TrustRadius Insights for Wix are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
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Users across various industries have found Wix to be a suitable platform for building and modifying websites, even without extensive coding experience. Small technology companies, seasonal farmer's markets, and Digital Media programs have commonly chosen Wix as their go-to solution. The platform is valued for its low cost and user-friendly interface, making it an ideal choice for creating personal work portfolios, showcasing writing clips, and attracting job opportunities.
Businesses looking to streamline their sales processes also use Wix for managing sales funnels, pushing out Shoutouts, and managing lead forms. Moreover, Wix supports partner websites by providing valuable information about the company in multiple languages. Nonprofits find Wix particularly valuable in creating functional and professional websites with minimal web development knowledge. It is also widely utilized by individuals with small budgets and simple website needs.
Another key use case of Wix is helping small businesses and churches build and maintain easy-to-manage websites. Organizations and businesses utilize the platform to create websites that build brand value, engage with their audience, and communicate news and updates effectively. Administrators also leverage Wix to continuously change, grow, and publish their websites as they transition to new roles. Businesses have successfully transferred critical aspects of their operations such as payment processing, email management, domain name hosting, and website building to the platform.
Wix has consistently helped businesses become more self-sufficient by empowering them with greater control over their website publishing. Additionally, small companies have used Wix as a tool to improve their blog writing and design skills. With its wide range of functionalities, user-friendly interface, and affordability, Wix has proven itself as a reliable solution for diverse website building needs across multiple industries.
We primarily use Wix to launch quick and easy marketing websites where the soul purpose is to gain SEO credibility with high quality responsive design. Since Wix’s user interface is very plug and play, it’s easy for our design team to create websites without having to code much at all. Wix also provides security and stability we’d expect from a hosting server with very little overhead cost.
Pros
Quick and Easy No-Coding Websites
Implemented SEO Tools
Security and Stability of Server
Friendly Admin User Interface
Low Cost
Cons
Limited Access to Apply Custom Code
The WYSWYG Editor Has Occasional Quirks
Limited in Plug and Play Blocks
Likelihood to Recommend
We have found that Wix is great for launching quick “no-code” websites where our goal is to have a great design with good SEO content. That being said, if you’re trying to do a lot of custom coding inside of the UI’s blocks, there are limitations to what Wix allows you to do. You pretty much have to work within the design parameters they give you in the user interface.
We use Wix to manage and edit our business website (ParrishBrumfield.com). Obviously, we have great confidence in Wix if we use it to host our website!
Pros
Allows quick and easy editing
Allows the manipulation of frames very well
Manages photos and graphics sizing very well
Cons
There is very little that you cannot accomplish with Wix. That's why we chose them to post our website
Likelihood to Recommend
Wix is well suited for both experienced and novice website designers. It is full of help and examples that can show you the way to quick design elements. It is simply the best we could find.
I use Wix for a nonprofit organization I volunteer with. It is their main source of information for interested parties and where we publish blogs, events, updates, news, et cetera. I have also used Wix personally in the past for my own website. Wix is a great, easy-to-use platform for building and maintaining a website.
Pros
Easy to use design
Newsletter signups
Blog posting
Cons
I don't really have anything!
Likelihood to Recommend
It's just so simple to use -- I have used competitor's website builders, and they are challenging, hard to learn, and not intuitive. Wix is a very simple and straight forward program that makes it easy to build and maintain a website, whether it be for personal, business, or professional use.
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Director in Marketing (Marketing & Advertising company, 1-10 employees)
We use Wix for different clients, these clients prefer to use it as it is easier and more intuitive for them instead of some other technicals CMS.
We do not face any problems with it. it's been a good way for us to explore new applications that brings value to our design business.
Pros
Intuitive.
Versatile.
Easy and fast.
Cons
A more complete design layout.
Templates are not interchangeable.
Loading speed could be better.
Likelihood to Recommend
Wix is well suited in cases where I am looking for a fast, easy and solid way of finishing some of our client's websites, it gives me freedom, authority and intuitive tools that make my process faster at the same time that provides very good results.
I would say, is a good-to-go tool for simple site development.
I used Wix in the past to create personal websites for me and my family. It's one of the best tools out there when you don't have enough time to design your page or don't have design foundations or design knowledge, having templates and a comprehensive wizard let you focus on your business of whatever you want to publish as a website.
Pros
Comprehensive wizard to create a page.
A lot of beautiful templates from you can choose from.
The tool itself it's pretty fast when you want to preview your page.
You have the ability to add apps like bookings or a store.
Cons
When using the tools as an advanced user I expected editing HTML, but it's not available.
