Twelve builders publish a page for free, and the question that sorts them is the domain: only Systeme.io, Dorik and Netlify let a free site sit on your own domain, while Carrd, Webflow, Framer, Wix, WordPress.com, Strikingly and Weebly keep free sites on a subdomain with their badge or ads. Squarespace, Unbounce, Leadpages and Umso have no free plan at all, and Leadpages charges your card on day seven of the trial. Prices are USD and were checked on 23 October 2026. For internal tools, customer portals and app MVPs, see Free Website & App Builders. How we score · All Kurums Free lists
TL;DR — the free site builder that fits
- Lead-capture funnel on your own domain, free: Systeme.io Free — 3 funnels, 1 custom domain, 2,000 contacts, unlimited emails.
- One-page site in an afternoon: Carrd — up to three sites on a carrd.co subdomain; custom domain is $19 a year.
- Design-led landing page: Framer Free — 1,000 pages and 1 GB bandwidth on a Framer domain.
- Developer with a static site: Netlify Free — custom domain with SSL and unlimited forms within 300 credits a month.
- Page tied to your email list or CRM: Mailchimp Free (250 contacts) or HubSpot free pages (2 users, branded).
Which landing page & website builders tools have a free plan in 2026?
Every builder below publishes a live page at no monthly cost with no end date. They differ on three things a business cares about: whether the free site can use your domain (Systeme.io, Dorik and Netlify yes; everyone else no), whether it carries the vendor’s badge or ads (WordPress.com and Wix and Weebly show ads; Webflow, Carrd and Strikingly show a badge), and how much traffic it can take (Webflow and Framer 1 GB a month; Netlify roughly 15 GB in credits; GitHub Pages 100 GB but not for commercial use).
We excluded Squarespace (no free plan), Unbounce and Umso (trials) and Leadpages (trial that charges your card on day seven). Canva Websites is listed from a third-party source; Dorik’s pricing page contradicts itself and its free tier is marked unverified.
The table shows the domain rule, the binding cap and the Free Score. Open a row for bandwidth, forms, branding and the page we checked.
| Company | Free as | Key limit | Card | Free Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S |
Free forever | 3 funnels · 1 custom domain · 2,000 contacts | No | 90 | Scorecard ↓ |
| F |
Free forever | 1,000 pages · 1 GB bandwidth · Framer domain | No | 78 | Scorecard ↓ |
| C |
Free forever | 3 sites · subdomain · no forms | No | 76 | Scorecard ↓ |
| N |
Usage credits | 300 credits/mo · custom domain · 1 member | No | 74 | Scorecard ↓ |
| W |
Free forever | 2 pages · 50 CMS items · 1 GB · badge | No | 66 | Scorecard ↓ |
W WordPress.com |
Free forever | 1 GB · subdomain · ads shown | No | 62 | Scorecard ↓ |
| M |
Free forever | 250 contacts · 500 sends/mo · branded | No | 60 | Scorecard ↓ |
| H |
Free forever | 2 users · ~30 pages (third-party) · branded | No | 58 | Scorecard ↓ |
| W |
Free forever | Subdomain · Wix ads · ~500 MB (third-party) | No | 56 | Scorecard ↓ |
| S |
Free forever | Unlimited free sites · subdomain · no custom forms | No | 52 | Scorecard ↓ |
| G |
Free forever | 100 GB/mo · not for running a business | No | 50 | Scorecard ↓ |
| W |
Free forever | Subdomain · Square ads · SSL | No | 48 | Scorecard ↓ |
| D |
Free forever | 25 pages · 1 custom domain (page inconsistent) | No | 40 | Scorecard ↓ |
Free tiers verified 23 October 2026 on each vendor’s pricing page (third-party sources named in the Scorecard where the vendor page was silent). Order is by Free Score only; sponsorship never changes it.
What do the free site builder plans actually include?
Open any row for the eight-field Scorecard. The “Why it ranks here” note under each row explains the score in plain terms.
