Wix vs WordPress, where should your business site live?
By Felipe Lima, founder of Themeasy · Last checked
Wix gets a business online with almost no decisions. Pick a template or ask its AI, publish, and Wix runs the rest. The decisions come later: every Wix site needs its own plan, the site can only run on Wix's servers, and leaving means rebuilding. WordPress with Themeasy asks a little more at the start and gives you a site you own outright, with premium themes and motion, an AI that builds the whole site, and one plan for every site you run.
The short answer
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Choose Themeasy if…
you want a site you can move to any host, built on WordPress and Elementor with premium themes, GSAP motion and an AI that builds the whole site, and one plan that covers every site you run.
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Choose Wix if…
you want the simplest start, with hosting, security and support handled for you, and you are happy for the site to live on Wix for good.
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Count your sites.
Each Wix site needs its own premium plan. A Themeasy plan covers unlimited sites, and you pay your host on the side.
Wix beside WordPress with Themeasy
Area by area. Wix's column covers its premium plans, its AI builder and Wix Studio; Themeasy's covers its paid plans on WordPress.
| Area | WordPress + Themeasy | Wix |
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| What it is | WordPress with the free Elementor, plus the Themeasy plugin and its 24 premium themes. | An all-in-one platform, with the builder, hosting, a domain and business tools in one account. |
| Where it runs | Any WordPress host you choose. | Only on Wix's servers. Wix says its platform does not support external hosting. |
| Building with AI | Themeasy AI: your own Claude builds the whole site, and the plugin installs it. No credits to buy. | Wix's AI builder generates the pages, layout and copy, and Aria, its AI agent, edits by chat. Free to start; some AI tools spend credits. |
| Where a design starts | 24 premium themes and 600+ Themeasy Library templates. | 2,000+ templates. |
| Motion | Themeasy Motion on GSAP, with entrance, hover, text and scroll animations set from the Elementor panel. | Animation presets with scroll, loop, click and hover options in Wix Studio; scroll effects in Wix Harmony. |
| Extending it | 128 Themeasy widgets, a theme builder, and any WordPress plugin. | 800+ apps in the Wix App Market. |
| Online store | WooCommerce, styled by the Themeasy store widgets and page templates on a Themeasy theme. | Wix Stores, with multichannel selling and 70+ payment providers, from the Core plan up. |
| Leaving | Move the whole site, its files and database, to any WordPress host. | No export to another host. Store products and CMS collections export as CSV files; blog posts cannot be exported. |
| If you stop paying | Nothing moves or goes dark. The plugin falls back to its free features after the year you paid for, and the content is yours. | The site goes back to a free Wix address with Wix ads, and your domain is disconnected. The content is kept. |
| Sites | Unlimited on every plan. | One premium plan per site. |
| Price | Pro is $119/yr and Agency $199/yr at launch, for unlimited sites; hosting is extra. | From $17 a month billed yearly, per site, with Business at $39 a month. |
The Wix column comes from its maker's own pages, read on 9 November 2026: Wix plans, One plan per site, Wix AI website builder, AI credits, Exporting a Wix site, Exporting blog posts, Exporting store products, Canceling a premium plan, Wix Studio, Wix Harmony, Wix eCommerce, Wix App Market, Wix templates. The WordPress + Themeasy column comes from our own feature pages.
Themeasy is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Wix.
What one Themeasy plan covers
On Wix, each site carries its own plan. With Themeasy, one plan covers every site, and WordPress lets each one grow in its own direction.
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Every site you run
Your business site, a second brand, a client's shop. One plan covers them all.
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24 premium themes
Designs for real businesses, each with its demos, ready to change in Elementor.
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Motion on GSAP
Animations you set visually, the same way on every theme and every site.
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Themeasy AI
Your own Claude builds the whole site, and the pages stay ordinary Elementor pages you can edit and move.
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The template library
600+ sections and pages, inserted in one click from inside the editor.
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The whole WordPress world
Any plugin, any host and any developer, because the site is plain WordPress.
Where Wix is the better pick
You want zero setup. Wix includes hosting, SSL and security monitoring, and runs the platform for you. With WordPress, you or your host keep it updated.
You want someone to call. Wix offers 24/7 customer care. Themeasy's support is a help desk for the plugin and themes, and your host looks after the server.
You need one simple site. If you will run one site and never move it, Wix's all-in-one account is the shortest path.
You want AI without another account. Wix's AI builder and Aria come built in and are free to start. Themeasy AI needs your own Claude plan.
Wix's plans beside Themeasy's
Wix prices each site on its own plan, with hosting included. Themeasy's plans cover unlimited sites, and you choose the host.
WordPress + Themeasy
- Widgets All content widgets, animated
- $89/yr
- Pro The whole toolkit, every theme
- $119/yr
- Agency The toolkit, under your brand
- $199/yr
- One premium theme One site, a perpetual license
- $59 once
Launch prices, billed once a year. Every plan covers unlimited sites. See every plan
Wix
- Light Billed yearly, per site, 2 GB storage
- $17/mo
- Core Billed yearly, per site, accepts payments
- $29/mo
- Business Billed yearly, per site, standard eCommerce
- $39/mo
- Business Elite Billed yearly, per site, advanced eCommerce
- $159/mo
As listed on its pages, checked on 9 November 2026. See Wix's plans
Questions, answered
Is Wix better than WordPress?
For the quickest all-in-one start, Wix is hard to beat. For a site you own and can move, extend with any plugin and run beside your other sites on one plan, WordPress wins, and Themeasy gives it finished themes, motion and an AI builder.
Can I move a Wix site to WordPress?
Not as a site. Wix says its sites must be hosted on its servers and cannot be exported. Store products and CMS collections export as CSV files, but blog posts cannot be exported today, so plan to rebuild the pages.
Is WordPress harder than Wix?
It asks for a host and a few choices at the start. A Themeasy theme takes away most of the design work. Import a complete demo and change the words, or let Themeasy AI build the site from your brief.
What does Wix cost for more than one site?
Each Wix site needs its own premium plan, from $17 a month billed yearly. A Themeasy plan covers unlimited sites, and each site runs on a host you choose.
Does Themeasy AI work like Wix's AI builder?
Both build a site from a description. Themeasy AI uses your own Claude, builds with Themeasy's themes and widgets, and installs ordinary Elementor pages on your WordPress, so the result stays yours to edit and to move.
See how Themeasy AI worksHow many sites does a Themeasy plan cover?
As many as you run, on every plan, Free included. The plans differ in what they include, never in a site cap.
Can I try Themeasy before I pay?
Yes. The Widgets plan starts with a 3-day free trial. You add a card at checkout and pay nothing that day; unless you cancel within the 3 days, the first year ($89) is charged when the trial ends. Pro and Agency are bought directly and carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
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A site you own, on every site you run
Themeasy Pro brings 24 premium themes with GSAP motion, 128 widgets, the template library and Themeasy AI to every site you run, on the host of your choice.