Webnode review 2021

Webnode Review: We put Webnode through its paces With more than 40 million registered users, Webnode is one of the larger players in the website creation arena. Their core strength is clearly languages – they support more than 20 of them and they even let you create a multilingual website. Surprisingly, they also offer support in all these languages. A while ago, Webnode decided to launch a new version of their platform and replace the good old editor that we liked a lot. We even used it to build the original version of WebsiteToolTester back in the days before it became too complex for Webnode. The improvements include a more direct editing experience as well as a range of good-looking designs. They also added a new and improved shopping cart to the website builder. So how does it compare with the industry leaders? We’ll reveal to you all the ins and outs of this website builder. Keep on reading to find out: Webnode Pricing $0 Free Displays a small Webnode ad. Doesn't include own domain name. Up to 100 MB of storage. $3.90 Limited Connect your own domain name. It includes a Webnode link in the footer. $7.50 Mini Good solution for smaller projects that need professional email. Still shows a Webnode ad. $12.90 Standard The ideal plan for professional and bilingual websites. Ad-free. $22.90 Profi For big sites that need up to 5 GB of storage, 100 email accounts and multilingual sites Monthly prices based on a 1-year contract (Personal Website). Domain: from $9.90 per year (prices vary depending on the domain ending Rating Details criterion rating comments Ease of use With the drag and drop editor you can add sections (e.g. a price list) and content elements (e.g. images, text, videos, etc) to pages. It can take some time until you know your way around as not everything is intuitive. Choice and flexibility of design (templates) They offer responsive designs and there is enough variety. However, be aware that you won’t be able to tweak their HTML or CSS. A neat feature is that you can give a unique look to each section by changing their background color. Changing the template without losing all of the content is not possible, unfortunately. Advertisement-free Yes You'll need the Standard plan or the Profi package minimum for an ad-free site. Languages Webnode is available in more than 20 languages. A great plus is the multilingual feature that supports different language versions of your website! Features Your own domain name (e.g. .com or .net) Yes Register a domain via Webnode or re-direct your existing domain. The plans Mini and higher include a free domain for the first year. SSL encryption is included in all plans so your site will run on https. Depth of navigation It comes with 3 levels (2 sublevels) of navigation. Widgets (small tools to add extra functionality) It’s missing some important widgets such as: social likes and shares, a site search box and some more. Unfortunately, Webnode doesn’t come with an app store like Weebly and Wix. Monetization Yes You can add AdSense support via the HTML element

E-Commerce They have an integrated ecommerce solution. Even if it comes with the basic features, it doesn’t have advanced functionality like real shipping costs or integrated label printing. Only available in the Standard and Profi plans. If you are serious about ecommerce, look for an alternative. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Enough for most users. Customize title tags, meta-descriptions and URLs. Webnode generates a sitemap automatically. Creating 301 redirects is not (yet) possible and some templates don’t use an SEO-friendly headings structure. Blog The blog isn’t too bad, it comes with the basic features (e.g. comments and categories), and their editor is pretty flexible. Visitor statistics It has a simple reporting system integrated for statistics. Be aware that to integrate Google Analytics, the Standard plan or the Profi are required. Contact form Yes Pretty good. Advanced form fields such as date pickers or drop-down menus are available. Users can also upload files. Password protection & member areas Yes It comes with support for user registration. In other words, users can have their own password and username to access exclusive content. This is only available for the Standard and Profi plan. Newsletter tool No No, but you can integrate external newsletter systems like Mailchimp or MailerLite easily via the HTML element. Add HTML code Yes Allows you to add other widgets and tools. Storage space 100 MB+ The different plans have different storage limits (100 MB, 500 MB, 2 GB and 5 GB). Additionally, there is a bandwidth limit (1 GB, 3 GB, 10 GB and unlimited) for most plans (Limited, Mini and Standard). Backups & Restore Yes Yes, you can restore your website to a previous version. However, this is only included in the Standard (up to 5 backups) and Profi (unlimited backups) plans. For an extra fee you can add automatic daily backups – this is available for all plans! Support Yes FAQ No Chat Yes Email No Telephone Email and knowledgebase. Technical support questions are answered quickly but not always to our full satisfaction. Help files are not very comprehensive. Fun Factor It lacks some key features and some of the functionalities it does have are a bit too simple (e.g. image galleries). Overall Rating 4.0/5 Webnode offers, for now, a rather limited range of features. For example, the ecommerce needs improvement and they should really integrate social media widgets for the entire site. However, we’ve been told that they plan on adding more features in the future. Conclusion Webnode has a great strength: few website builders make it so easy to create a multilingual website. We were impressed with their templates, especially compared with their previous versions. Additionally, Webnode is one of the few site builders that lets you create (and restore) backup copies of your website. On the downside, it misses some basic features – to name a few: a better blog, an app store and there isn’t a search function, unfortunately. Their templates have some SEO shortcomings you should be aware of (e.g. odd heading structures). And remember, if you’d like to have a site without the self-promoting Webnode banner, you’ll need the Standard or the Profi plan. We also think they could be more generous with the storage and bandwidth limits they offer with the lower plans (Mini and Limited). > Click here to try Webnode for free