1S
Systeme.ioFrance · funnels, a blog, a course and unlimited email to 2,000 contacts on your own domain, freeFree forever3 funnels · 1 custom domain · 2,000 contactsNo card90⌄
- What’s free
- Free: up to 2,000 contacts, unlimited emails sent, 3 sales funnels, 1 blog, 1 course, 1 custom domain, unlimited file storage
- Hard limits
- 3 funnels · 2,000 contacts · funnel-step limit not stated · branding not stated
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A fourth funnel or a 2,001st contact
- Cheapest paid step
- Startup $17/month billed monthly (annual gives two months free, amount not listed)
- Best free for
- A solo marketer who wants page, form and email in one tool on their own domain
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · systeme.io/pricing
2F
FramerNetherlands · a design-first builder with 1,000 pages and 10 CMS collections free on a Framer domainFree forever1,000 pages · 1 GB bandwidth · Framer domainNo card78⌄
- What’s free
- Free Framer domain, 1 GB bandwidth, 10 CMS collections, 1,000 pages
- Hard limits
- No custom domain · 1 GB bandwidth · badge and form limits not stated
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- Connecting a custom domain
- Cheapest paid step
- Basic $10/month (billed by the cycle chosen at checkout; yearly figure not shown)
- Best free for
- A designer building a polished landing page before the domain matters
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · framer.com/pricing
Why it ranks here. The most generous page cap here and the best editor; the domain is the single paid wall, and 1 GB a month is a few thousand visits.
3C
CarrdUS · one-page sites, up to three per free account, on a carrd.co address; forms, domains and widgets are Pro from $9 a yearFree forever3 sites · subdomain · no formsNo card76⌄
- What’s free
- Free account with up to three sites (Pro adds ‘more than three’); a 7-day Pro trial with no card
- Hard limits
- 3 sites · element cap not stated (Pro is ‘unlimited elements’) · custom domains, forms and widgets are Pro only · ‘Made with Carrd’ branding
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- No. The Pro trial states no payment or card is required.
- Upgrade trigger
- A custom domain, a form, or a fourth site
- Cheapest paid step
- Pro Lite $9/year (3 sites, no forms); Pro Standard $19/year (10 sites, custom domains)
- Best free for
- A bio page, a launch page or a one-page brochure
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · carrd.com/pro (free details implied from the Pro feature list)
Why it ranks here. Free is limited to a subdomain without forms, but the paid step is $19 a year — the cheapest custom-domain route on this page by a wide margin. Scored for the free tier, noted for the price.
4N
NetlifyUS · $0 forever for a static site on your own domain with SSL, metered in 300 credits a month; forms free and unlimitedUsage credits300 credits/mo · custom domain · 1 memberNo card74⌄
- What’s free
- $0 forever, 300 credits a month, custom domains with SSL, 1 member; forms free and unlimited on credit-based plans
- Hard limits
- Bandwidth metered at 20 credits per GB (about 15 GB a month — our arithmetic, not stated) · 1 concurrent build · 1 member
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- Exhausting the monthly credits
- Cheapest paid step
- Personal $9/month
- Best free for
- A developer who builds the page in code and wants it on the company domain
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · netlify.com/pricing and docs
Why it ranks here. Own domain, SSL and a form backend free — if you can write or generate HTML. Scored as a credit tier; the bandwidth equivalent is our calculation.
5W
WebflowUS · the Starter plan: two static pages, 50 CMS items and 50 form submissions on a webflow.io subdomain with a badgeFree forever2 pages · 50 CMS items · 1 GB · badgeNo card66⌄
- What’s free
- Starter: webflow.io subdomain, 2 static pages, 50 CMS items in 20 collections, 1 GB a month bandwidth, 50 form submissions per site
- Hard limits
- No custom domain · 2 pages · ‘Made in Webflow’ badge cannot be removed · 50 submissions
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A third page, a custom domain or removing the badge
- Cheapest paid step
- Basic site plan $15/month billed yearly, per site
- Best free for
- A staging or prototype landing page from a designer who already uses Webflow
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · webflow.com/pricing
Why it ranks here. Professional output and the tightest page cap on the list. Two pages is a landing page and a thank-you page — enough for a campaign, not a site.
6WWordPress.comUS · a free site with 1 GB storage on a wordpress.com subdomain that shows WordPress.com ads; no pluginsFree forever1 GB · subdomain · ads shownNo card62⌄
- What’s free
- Free: 1 GB storage, a wordpress.com subdomain, no expiry
- Hard limits
- No custom domain · ads shown to visitors · no plugin installs · AI assistant limited to 20 requests · newsletter import up to 100 subscribers
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A custom domain, removing ads or installing plugins
- Cheapest paid step
- Personal $2.75/month billed every 36 months; $4/month billed yearly; $9 monthly
- Best free for
- A content-led company site where ads are tolerable until the $4 plan
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · wordpress.com/pricing
Why it ranks here. The most familiar editor and the cheapest annual upgrade after Carrd; the free tier’s ads on a business page are the problem.
