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1 | Software | Cost | Category | Monthly or single payment | URL | Availability | Free-form design? (drag and drop anywhere) | Need to understand coding concepts and HTML | Open file format | Notes | |||||||
2 | Adobe Muse | $130 Fulll, $50 Upgrade | Dead | Monthly Payment | https://muse.adobe.com | EOL - | yes | no | no | Was a great work flow to a good group of apps... Ai / PS / Mu , it will continue to work, so relax and take your time with decisions | |||||||
3 | Adobe Spark Page | $39 (1year support) | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://spark.adobe.com/home/ | no | no | One Page Only, No widget support | |||||||||
4 | Blocs App | $79.00 | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://blocsapp.com/ | Mac only | no | no | no | Easy to use, responsive sites - CMS - Developer API just released -- Read more in this forum post -- https://forums.adobe.com/message/10278858#10278858 | |||||||
5 | Duda | Free / $14 / $22 | Web App | Fee / Monthly | https://www.duda.co/ | no | no | no | what "Without Code" "w/o code" is built upon | ||||||||
6 | EverWeb | $79 one time | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://www.everwebapp.com | Mac Only | yes | no | no | Native desktop app, similar features to Muse, templates, stock photos, complete design freedom | |||||||
7 | Freeway Express/Pro | $99 one time | Desktop app | Free + Single Payment | https://www.softpress.com/freeway-pro/index.html | Mac only | yes | no | no | Went out of business previously -- now being rebuilt with no indication of features or release date , Free responsive action for freeway 7 http://getbackdraft.com/ | |||||||
8 | IUeditor | Free | Desktop app | Pro & Plus plans now Free | http://www.iueditor.org | Mac Only | yes | no | no | Freeform drag and drop with code access and data binding. Similar to Sparkle more features. Developer confirms they are creating a Windows version to be released soon | |||||||
9 | RapidUI | Free - $35 month | Free + Monthly Payment | https://rapidui.io | browser based | yes | no | photoshop & sketch design files into live websites without writing code, so really interesting to Muse users, can export code and host yourself or use their hosting | |||||||||
10 | Sparkle App | Free, $44.99, $89.99 | Desktop | Single Payment | https://sparkleapp.com/ | Mac only | yes | no | no | Free form drag and drop visual web desgin | |||||||
11 | Wappler | Free - $199 - $399 per year | Free + Yearly | https://wappler.io | Closed Beta | no | no | yes | Closed Beta - Unproven in public use -- Extensions stop working if you dont keep paying, reverts to free version | ||||||||
12 | Webydo | $79.99 one time | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://www.webydo.com/ | browser | yes | no | Website Builder & CMS for Designers ? | ||||||||
13 | Without Code (Muse Themes) | too expensive | Web App | https://www.wocode.com/ | Not available yet | no | no | Built on top of Architect (possibly Duda?) -- https://forums.adobe.com/message/10292117#10292117 -- Made by MuseThemes, still in development - no timeframe when available | |||||||||
14 | WYSIWYG Web Builder | $50.00 | Desktop app | Single Payment | http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/ | Windows only | yes | no | Seems dated. but is updated regularly and allows for 3rd party plugins | ||||||||
15 | Adobe Portfolio | 0 - 40 Euros p/m | Web app | https://www.myportfolio.com/ | No coding | ||||||||||||
16 | Flux | $99 one time | Desktop app | Single Payment | http://www.theescapers.com/product.php?product=flux | Mac Only | yes | no/yes | yes | free form UI is kind of different but visual | |||||||
17 | RapidWeaver | $89.00 | Desktop App | https://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/ | Mac only | no | No/Yes | Looks very interesting, big 3rd party API market like Muse to extend functionality...excellent YouTube videos to check it out | |||||||||
18 | Slides Version 3 | $12 - $49 p/m | https://designmodo.com/slides/ | NO TRIAL!? | blocks | to edit, yes | Pick the elements, combine them, download the code to publish (I haven't used it. It just looks interesting) - CLUNKY to customise - manual replacement of template images etc | ||||||||||
19 | BootStrap | Free | Developer Framework | Free | https://getbootstrap.com/ | yes | yes | Framework -- to build responsive sites -- ** must know HTML CSS JS | |||||||||
20 | SquareSpace | $15 - $321 p/m | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://www.squarespace.com | templates | yes | no | |||||||||
21 | Pinegrow | $39-$99 | Desktop app | Single Payment - or Monthly | https://pinegrow.com/ | no | yes & no | Yes | Pro version -- Ability to open Muse sites as HTML (or any site / template) and edit, modify, maintain visually / code -- Pinegrow relative to Muse https://forums.adobe.com/message/10278927#10278927 | ||||||||
