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Strikingly

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Strikingly is a website builder launched in 2012, with a shop and a blog inside the same editor as the site. As of , strikingly costs $20 a month on PRO and $59 on VIP.

Price chart of the website builders category from 4 dollars 50 to 59 dollars a month, plotted on a logarithmic price axis. Markers: Webnode at 4.50, Weebly at 13, Unicorn Platform at 14, Tilda at 15, Super at 16, Typedream at 20. A dashed line crosses at the 18 dollars category median. Strikingly holds the range from 20 dollars to 59 dollars with two tier posts at 20, 59 dollars.

the $18 median
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$20 to $59
Webnode$4.50/moWebnodeWebnode$4.50/mo-$15.50 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Webnode siteWeebly$13/moWeeblyWeebly Personal$13/mo-$7 vs the $20 entrychecked Jul 8, 2026See live pricingOfficial Weebly siteUnicorn Platform$14/moUnicorn PlatformUnicorn Platform Maker$14/mo-$6 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Unicorn Platform siteTilda$15/moTildaTilda Personal$15/mo-$5 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 7, 2026See live pricingOfficial Tilda siteSuper$16/moSuperSuper Personal$16/mo-$4 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Super siteTypedream$20/moTypedreamTypedream Launch$20/mo+$0 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Typedream site
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the $18 median
Webnode$4.50/moWebnodeWebnode$4.50/mo-$15.50 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Webnode siteWeebly$13/moWeeblyWeebly Personal$13/mo-$7 vs the $20 entrychecked Jul 8, 2026See live pricingOfficial Weebly siteUnicorn Platform$14/moUnicorn PlatformUnicorn Platform Maker$14/mo-$6 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Unicorn Platform siteTilda$15/moTildaTilda Personal$15/mo-$5 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 7, 2026See live pricingOfficial Tilda siteSuper$16/moSuperSuper Personal$16/mo-$4 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Super siteTypedream$20/moTypedreamTypedream Launch$20/mo+$0 vs the $20 entrychecked Aug 5, 2026See live pricingOfficial Typedream site
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§ 01 · the essentialsdefinition · fixed facts

What is Strikingly: one-page sites, Simple Store and site memberships

One-page sites, a Simple Store and unlimited free sites on FREE

Strikingly is a website builder, launched in 2012, aimed at single-page sites that go live the same day. A template is edited section by section and published. The free plan hosts unlimited sites on a strikingly.com address with 500 MB of storage and 5 GB of monthly bandwidth each. Paying connects your own domain, clears the branding, and switches on Simple Store, site memberships, pop-ups, site search and embedded code. The upper tier opens newsletters, membership tiers and auto-translation.

The store carries a second rate. Every order gives something back: 5 percent on the free plan, 2 percent on PRO, nothing on VIP. That cut grows with sales while the plan stays flat, so a busy shop pays more in fees than in rent.

the fixed factsvendor plan list, read on one pass
what it is
a one-page site buildertemplates edited in place, published the same day
launched
2012an old hand, still selling a free published site
the editor
sections you switch onno plugin directory, no separate store application
free plan
unlimited sites500 MB storage and 5 GB monthly bandwidth on each
paid sites included
3 and 5free sites stay unlimited alongside them
selling
Simple Storeon every paid plan, with a share of each order kept
paid plans
2$20 and $59 a month, $16 and $49 yearly
bought separately
domain and mailbox$24.95 and $25 a year, in no plan at all

The plan steps, all five commitment lengths and both add-on rates are compared in full on what each Strikingly plan costs a year.

§ 02 · features8 capabilities × 2 plans

Strikingly features by plan: Simple Store, memberships and newsletters

Simple Store, site memberships, pop-ups, site search and newsletters

Everything a Strikingly site does happens inside one editor. There is no plugin directory. The shop, the sign-up form, the membership gate and the posts are sections switched on beside the ones holding your text. A first site takes an afternoon.

claimed capacitythe vendor's own plan list
capabilities compared
8taken from what each plan says it includes
paid plans
2plus a free plan that publishes real, live sites
template switching
not possiblea new look means building the site again from empty
cut of each order
5, 2 and 0 percentfree, PRO and VIP, on everything the store sells
what each paid plan includes8 capabilities · 2 plans · 16 cells · 9 numbered quotas
Capability ↓ · plan →PRO
$20/mo
$16 annual
VIP
$59/mo
$49 annual
Row 01Custom domainyour own address rather than a strikingly.com oneYesfree for year oneYessame arrangement
Row 02Strikingly brandingthe vendor mark carried by free sitesRemovedincludedRemovedincluded
Row 03Paid sites includedhow many live sites one subscription covers3per subscription5per subscription
Row 04Storage per siteroom for images, files and video20 GBunlimited bandwidth100 GBunlimited bandwidth
Row 05Pages per sitethe ceiling on a multi-page build100per site100per site
Row 06Products in Simple Storehow large a catalogue the shop holds300per storeUnlimitedno cap published
Row 07Cut of each orderwhat the vendor keeps from a sale2%on every order0%advertised with a lock-in banner
Row 08Memberships and newslettersgated areas, paid subscribers and mailPartlypaid subscriptions onlyYestiers, mail, 2,000 contacts
readingHover or tap any cell for its quota, its tier rate and what it means for the bill
every column includes exactly 1 user · full disclosure: 2 of 2 tiers priced

Scroll the grid sideways on a narrow screen, or tap any cell for the quota behind it.

