LinnStudio vs Wix.
Wix is one of the best-known website builders: drag and drop, from £9 a month. It suits people who enjoy building their own site. If you’d rather yours was designed, written and looked after for you, here’s how the two compare.
How Wix works, and what it costs.
Wix is a drag-and-drop website builder: you pick a template and build every page yourself, from the layout and the words to the photos, the SEO settings and every change after launch. Like Squarespace, it hosts the site for you, and there’s a free plan with Wix’s ads and a Wix address instead of your own domain.
- £9–£25 a month, Light to Business, billed yearly
- 2.1% + 20p on every UK card payment through Wix Payments
- 10–50 hours of your time to a first version
Wix or LinnStudio? The facts, side by side.
| Do it yourself | Done for you | |
|---|---|---|
| Wix | LinnStudio | |
| Cost | £9–£25 a month Light to Business, billed yearly | £59–£129 a month No build fee |
| Design | A template you build on Switching templates later means starting again | Custom and premium Designed around your customers |
| Time you put in | 10–50 hours to a first version | Under 2 hours One call, then your Content Kit |
| Who writes the copy | You | We write every page From one call, so it sounds like you |
| PageSpeed guarantee | None | 95+ mobile score For as long as you’re with us |
| SEO and AI search optimisation | Built-in tools, you do the work | Set up for you Structured data, speed and clear answers |
| Changes after launch | You do them | Unlimited, done for you Free, and done within 48 hours |
| Taking your site with you | Not possible The design and pages stay on Wix | Yes, after 12 payments Your domain and content are always yours |
| Support | Help centre and chat | Direct and personal From the people who built it |
How the numbers were worked out
UK prices, checked in September 2026. Most dollar prices are converted at about $1.26 to the pound.
- Wix
- Light £9, Core £16 and Business £25 a month, billed yearly (£11.50, £19 and £29 month to month); Business Elite is £119. Wix Payments charges 2.1% + 20p per UK card payment. Wix exports blog posts and products as spreadsheets, but not your design or pages.
- LinnStudio
- £59 or £129 a month, with no build fee. No minimum term. The price includes hosting, security, backups and unlimited changes done for you.
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Why LinnStudio over Wix? Three good reasons.
Built by you, or for you.
With Wix, every page is yours to lay out and write, and a first version typically takes 10 to 50 hours. With us it takes under 2 hours of your time: one call, then your Content Kit.
One template, for good.
On Wix, moving to a different template once you’ve built on one means starting your content again. We design your site around your customers, and change it for you whenever you need.
Yours to take, or Wix’s to keep.
Wix doesn’t export your site’s design or pages, so leaving means rebuilding from scratch. Your site is yours after 12 monthly payments, files and all, and your domain and content always are.
When Wix is the better choice
- You enjoy building it yourself, and you have the time to keep it up to date.
- You want to test an idea on a free plan first, and don’t mind Wix’s ads and address while you do.
Switching from Wix is simple. We move it for you.
We move your content from Wix for free, and your Wix site stays live until the new one is ready. Your domain can stay where it’s registered, and we redirect your old page addresses to the new ones, so Google can follow the move.
- Free, whoever built your site
- Your old site stays live until the new one is ready
- Your domain stays in your name, never ours: keep it where it is, or we move it to an easier provider
- Your email carries on as normal
- Old page addresses redirected, so Google can follow
Good questions, straight answers.
Something we haven’t covered? Email hello@linnstudio.co.uk and we’ll get back to you within two working days.
Why not just use a no-code builder like Wix, Squarespace or Webflow?
They’re fine if you have the time and the skills. You pay less per month, but the work is all yours: picking a template that other sites share too, writing every page, setting up the SEO and tracking, and making every change after that. It typically takes 10 to 50 hours to get to a first version, and the result often still looks like a template. You don’t own the site either: with most builders you can’t take it with you if you leave, and only Webflow lets you export the code.
I already have a website. Can you move it?
Yes, free. We move your content from wherever it’s built now, such as Wix, Squarespace or WordPress, and your domain can stay where it is.
Will I lose my Google ranking if I move?
Not if the move is done properly, and we plan for it from the start. We carry your key pages and content across and redirect your old page addresses to the new ones, so Google can follow the move. Rankings sometimes dip for a few weeks while Google catches up. They usually recover after that, and often improve, because the new site is faster and built with search in mind.
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