional Best for: Designers

Bootstrap Price starts at: $25 Type: Templates Hosting: Optional Best for: Designers and e-commerce

Optimizepress Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

StackHive Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Macaw Price starts at: $79 Type: Templates Hosting: No Best for: Designers

LightCMS Price starts at: $19 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Cloudward Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

uKit Price starts at: $4 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

ONTRApages Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Voog Price starts at: $8 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Go.themeforest Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

ThemifyFlow Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Cloudpress Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers

Readymag Price starts at: Free Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Designers and e-commerce

Weps Price starts at: $6 Type: Chatbot-powered experience Hosting: Mandatory Best for: Small businesses

Market-Specific Website Builders

Everdwell Price starts at: $15 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce

Made for Food Trucks Price starts at: $99 per month Type: Templates Hosting: Mandatory Best for: e-commerce