IN SHORT
A simple, beginner-friendly website builder from San Francisco, owned by payments giant Block (formerly Square) and best known for its genuinely usable free plan.
- Genuinely usable free plan
- Easy drag-and-drop editor
- Square-powered payments for stores
- Low-cost paid plans
THE BRAND
- Company
- Weebly
- Headquarters
- San Francisco (USA)
- Founded
- 2006
- Group
- Block, Inc. (formerly Square, since 2018)
- Main product
- Drag-and-drop website builder with Square-powered e-commerce
- Audience
- Beginners and small businesses that want a simple site or store
ANALYSIS
Our experience with Weebly
Free plan
Weebly's free tier is one of the few that is genuinely usable: you can publish a real site at no cost, though it lives on a Weebly subdomain and shows Weebly branding.
Paid plans and payments
Paid plans are low-cost compared to rivals and include a free domain for the first year. Online stores run on Square's payment infrastructure — a natural fit if you already use Square for in-person sales.
Templates and development pace
With roughly 50+ templates, the design selection is smaller and less polished than Wix or Squarespace, and development has noticeably slowed since the Square acquisition.
Who is it for?
A solid pick for beginners who want the easiest possible route to a basic site or small store — especially if a free plan matters more than cutting-edge design.
PROS & CONS
The good and the bad
- Genuinely usable free plan
- Easy drag-and-drop editor
- Square-powered payments for stores
- Low-cost paid plans
- Fewer templates and less polish than rivals
- Development has slowed under Square
- Free plan shows Weebly branding
FAQ
The most common questions Australians ask about Weebly
Most-searched questions, per Sistrix
Is Weebly free for students?
Weebly's standard free plan is open to anyone, students included — you get a working site with SSL on a weebly.com subdomain at no cost. Separately, a dedicated 'Weebly for Education' platform with classroom-management tools still exists for schools and teachers. For a student portfolio, a class project or a personal page, the free Weebly plan remains one of the simplest ways to get something online without spending a cent.
Is Weebly being phased out?
Slowly, in effect. Since Block (the company formerly called Square) acquired it in 2018, development has shifted toward Square Online, which is built on Weebly's underlying technology. Classic Weebly still runs and existing sites keep working normally, but new features and investment now land on the Square side. It's perfectly fine for what it does today — just don't expect it to keep evolving.
How do I find my old Weebly website?
Log in at weebly.com using the email address you originally signed up with — run a password reset first if it's been a while. Your sites should appear in the dashboard once you're in. If you've lost access to the account email, Weebly support can help you recover it with proof of ownership. Sites that were unpublished due to inactivity can usually be republished straight from the dashboard.
What is the disadvantage of Weebly?
The big one is stalled development — Block's attention is on Square Online, so Weebly itself sees little new investment. Its templates look dated next to Wix and Squarespace, design flexibility is limited, and its SEO tooling is thinner than the leaders offer. There's no native multilingual support either. The counterweights are real, though: genuine ease of use for beginners and one of the most usable free plans anywhere, which is why people still reach for it.
Does anyone use Weebly anymore?
Yes — millions of existing sites still run on Weebly, and its free plan keeps drawing in hobbyists and first-timers. What's changed is momentum: it's no longer a growing platform, and serious new projects tend to start elsewhere. As a home for a simple page or small personal site it's still perfectly serviceable; for anything you plan to grow, Wix, Squarespace or Shopify are the safer bets.
VERDICT
Is Weebly right for you?
A simple, beginner-friendly website builder from San Francisco, owned by payments giant Block (formerly Square) and best known for its genuinely usable free plan.
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