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Startups.co.uk is reader supported – we may earn a commission from our recommendations, at no extra cost to you and without impacting our editorial impartiality.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Gone are the days of needing to spend thousands of pounds getting a web developer to build and maintain a website for your business. Website builders make it affordable and easy to do it yourself, even without any prior expertise. With costs that can come in at under £100 per year, and simple templates to get you started, a website builder is our top reocmmended way of creating a business site.\n

So when you’re searching for your website builder, you want to ensure it’s highly functional, offers beautiful designs, loads quickly, and equips you with all the analytics tools you need to help your website traffic grow. But which website builder is right for your business?<\/p>\n

From our first hand user testing, we found that Wix<\/strong>, Squarespace,<\/strong> and Shopify <\/strong>are the best providers to choose if you want to create a professional site.[\/vc_column_text]\n <\/p>

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  1. Wix<\/strong><\/a> – Best all-round website builder for small businesses<\/li>\n
  2. Squarespace<\/strong><\/a> – Best for design flexibility<\/li>\n
  3. GoDaddy<\/a><\/strong> – Best for ease of use and simplicity<\/li>\n
  4. Shopify<\/strong><\/a> – Best for selling online<\/li>\n
  5. Site123<\/strong><\/a> – Best for site speed and storage space<\/li>\n
  6. WordPress.com<\/strong><\/a> – Best for SEO features<\/li>\n
  7. Hostinger<\/strong><\/a> – Best cheap website builder<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[vc_column_text title_type=”h1″]In this comprehensive ranking, we give you all the details about what each provider offers in terms of features, user friendliness, value for money, customer service, pros, cons, and more. Our recommendations are fruit of hundreds of hours of in-house product research and testing<\/strong>. With our focus on what small businesses, this guide should give you the confidence to choose the website builder that works best for your brand.\n

    We also collaborated with real-life small business owners to find out the common pain points, such as social media integrations, page loading time, and which platforms were the best at helping them overcome these obstacles.<\/p>\n

    Read on for our take on the best website builders to choose for creating your own business site.[\/vc_column_text]<\/p>

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