I use Wix Studio to create and manage websites for myself and my clients. It makes it easy to build websites relatively quickly, and my clients can manage them without our ongoing involvement. The sites turn out beautiful and responsive, and I can bring my creative vision online without needing a developer, which saves us money in developer fees. I like the design freedom and the balance between being able to create what I want and making the site easy for clients to manage, especially when I set them up in content mode. I can change fonts and colors across the site to match a client’s brand. The template library is vast, and I can often find something close to what I want to create. I usually start with a template, adjust the fonts and colors, and get the website about 70% complete in around an hour; starting from scratch would take me about five hours. Wix Studio’s initial setup was very, very easy, and I prefer it because it gives me more design flexibility than Squarespace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My biggest criticism of Wix Studio is the AI code in Velo. It’s a great idea, but the AI code has literally never done what I needed, and if a feature isn’t already an option, it probably just won’t happen, so it can be impossible to get that design across. I’ve also had trouble with portability and customer service. When I need help with something serious, like a billing or copyright issue, support feels very sloppy. It’s difficult to get past the AI customer service bot, which doesn’t know how to answer questions or link up well to the website I’m asking about. If I reach a human, I get a frontline agent who can’t really do much. I can’t export my sites to another platform, so if a website breaks, I feel like I’m kind of screwed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.