22 | Adobe Spark New Component | $10 - $30 month | Vapor | Monthly Payment | https://spark.adobe.com/make/websites/ | Not Available | Who knows - no timeframe when available or what features it will have | ||||||||||
23 | Animaapp | FREE, 75 euros, 195 euros | Plugin for Sketch | Monthly Payment | https://www.animaapp.com | Mac Only | no | pretty new, not really in same class, requires Sketch, initially focused on prototyping | |||||||||
24 | AppDrag | Free/$35/mo/$135/mo | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://appdrag.com | no | Cloud based | ||||||||||
25 | Architect | $997.00 | Single Payment | https://ultimatearchitect.com/ | Closed temporarily? | This is different from Musethemes' Architect platform | |||||||||||
26 | Avada | $49 - $99 month | Wordpress plugin | It's complicated... | https://avada.theme-fusion.com | no | Bob Levine's preferred WordPress playground with tons of themes and stuff. Especially the Fusion visual editor seems comfortable. Sold by Envato, with strange licensing schemes. | ||||||||||
27 | Bebob | Free - $39 p/m | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://www.bebob.io | no | Similar to Webflow | ||||||||||
28 | Blue Camroo | $40 + support $10.50 for 12 m. | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://www.bluecamroo.com/ | Cloud based, CMS, Nested Templates, Pages, CSS, Forms, Customer Database, Users, From those core components you will be able to add any of BlueCamroo’s Website Modules for no additional charge. You can add eCommerce, Blog, Calendar, Image Gallery, Job Board, Site Search, and Banners. CRM, Project Management | |||||||||||
29 | BlueGriffon | 0- 35 Euros p/m | Desktop app | Free + Single Payment | http://bluegriffon.org | The next-gen Web and EPUB Editor based on the rendering engine of Firefox | |||||||||||
30 | Bondlayer | $6-$12 per website per month | Monthly Payment | https://www.bondlayer.com | Similar to Webflow, cloud based with cms, still in public beta I think | ||||||||||||
31 | BootStrap Studio | $25 ($50 lifetime) | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://bootstrapstudio.io/ | no | Templates and widgets just added, has drag and drop pre designed blocks in app and searchable via online submitted by users, - But it's a closed file format, cant open templates, other sites etc., ** HTML / CSS / JS Knowledge ** required to fully use | ||||||||||
32 | Brandcast | Monthly payment | Monthly Payment ? | https://brandcast.com/ | Cloud based -- UI is similar to Adobe in ways -- But its hosted and new service so who know how they will do | ||||||||||||
33 | Cloudpress | $17 - $79 p/m | Wordpress plugin | Monthly Payment | http://www.cloud-press.net | no | Wordpress Cloud based drag and drop, great idea but doesn't seem to be updated very often | ||||||||||
34 | CoffeeCup Designer | $189.00 | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://www.coffeecup.com/designer/ | Responsive design with Bootstrap and Foundation frameworks | |||||||||||
35 | Corel Website Creator | $15 - $60 p/m | Desktop app | https://www.coreldraw.com/en/product/website-creator/ | Windows only | no | Forum Quote - possibly the single worst web editing program ever. < LOL. | ||||||||||
36 | Divi | Free/$12-$42 /mo | Wordpress plugin | Monthly Payment + Single Payment | https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/ | For full access to themes and plugins it costs $89 yearly or $249 lifetime, Wordpress based | |||||||||||
37 | Dreamweaver | Free - $300 p/m | Desktop app | Monthly Payment | https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html | no | yes | Need extensive knowledge of HTML/CSS, Also is very clunky and hard to navigate , many dreamweaver users feel its not maintined properly and lost focus | |||||||||
38 | Elementor | $199.00 | Wordpress plugin | Yearly payment | https://elementor.com/ | Wordpress based | |||||||||||
39 | Foundation | Free | Developer Framework | Free | https://foundation.zurb.com/ | yes | Framework -- to build responsive sites -- ** must know HTML CSS JS | ||||||||||
40 | Froont | to be determined | Web app | Monthly Payment | http://froont.com | Cloud web design tool | |||||||||||
41 | Google WebDesigner | N/A | Desktop app | Free | Not really a site builder - mostly for Banners and Interavtive content | ||||||||||||
42 | Goshly | $7.99 - $39.99 p/m | Web app | Monthly Payment | http://www.goshly.com | Similar to muse in some ways, geared to consumers rather than web designers, but more suited to designers in my opinion | |||||||||||
43 | GridBox | $69 single license | Free ? | https://www.gridbox.io/ | Online? Visual HTML Builder for Bootstrap & Foundation WARNING submitted content becomes MIT licensed according to their terms of service | ||||||||||||
44 | JoomShaper SP Page Builder | $99.00 | 1 year of updates | https://www.joomshaper.com/ | Joomla based - Page Builder and Templates - Drag & Drop Joomla based page builder | ||||||||||||