7M
MailchimpUS · landing pages as part of the free email plan: 250 contacts, 500 sends a month, Mailchimp brandingFree forever250 contacts · 500 sends/mo · brandedNo card60⌄
- What’s free
- $0 plan with landing pages, 250 contacts, 500 sends a month or 250 a day
- Hard limits
- 250 contacts · sending paused over the limit · branding cannot be removed · landing page count and custom domain not stated
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A 251st contact or removing branding
- Cheapest paid step
- Essentials $13/month for 12 months, then a higher rate the page leaves blank
- Best free for
- A lead-capture page that feeds a small email list
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing (landing-page count not stated)
Why it ranks here. The page is a means to the list, and the list is capped at 250. Fine for a launch; outgrown by the first good month.
8H
HubSpotUS · free landing pages with a template library inside the free CRM for two users; the page cap comes from a third partyFree forever2 users · ~30 pages (third-party) · brandedNo card58⌄
- What’s free
- Free for up to 2 users with no card: landing page builder and template library
- Hard limits
- About 30 landing pages and 30 website pages with HubSpot branding (third-party) · custom domain not stated
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- No. ‘No credit card required’ is stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- Removing branding or premium features
- Cheapest paid step
- Marketing Hub Starter ‘starts at $7/month/seat’ (shown next to $20; period not labelled)
- Best free for
- A team already running HubSpot’s free CRM that wants pages feeding it
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · hubspot.com/pricing/marketing; page cap from mo.agency, 27 Jul 2026
Why it ranks here. Convenient if the CRM is HubSpot and branded if it is not; the cap could not be read from HubSpot itself.
9W
WixIsrael · a free drag-and-drop site with hosting and no card, on a wixsite.com address with Wix adsFree foreverSubdomain · Wix ads · ~500 MB (third-party)No card56⌄
- What’s free
- Free plan: hosting, drag-and-drop editor, templates, no card
- Hard limits
- No custom domain and Wix branding on free (vendor FAQ) · about 500 MB storage and 1 GB bandwidth with Wix ads on every page (third-party)
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- No. ‘No credit card required’ is stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A custom domain or removing ads
- Cheapest paid step
- Light — $17.77/month shown localised with tax, for yearly subscriptions paid in full
- Best free for
- A quick brochure site for a business that will upgrade soon
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · wix.com/plans; caps from bluehost.com, 19 Jun 2026
Why it ranks here. Easy and heavily branded; the caps are third-party and the paid price is shown in a local currency with tax, which makes comparison hard.
10S
StrikinglyUS · unlimited free one-page sites on a Strikingly subdomain; domains and custom forms are paidFree foreverUnlimited free sites · subdomain · no custom formsNo card52⌄
- What’s free
- Unlimited free sites
- Hard limits
- Custom domain is paid · branding removal only on Pro · custom forms only on Pro · storage and bandwidth not stated for free
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A custom domain or a form
- Cheapest paid step
- Limited $8/month billed yearly (2 sites, 50 GB bandwidth)
- Best free for
- Several single-page microsites that do not need a form
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · strikingly.com/pricing
Why it ranks here. Unlimited sites sounds generous until you notice forms and domains are both paid; it is a brochure, not a lead page.
11G
GitHub PagesUS · static hosting with 100 GB a month and 1 GB sites — explicitly not allowed for commercial transactions or running a businessFree forever100 GB/mo · not for running a businessNo card50⌄
- What’s free
- Static hosting from a repository: 100 GB a month soft bandwidth limit, 10 builds an hour, sites up to 1 GB
- Hard limits
- Not intended or allowed as free hosting to run an online business, including transactions or SaaS · no forms backend
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- No.
- Upgrade trigger
- None
- Cheapest paid step
- None
- Best free for
- A developer’s non-transactional product microsite or docs page
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · docs.github.com
Why it ranks here. The biggest bandwidth on the list and terms that rule out most of what a marketing page is for. Listed so nobody puts a checkout on it.
12W
WeeblyUS (Square) · basic use at $0 with free SSL and a cart; custom domain and ad removal are paidFree foreverSubdomain · Square ads · SSLNo card48⌄
- What’s free
- Basic use at $0 a month with free SSL and a shopping cart
- Hard limits
- Custom domain paid · Square ads on free (ad removal is a paid feature) · bandwidth and forms not stated
- Time limit
- None
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- A custom domain or removing ads
- Cheapest paid step
- Personal $13/month billed annually or $16 monthly
- Best free for
- A very simple site or store already on Square
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · weebly.com/pricing
Why it ranks here. Largely in maintenance mode inside Square; the free tier is a subdomain with ads and few stated specifics.