Building one is short work. Pick a template, edit its sections, publish. Adding a shop is the same motion: switch on Simple Store, add a product, connect a payment account. What cannot happen afterwards is a change of mind about the template.

The free plan is missing from the comparison because it is not a lower rung. It publishes as many sites as you like, keeps 5 percent of anything sold, and refuses a domain of your own.

§ 03 · plan limitsfour ceilings

Strikingly limits: sites per plan, storage, page count and products

Sites per plan, storage per site, the page ceiling and the store cut

The plans gate amounts rather than capabilities. Almost everything on PRO is on VIP too. What moves is how many sites, how much room each gets, how large the catalogue may be, and how much of a sale you keep.

Sites: three on PRO, five on VIP

3 / 5

A paid plan covers several paid sites rather than one, which is rare at this rate. Free sites stay unlimited underneath, so drafts and client demos cost nothing to park. Past five you buy a second subscription.

Storage: 20 GB and 100 GB per site

100 GB

Free sites get 500 MB each and 5 GB of monthly bandwidth. Paying lifts bandwidth to unlimited and storage to 20 GB or 100 GB, counted per site rather than per account. For video it is the first wall anybody meets.

Pages and products: 100 pages, 300 items

100

PRO allows up to 100 pages on a site and up to 300 products in the store. VIP lifts the product cap. No higher page count is published, so 100 stands on both, which is where a one-page builder shows its history.

The store fee: 5, 2 and 0 percent

2%

Free sites hand back 5 percent of every order and PRO hands back 2 percent. Only VIP hands back nothing, and that figure sat under a banner inviting visitors to lock in zero fees forever. We left the rate flagged rather than confirmed.

Three of these four are amounts you can plan around. The cut of each sale is not, because it follows the business rather than the plan. The cheapest tier for a quiet site is rarely cheapest for a busy one.

Monthly and yearly are the first two of five commitment lengths. Two, three and five year terms sit on the same selector, published as savings off the PRO yearly rate of $144, $288 and $528. No per-month figure exists for any of them. The year alone saves $48 on PRO and $120 on VIP.

§ 04 · add-onstwo yearly add-ons

Domain names and custom email: what Strikingly sells by the year

A domain name and a branded mailbox, both billed by the year

The site is a subscription. What wraps around it is not. A domain and a mailbox at your own address are sold by the year at fixed rates, in no plan at all. PRO covers the domain for twelve months, then hands the renewal back to you.

Domain names$24.95/yearrenews every year

The address the site answers on

PRO covers a domain for the first year with free SSL on it, and VIP inherits the arrangement. Year two costs $24.95, billed by the vendor rather than a registrar you picked. Free sites cannot connect a domain at all.

without itThe site answers on a strikingly.com address and carries vendor branding on every page.

Custom email$25/yearneeds a domain first

A mailbox at the address the site uses

A mailbox on your own domain costs $25 a year and cannot be bought without the domain beneath it. No plan includes one. For a freelancer it is the gap between a contact form and an address a client can write to.

without itForms deliver to whatever inbox you keep, and replies leave from an address unconnected to the site.

Neither rate grows with traffic, sales or headcount. Add both to PRO taken yearly and the real first-year figure is the plan plus $25, with $24.95 waiting a year later. Still inexpensive. Just not the number on the plan.

§ 05 · changesthree dated events

Strikingly in 2026: five billing lengths and a store fee banner

Monthly, yearly, two, three and five year commitments on one page

Plans here have been stable across our passes. What is unusual is the way this vendor sells time. Five commitment lengths sit behind one selector, and the longest asks for five years up front.

first trackedlatest check
Three plans, one of them free. Our first record held a free plan publishing unlimited sites, a middle plan for launching, and a top plan for businesses and membership sites. Nothing has been renamed since.
Five billing lengths on one selector. Monthly and yearly gained two, three and five year terms. Only the first two carry published monthly figures, which makes the long commitments awkward to weigh beside anything else in the category.
A banner around the zero store fee. A site-wide banner invited visitors to lock in zero store fees forever. That wording turns the headline advantage of the top plan into something possibly time-limited, and the vendor does not say which.

The reading for a buyer is that plans are steady while terms are not simple. Compare the yearly figure rather than the monthly one. Then decide separately whether five years is a sensible commitment to a template nobody is allowed to change.

