Boomla vs other FREE website builders
We are only considering FREE, hosted solutions here. Content Management Systems that you have to host yourself are thus not included. Wordpress.com is NOT Wordpress the CMS. Squarespace and Godaddy were not included below as they do not have free plans.
Features
| Boomla | Wix free plan | Weebly free plan | Webflow free plan | Wordpress.com free plan |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Free subdomain | yes ? EXAMPLE.boomla.net | no ? USERNAME.wixsite.com/EXAMPLE You get a subpage not a full subdomain. This limits functionality. | yes ? EXAMPLE.weebly.com | yes ? EXAMPLE.webflow.io | yes ? EXAMPLE.wordpress.com |
| Use your own domain ? assuming you have one, it is not provided for free | yes | no | no | no | no |
| Ad free (no ads injected) | yes ? By default, templates have a link to Boomla in their footer. This is OPTIONAL, you can remove it. It helps spread the word if you keep it, or even better, if you replace it with your own recommendation. Let's build a software we can all love. | no ?  | no ?  | no ?  | no ?  |
| Use your own favicon ?  | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
| Audio player | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Video player | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Online store | no | no | no | no | no |
| SSL (HTTPS) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Private websites | yes | yes | no | no | yes |
| Private pages | no ? Coming soon. | yes | no | no | yes |
| Run custom code on the server | yes | no | no | no | no |
| Run custom code in the browser | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Software updates installed automatically | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 3rd party integrations | some | some | some | some | some |
Limits
| Boomla | Wix free plan | Weebly free plan | Webflow free plan | Wordpress.com free plan |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max number of websites | unlimited ? tested with 1000 websites | unlimited ? tested with 10 websites | 10 | 2 | unlimited |
| Max number of pages within each website | unlimited ? tested with 10.000 pages | 100 | 10 | 2 | unlimited |
| Number of visits | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | 500 | unlimited |
| Data transfer limit (bandwidth use) | unlimited | 0.5GB | 0.5GB | 10GB | unlimited |
| Storage limit | 1GB | 0.5GB | unlimited | 10GB | 3GB |
| Max file size | 10MB | 25MB | 10MB | 10MB | 1GB |
| Content Delivery Network | yes | ? not checked | ? not checked | no | yes |
User experience
| Boomla | Wix free plan | Weebly free plan | Webflow free plan | Wordpress.com free plan |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example site memory usage | 1MB | 150MB | 15MB | 2MB | 5MB |
| Editor memory usage | 4MB | 180MB | 60MB | 80MB | 68MB |
| Editor page load time | 0.5s | 30s | 14s | 27s | 8s |
| Editor responsiveness | very fast ? no noticable lags | very slow ? frequent lags that take over 1sec | very fast ? no noticable lags | fast ? barely noticable lags | very fast ? no noticable lags |
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The measurements provided above have been made on an average notebook. It may not be representative for your machine and internet connection, or the servers' current load. Please do your own benchmarks for more accurate data.
The measurements provided above have been made on an average notebook. It may not be representative for your machine and internet connection, or the servers' current load. Please do your own benchmarks for more accurate data.
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