Drag & Drop Website Builder With Hosting Included

No. Site Builder is drag and drop — you place elements where you want them and the builder handles the code. Start from one of more than 200 professional templates and change the text, images and colors, or build from a blank canvas.

If you do want to go further, the Pro tier includes custom HTML, so you are not locked out of the underlying code the way you are on most hosted builders.

Yes. Connect a domain you already own, or register a new one — annual plans include a free domain for the first year. An SSL certificate is included either way, so your site loads over HTTPS from day one.

Yes. Your site files are yours and you can download them over FTP at any time — before canceling. We are not in the business of holding your website hostage. This is one of the main reasons people move to us from Wix and Squarespace, where leaving generally means rebuilding from scratch.

Yes. Our team transfers website content from most builder platforms, including WordPress, Wix, GoDaddy, Squarespace and Shopify.

See our comparison pages for the Wix, Squarespace, Weebly and Webflow alternatives.

Included. Every Site Builder plan comes with shared web hosting on our own U.S.-based network — no separate hosting bill, no third-party account to manage. Storage, SSL and site security are all part of the plan.

E-commerce features — shopping cart, payment gateways and product gallery — are on the E-Commerce+ plan. Starter and Ramping Up cover everything else, including forms, booking, blogs and multiple languages, so if you are not selling online yet you do not need to pay for a store you will not use.

Starter suits a brochure site or small business getting online, with 2 websites, 2 databases and 2 FTP accounts. Ramping Up adds Pro features — custom HTML, forms, blogs, custom menus, multiple languages and Google AdSense — with 5 of each. E-Commerce+ adds the online store and gives you 9 databases, 9 FTP accounts and 16 subdomains.

Then you do not have to start over somewhere else. Our development team builds custom sites, so you can move from Site Builder to a fully bespoke build while staying on the same hosting, with the same domain and the same people.

Most builder platforms have no answer to this question. When you outgrow Wix, you leave Wix.

You do. We do not track your visitors, sell your data, or share it with third parties. The servers your site runs on are owned and operated by Liberation in the United States — not rented from a hyperscaler and not located overseas.

Yes. Site Builder includes a Collections CMS. You define the fields a listing needs — name, category, address, photo, link — add your entries, and the builder generates both the index page and an individual page for every entry, with sorting and filtering built in. It is the same system the blog runs on.

One limit worth knowing before you start: visitors cannot submit their own listings through a form, so this suits a directory you curate yourself — a member list, a chamber or ministry directory, a local guide. If you need public submissions, listing search, or paid placements, that is a custom build and our web development team can quote it.

Yes. The AI website generator builds a complete first draft — layout, sections and copy — from a short description of your business, so you are editing a real site from the first click rather than starting on a blank canvas. The AI writer drafts or rewrites text on any page.

Nothing is locked to the AI. Every element it produces stays fully editable by hand, and you can ignore it entirely and start from one of the templates instead.

Use the site builder if you do not have a site yet, nobody on your team wants to learn WordPress, and you want something professional live this week — from $10.99 a month with hosting, SSL and a free domain on annual plans. Buy hosting instead if you already have a site to move, you need WordPress plugins, or a developer is doing the build. Our guide to web hosting for small business compares the site builder against shared hosting, managed WordPress and a managed cloud VPS so you can see what each one costs and what you give up.

Ours is a hosted builder, so hosting and platform updates are handled for you. Ask about sign-in options and backups for the plan you choose, and use a payment provider for card details.

Choose a plan and a template, add your pages, text and photos, connect your domain, preview it on a phone and a computer, then publish. Our team can help if you get stuck. When it is live, add your website to Google so people can find it.

Free tools exist, but they often show ads, limit features and keep your site on their domain. If you want your own domain and no ads, plans on our Site Builder start at $10.99 a month.

Many are, when SSL, backups, updates and strong logins are included. See our guide to website builder security for the features to check.

The best site builder is the one you can edit yourself and keep running. Liberation Site Builder is a drag-and-drop web page builder with 200+ templates, and hosting, SSL and a free domain included in annual plans.

Our builder includes tools to help you create pages quickly, and you can edit everything by hand. If you want an AI website builder alone, compare what it includes for hosting, domains and support.

Look for a site to make a website that includes hosting, lets you move your content out and has a support team you can reach. Our team can also build the site for you.