GoDaddy vs Wix
GoDaddy or Wix comes down to whether a low first year or a steady price matters more to you. One builds through a chat with Airo, the other hands you an editor. Rowbo is the third way, built for you from your Google listing. A look before you keep it, no card.
GoDaddy or Wix?
These two start from different places. GoDaddy prices the first year low and builds through a chat with Airo, which appeals if you want the domain, email and site from one supplier. Wix charges the same every year and hands you an editor to arrange yourself, which suits an owner who likes to keep changing the layout. Go with GoDaddy if the first-year price and one supplier matter most, and Wix if you would rather own the editor and the look.
What you pay in year one
GoDaddy Airo for WordPress Basic is about £12 a month for the first year. Prices checked 12 August 2026.
A designer builds a 5 to 15 page site from £500, at general UK rates. Prices checked 21 September 2026.
£644 in year one
Wix Light is £9 a month, billed annually. Prices checked 12 August 2026.
A designer builds a brochure site from £500, per UK agency guides. Prices checked 21 September 2026.
£608 in year one
£30 a month, 12 months, £360. Built for you, included, no setup fee.
£360 in year one
That is £248 less in year one at UK designer rates, and nobody to hire.
Side by side
Prices checked 12 August 2026.
GoDaddy lists in US dollars: at the £1 to $1.27 rate in our research, $14.99 is about £12 a month for the first year. Wix figures are the UK annual list prices. Ours is £30 a month, billed monthly.
What you get for £30 a month
- A real multi-page website, built from the Google listing you already have.
- Your own .com, registered and pointed at it, in the price.
- Hosting and updates, so there is nothing else to renew and nothing to install.
- Your photos, your hours, your services and your reviews, already on the page.
- Any change you want, made by us: the words, the photos, the colours, a whole new page. Just tell us.
- A site Google can index and ChatGPT can read.
- We go through your Google listing and fix what is holding it back: the link to your site, the categories, the hours and the photos.
- Built and checked by us, and yours to look at before you keep it.
- No setup fee, no minimum term, and you can cancel any month.
- A price one extra customer a week covers, with nothing else to pay for.
- Our estimate: around 10 more customers a month. Based on typical monthly searches for a local business in a UK town and what a page-one result gets.
Why owners pick Rowbo
The third way past GoDaddy or Wix is not to build it yourself at all. Somebody searching for your trade opens a website and reads it before they call, and the page can come straight off your Google listing. Rowbo builds the pages from the photos, the hours and the reviews already on it. They sit on your own .com, at £30 a month, with the hosting, the domain and the updates in one bill. A price changes, you message us from the counter, and we change it. And after it goes live we keep measuring for you. A scan today with the date on it, then a short report every month. Where you stand in local search is something you can see, not something you hope for.
If a low first-year price and one seller for your domain and site matter most, GoDaddy is built around that, and Rowbo is not.
Questions owners ask.
GoDaddy or Wix, which should I choose?
Choose GoDaddy if a low first-year price and one supplier for your domain and site suit you. Choose Wix if you want a fixed yearly price and full control of the editor. Rowbo is the third option, built for you from your Google listing.
What do GoDaddy and Wix cost?
GoDaddy Airo for WordPress Basic is $14.99 a month for the first year, then it renews higher. Wix is £9 a month for Light and £16 for Core, billed annually. Rowbo is £30 a month with the .com, hosting and updates in it. Prices checked 12 August 2026.
Can I get the website built for me instead?
Yes, that is what Rowbo does: tell us your business name, and we build the pages from your Google listing. Your own .com, the hosting and the updates are in the price, and changes are made for you when you ask.
Look at the third way.
£360 a year, built for you. Tell us your business name and we show you the pages we build. No card, and a look first.
No card needed