13D
DorikBangladesh · the pricing page’s free card lists 25 pages, one custom domain and unlimited bandwidth — and also a $249 price, so the tier is unverifiedFree forever25 pages · 1 custom domain (page inconsistent)No card40⌄
- What’s free
- A card headed FREE listing 25 pages, 1 custom domain, unlimited storage and bandwidth
- Hard limits
- The same card shows ‘$249 every 2 years’, so the free tier’s existence is unclear · branding and forms not readable
- Time limit
- Not stated
- Card required
- Not stated.
- Upgrade trigger
- Not stated
- Cheapest paid step
- Personal $29/month monthly or $10.38/month billed $249 every two years
- Best free for
- Not recommended until the vendor fixes the page
- Verified
- Oct 2026 · dorik.com/pricing (page labels conflict)
Why it ranks here. If the free card is right it would rank near the top — own domain, 25 pages — but the page contradicts itself and we score what we can verify.
Which free site builder has no credit-card requirement?
Carrd, Wix, HubSpot and Netlify state no card for free use or trials; Systeme.io, Framer, Webflow, WordPress.com, Mailchimp, Strikingly, Weebly and Dorik do not state it. None of the free tiers here converts to paid on its own.
The one that does charge is excluded: Leadpages collects a card at sign-up and charges it on day seven of the trial. Squarespace, Unbounce and Umso run trials without a card and then stop.
When does the free plan stop being enough?
Kurums Match: which free site builder fits your situation?
Solo marketer, lead funnel, own domain
Systeme.io Free.
Founder, one-page launch
Carrd (upgrade to $19/yr for the domain).
Designer, campaign page
Framer Free.
Developer, static page on the company domain
Netlify Free.
Content site, ads tolerable
WordPress.com Free.
Page feeding an email list
Mailchimp Free.
Page feeding HubSpot CRM
HubSpot free pages.
How we score free tiers
Duration (30): free forever scores 30, a 30-day-plus trial 15, a trial of 14 days or less 8, credit-based tiers 12. Capacity (30): whether the limits carry a team of three for twelve months. Core job (25): whether the free tier does the category’s main work — here, publishing a landing page or small business site, on your own domain, with a working form. Friction (15): no card 15; card but no auto-charge 8; auto-charge 0; self-hosting deducts for setup and maintenance.
Each free tier was checked on the vendor’s pricing page on 23 October 2026; where the vendor page was silent, the Scorecard names the third-party source used. Free tiers change, so this list is re-verified every quarter and a discontinued free plan stays listed for one month with a notice. Order is by Free Score only. Kurums Free sells no placement; sponsorship, affiliate links and vendor requests never change a score, a rank or a label. Vendors can submit corrections to the Kurums editorial team.
How did we verify these free tiers?
We opened each vendor’s pricing page and recorded domain rules, branding, bandwidth and storage, page and form caps and the paid step. Wix’s free-plan caps come from a third-party source dated June 2026; HubSpot’s page cap comes from an agency post dated July 2026; Canva Websites is not listed as a row. Dorik’s pricing page contradicts itself and its free tier is marked unverified. Google Sites’ pages state neither free status nor limits and it is not listed. Squarespace, Unbounce, Leadpages and Umso were excluded as having no free plan.
Prices are USD except Wix, which shows a localised price including tax.
Frequently asked questions
Which landing page builder is free with a custom domain?
Systeme.io (one custom domain, three funnels, 2,000 contacts) and Netlify (custom domain with SSL within 300 credits a month). Every other free tier here uses a subdomain.
Is Carrd free?
Yes, for up to three sites on a carrd.co address without forms. Pro Lite is $9 a year and Pro Standard, with custom domains, $19 a year.
Does Webflow have a free plan?
The Starter plan is free: two static pages, 50 CMS items, 1 GB bandwidth and 50 form submissions on a webflow.io subdomain with a badge. A custom domain needs the Basic site plan at $15 a month yearly.
Is Unbounce or Leadpages free?
No. Unbounce offers a 14-day trial with no card (Starter $22 a month yearly); Leadpages collects a card and charges it on day seven.
Can I run my business site on GitHub Pages?
GitHub’s terms say Pages is not allowed as free hosting to run an online business, including transactions or SaaS. Use it for a docs or product page without a checkout.
Does the free Wix plan show ads?
Wix’s FAQ says a Premium plan is needed to remove Wix branding and connect a domain; third-party sources describe Wix ads on every free page and about 500 MB of storage.
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