45 | Let's integrate this list | https://cssauthor.com/best-website-builders/ | |||||||||||||||
46 | Live Composer | $59.99 one time fee | Wordpress plugin | Free | https://livecomposerplugin.com/ | Free WordPress Page Builder | |||||||||||
47 | Macaw ( * Abandoned ) | Free | Desktop app | Free | http://download.macaw.co/ | End Of Life | yes | Abandoned Januarary 2016 | |||||||||
48 | Massive Dynamic | $12 to $40 month | http://pixflow.net/products/massive-dynamic/# | Wordpress based. Website builder WYSIWYG with Templates and Themes in Themeforest and Envato market | |||||||||||||
49 | Mobirise | Free + expensive extensions | https://mobirise.com/ | no | no | View their forum, many unhappy customers - * shady company -- have to keep paying to use payed extensions or templates | |||||||||||
50 | Mono | Free - $79 p/m | https://www.monosolutions.com | ||||||||||||||
51 | Net Objects Essentials | Free | Free | http://netobjects.com/html/free-website-design-software.html | The Lite version of NetObjects Fusion | ||||||||||||
52 | NetObjects Fusion 2015 | $0 to $48 p/m | Desktop app | One time purchase | http://netobjects.com/html/website-design-software.html | Desktop, drag & drop, WYSIWYG software -- is it abandonded or still being worked on or updated ? 2015 ? | |||||||||||
53 | Odoo | Free + $ | Monthy Payment | https://www.odoo.com/page/website-builder | Odoo Website Builder works for a broad market, from people who just need a blog to big companies that need a full solution. | ||||||||||||
54 | Oxxy | Free | Free + Monthly Payment | https://www.oxxy.com | |||||||||||||
55 | Oxygen | part of CC Subscription | Wordpress plugin | Single Payment | https://oxygenapp.com | Wordpress based visual design plugin | |||||||||||
56 | Pagecloud | $49 - $199 | Monthly Payment | https://www.pagecloud.com | no | Cloud web design tool, similar to Muse in many ways, no cms yet, blog coming, access to code | |||||||||||
57 | Phase | $75-$400+ /mo | Web + Desktop app | https://phase.com | Summer 2018 | Design and Prototype websites with promised code export | |||||||||||
58 | Pingendo | Free | Desktop app | Free + Monthly Payment | https://pingendo.com/ | Bootstrap based, need to know HTML CSS JS to get the most out of it | |||||||||||
59 | Pixel Together | $39.00 | Monthly Payment | http://pixeltogether.com | Cloud based | ||||||||||||
60 | Qipster | Free ? | Monthly Payment | https://www.qipster.com | |||||||||||||
61 | Quick 'n Easy Web Builder | Now $39.99 | Desktop app | Single Payment | http://www.quickandeasywebbuilder.com/ | Mac only | Same people who make the PC version WYSIWYG Web Builder | ||||||||||
62 | ReadyMag | $499 part of suite | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://readymag.com/ | ||||||||||||
63 | Readz | $189.00 | Monthly Payment | https://www.readz.com/homepage | |||||||||||||
64 | RocketCake | $0-$64/Month + | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://www.ambiera.com/rocketcake/index.html | Mac version is a pretty terrible QT port | |||||||||||
65 | Rukzuk | $99 p/m | Monthly Payment | https://rukzuk.com/en/ | Design, CMS, Hosting | ||||||||||||
66 | Semplice | Free | Wordpress plugin | Monthly Payment | https://www.semplice.com/ | Portfolio. Wordpress based -- * Built by designers, for designers | |||||||||||
67 | Simbla | $49 - $299 | Monthly Payment | https://www.simbla.com/ | no | Drag and drop responsive UI, Templates, Widgets, Online data base builder, web application builder, Mobile and tablet responsive, SEO, Bootstrap 3, App market | |||||||||||
68 | Sitemanager | Free Beta | Monthly Payment | https://www.sitemanager.io | Cloud web design platform | ||||||||||||
69 | Spacecraft | $16-$35 /mo | Monthly Payment | https://gospacecraft.com | |||||||||||||
70 | Thrive Architect | $89 yearly or $249 lifetime | Wordpress plugin | Single Payment | https://thrivethemes.com/architect/ | Similar to Elementor wordpress plugin | |||||||||||
71 | Tidy | $20 - $24 p/m | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://tidycms.com | Cloud based | |||||||||||
72 | Tilda | Free - 19.99 Euros p/m | Free + Monthly Payment | https://tilda.cc | |||||||||||||
73 | Visual Composer | $30/user/month | Wordpress plugin | Monthly Payment | https://wpbakery.com/ | Wordpress based | |||||||||||
74 | webacappella | $199.00 | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://www.webacappella.com/en/# | all | |||||||||||
75 | Webflow | $12 - $349 | Web app | Monthly Payment | https://webflow.com/ | Chrome Safari | no | no | Good but not a replacement. Browser tool. Offer Hosting plan but you can export to your host -- The designer tool only works in Safari and Chrome. | ||||||||
76 | Wix | $49-$149 or $8-$12 p/m | Web app | Monthly Payment | http://www.wix.com | yes | no | Limited Web based | |||||||||
77 | Xara web designer | $49-$99 | Desktop app | Single Payment | https://www.magix.com/us/web/xara-web-designer/ | Windows only | |||||||||||
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