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Buildrok vs Wix for local service businesses.
Wix is a capable general-purpose website builder. Buildrok is a website builder made for plumbers, cleaners, HVAC companies, electricians and other local trades. Here's what that difference means in practice.
The core difference
Wix is built for anyone who wants a website: photographers, restaurants, online stores, bloggers, nonprofits, and service businesses too. That breadth is its strength, and it is also why a plumber on Wix starts from a page made for somebody else.
From there, the plumber picks a template, arranges the page, adds a form and works out what a homeowner with a leak needs to see first. Wix can do all of it. Someone has to decide all of it.
Buildrok starts from your trade. There are 40 designs for 13 trades, each with the pages, the quote form and the call button that trade needs. You are not adapting a general template; you are filling in one already shaped for your business.
What it costs
Wix has a free plan that shows Wix branding, and paid plans priced by what you need. Its current plans and prices are on wix.com/plans.
Buildrok is one plan: $29 a month, or $276 a year. Hosting, a standard .com, .net, .org, .co, .us domain registered in your name, the quote form and the Lead Inbox are all in it, and building and previewing your site are free.
The bigger cost is usually time. Wix gives you room to build anything, and that room has to be filled. Buildrok makes those decisions in advance for your trade, so there is less to set up.
Side by side
| What's compared | Buildrok | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Local trade businesses, each trade with designs of its own | Any kind of business or personal site |
| Where you start | A design for your trade, with your details already in it | A template or a blank page you arrange yourself |
| Design freedom | Less. You change the words, photos, colors and each section's layout, not the page structure | Full drag-and-drop control of the page |
| Designs | 40 designs for 13 trades | A large library covering every kind of business |
| Add-ons | Nothing to install. What a trade site needs is built in | An app market for booking, payments, chat and more |
| Online store | Not supported | Available on the Wix plans that include ecommerce |
| Lead form | A quote form built for your trade, with junk and bot messages blocked | A general contact form to start, which you can customize |
| Local search | Built for local Google searches | SEO tools are included; the local structure is yours to set up |
| On phones | A call button that stays on screen | Responsive pages, with a mobile editor for adjustments |
| Price | $29 a month, or $276 a year, with everything below included | A free plan that shows Wix branding, and paid plans |
| Hosting and domain | Hosting, and a standard .com, .net, .org, .co, .us domain registered in your name | Hosting included; domain terms depend on the plan |
Wix's current plans, and what each one includes, are listed on wix.com/plans.
Which one is right for you
Pick Wix if
- Your business isn't one of the trades Buildrok covers
- You want an app market and full control over every page
- You plan to sell products online as well
- You enjoy design and have the time to set it up
- You want to build something unusual from a blank page
Pick Buildrok if
- Your trade is one of the 13 we make designs for
- You want a site built around your trade from the first screen
- You want the quote form, the call button and local search basics already in place
- You'd rather fill in a design than arrange one
- Your goal is phone calls and quote requests, not a portfolio
See what Buildrok builds for your trade.
Pick a design made for your trade, add your details, and see the live site before you pay anything.