Likelihood to Recommend
Wix is a great tool for entrepreneurs that don't have enough technical or design skills to start building a corporate or business site. The tool itself is so great that you need the minimum knowledge in technology to create a nice website. On the other hand, if you are willing to create something more specific, an application that connects the third party or consumes APIs, Wix is not for you; advanced users might feel frustrated.
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Employee in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
Wix is the most essential element for me especially when it comes to the creation of websites. Till now I have designed
many websites not only for my own company but I helped my mates as well. This is a very user-friendly software that never requires any complex coding and provides me various templates to create what I exactly think.
Pros
This is a very time-saving tool and it has affected the progress of my organization as well.
Number of templates available.
Editing features are smart and effective.
Decent interface.
Reliable services.
Cons
Only the problem with this tool is that it is limited in features while publishing the digital content on the web you still need many tools which it lacks when it is compared with other similar tools.
Many times, when I create the website and try to open it on the mobile it does not download fats.
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is very much precise and accurate for small and medium-sized companies they can easily generate websites about any of their product or on the whole as well. This is a time-saving tool with no technicality and much reliable in
terms of pricing as well.
Wix is being used a tool to help our primary content creators improve their skills for blog writing and blog design. As a small company that has traditionally reached clients and candidates through referrals, word-of-mouth and in-person events, our website and blog are certainly important but we have yet to see a need to tap outside resources for enhancing the design or populating the content. Thus, one person has been managing essentially every component, from developing content to promoting that content to tracking a variety of metrics. Wix was the platform they wanted to work off because of its user-friendliness, its sleek style, and the formatting and visual options it offers users. We have accounts with other website editors and content generators, but Wix is what was found to be most agreeable.
Pros
User-Friendliness: Wix is a lot easier to navigate than other web-building sites. Oftentimes it's like Wix does the thinking for you instead of just throwing endless options at you and complicating the process.
Unique Content: Many services for generating websites, images, videos, etc. are starting to look the same and, for that matter, they're starting to look stale. What Wix offers feels fresher and cleaner.
Reliability & Respectfulness: We have yet to incur any issues that have affected our web properties or routine to this point. Furthermore, Wix does not constantly throw new offers or new pricing or new requirements at us. They value you where you are.
Cons
Data Size: Sometimes -- not always -- Wix eats up a lot of the computer's capacity when active and it can cause slower speeds and even shut-downs if you're not careful.
Likelihood to Recommend
If we grow to be a larger enterprise, I'm not sure I could see us continuing as we have with Wix. I'd compare this with GoToMeeting and their hierarchy of program options that grow with the size of your company. If Wix has something like that, I've missed it.
It is used to create websites for clients who specifically request the use of it. It's an easy solution for clients who are not versed in the back end of web development as the WYSIWYG in Wix is extremely user-friendly to use for almost anyone and has a lot of options.
Pros
Easy usability for anyone.
WYSIWYG
Affordable
Cons
Easier way to upload photos (too many steps currently).
Needs a tablet view.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't know much about building a website and doesn't want to spend much money on it. Wix is extremely easy to use and very affordable. It has a lot of capabilities and is easy to learn. It's nice for people who want to change things often (such as text or photos) on their website and want to do it themselves rather than always having to either hire someone for a small change or having to pay for someone on retainer to do minuscule tasks like this.
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Executive in Marketing (Graphic Design company, 1-10 employees)
We connect our proprietary marketing software to Wix websites. This means connecting things such as analytics and form fill leads as well as a chatbot feature. The experience we have had while making these connections has been overall pretty good. The user interface is simple and easy for non-tech savvy clients to navigate through Wix.
Pros
Intuitive
Easy to use
Inexpensive
Simple
Cons
More complex features
Updated templates
More support features
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need a quick website for your local or small business and have no idea how or where to get started you can bet that Wix is a great site to use. Why? Because even the simplest of people are able to use Wix and make clean and beautiful sites fairly quickly.
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Project Manager in Customer Service (Marketing & Advertising company, 51-200 employees)
Wix is no longer being used in our organisation. Although they are making efforts to foster relationships with agencies, ultimately they are more concerned about the end-user, which is completely fine because that is their business model, but as an agency, I can't justify using Wix for several reasons which we'll get into in the review.
Pros
Friendly to never before web designers.
Can be a good free tool to create a starter site.
Good for students to learn the very basics.
Cons
When I last used it the websites created felt slow and bloated.
The SEO potential is just not there, it was not customisable enough.
Can be limiting in terms of design and functionality.
Likelihood to Recommend
For large companies who want a scalable, fast, optimised website or eCommerce store. Or for agencies looking to be an intermediary between businesses and their website with design and development. There are less expensive, more robust options for agencies out there looking to create custom websites for their clients.
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C-Level Executive in Marketing (Marketing and Advertising company, 1-10 employees)