Weebly

Yes — Weebly is legitimate, owned by Block (formerly Square) since 2018, and hosts millions of sites with free SSL. The real question isn't safety but momentum: development has largely moved to Square Online, leaving classic Weebly in maintenance mode. Safe and stable, just no longer actively growing.

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Millions of existing sites still run on it, and the free plan keeps drawing hobby users — but it's no longer growing. Block's investment now goes into Square Online, which is built on Weebly's own technology. It remains perfectly fine for a simple site or a first store; you just shouldn't expect new features or a modern editor. If active development matters to you, Wix or Squarespace are the livelier choices.

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Yes — genuinely free forever: you can build and publish a working site with SSL at no cost, on a weebly.com subdomain with Weebly branding. Connecting your own domain and dropping the branding needs a paid plan, from US$15/mo. Among free tiers it's still one of the most usable around.

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Stalled development — Block's focus is Square Online, not classic Weebly — plus dated templates next to Wix and Squarespace, limited design flexibility, thinner SEO tools and no mobile editing app. Its ecommerce is basic and carries a transaction fee on the entry store tier. The counterweights are real, though: genuine ease of use and one of the best free plans anywhere, which is precisely the niche it still owns. For a simple free or low-cost site it holds up; for anything ambitious it shows its age.

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Wix, in almost every dimension — more templates, active development, better ecommerce and stronger SEO. Weebly wins on just two points: arguably the most usable genuinely free plan, and an even simpler editor for absolute beginners. For a zero-budget hobby page where simplicity is everything, Weebly. For anything you want to grow, make look better or sell more on, Wix is the clear upgrade and worth the paid plan.

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Adequate for a casual blog: posts, categories, comments and RSS are all built in, wrapped in Weebly's easy editor. Serious bloggers hit its ceilings quickly, though — limited SEO control, dated themes and none of the modern content workflows you'd get elsewhere. For blogging as a hobby attached to a simple site, it's fine; as a main pursuit where reach and presentation matter, WordPress or Squarespace will serve you noticeably better. Weebly's strength is simplicity, not publishing power.

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