§ 06 · who it fitsfour profiles

Who should use Strikingly: freelancers, small shops and portfolios

Freelancers, portfolio owners, small shops and membership sites

This suits somebody who wants a site today and does not intend to maintain one. The editor rewards that. It punishes anyone planning to grow the site into a different shape, because the template chosen on day one is the one that stays.

The freelancer with a portfolio

Work samples, a short biography, a contact form and a domain that reads as professional. The one-page format fits exactly, and the mobile app puts an update inside a phone.

inputs1 site · own domain · contact forminvoice floor$20 × 1 = $20/mofirst limitthe domain is free for a year, then $24.95 every year after

The small shop with a handful of products

Simple Store handles a modest catalogue with no commerce platform underneath, and reviews and pop-ups arrive with the plan. At low volume the fee goes unnoticed. As orders climb it becomes the larger half.

inputs1 site · under 300 products · card paymentsinvoice floor$20 × 1 = $20/mofirst limit300 products on PRO, and 2 percent kept from every order

The membership or community site

Paid subscriptions, tiers and newsletters sit on the upper plan, which is where this stops being cheap. It works for a small paying audience with one place to gather.

inputs1 site · paid tiers · newsletterinvoice floor$59 × 1 = $59/mofirst limit2,000 active contacts on VIP, with no published step above

The agency parking client demos

Unlimited free sites make this unusually good for pitching. Build six concepts, show them on strikingly.com addresses, pay only for what a client approves. Three paid sites decides whether one subscription covers the roster.

inputs3 paid sites · unlimited draftsinvoice floor$20 × 1 = $20/mofirst limitthree paid sites on PRO, five on VIP, then a second subscription
reasons to look elsewherefour reasons

You expect to redesign later → templates cannot be swapped, so a new look means rebuilding from an empty site with every section placed again by hand.

You publish a lot of writing → the blog is a section rather than a publishing engine, and search performance on content-heavy multi-page sites is the weakest thing here.

Your tools need to talk to each other → there is no connection to the usual automation services, so shipping labels, stock counts and marketing hand-offs stay manual work.

The store is the business → a share of every order leaves on both the free plan and the middle one, and only the upper plan ends that.

All four profiles share one thing. This is priced for a finished site rather than one that keeps changing shape. Buy it when the page already knows what it wants to say.

§ 07 · alternativessix rivals · gap to the $20 entry

Strikingly alternatives: Webnode, Weebly, Tilda, Super and Typedream

Tilda for design, Weebly for a shop, Super for a Notion workspace

Strikingly sits near the top of a cluster where nearly everything else opens lower. The spread runs $4.50 to $97, which puts the median at $18. One of the six opens at $4.50, then the strip goes quiet until $13. Strikingly opens $2 over that median, which for an editor carrying a store, memberships and a newsletter is a modest premium.

$4.50Strikingly entry: $20 →

Five of these six open below Strikingly and the sixth matches it. None of them assembles a store, a membership gate and a newsletter inside a single editor at this rate. The full ranking sits on the website builders category page.

§ 08 · our verdictCE 4.2/5 · signed

Is Strikingly worth it in 2026: our verdict on the one-page builder

Fast to launch and cheap to start, with a cut taken on every order
Verdict · Strikingly · ★★★★★★★★★★CE 4.2/5

Strikingly enters at $20 a month on PRO, or $16 if you take the year, against an $18 middle across the 21 builders we track. On rent it is an ordinary price. On sales it is not: PRO keeps 2 percent of every order, and the only way out of that is VIP at $59, nearly three times the entry rate.

This is really two products on one subscription. As a site builder it is cheap and quick, and it stops at five pages until you pay. As a shop it charges rent plus commission, and the commission grows while you sleep. The answer is arithmetic, not taste. Work out 2 percent of a normal month, and if it beats $39, the expensive plan is the cheap one.

what drives this invoice
  • the cut on sales: 5 percent on FREE, 2 on PRO, nothing on VIP, charged on what you sell rather than on what you pay.
  • the billing cycle: $48 a year off PRO and $120 off VIP, with no published per-month rate at all for the 2, 3 and 5 year terms.
when not to buy Strikingly
  • You want the zero fee without the $59: there is no tier between them, and PRO's 2 percent is not negotiable on any published plan.
  • Your mailing list is past 2,000 people: VIP caps active contacts there and publishes nothing above it.
  • You need a sixth site on one account: the published tiers stop at five VIP sites and price nothing beyond them.
  • You want to prepay five years: the vendor advertises a $528 saving and no rate you can check it against.
what it does well
  • Unlimited free sites stay live with real bandwidth, which nothing else in this set matches and which makes pitching client concepts cost nothing.
  • A paid plan covers several sites rather than one: three on PRO and five on VIP, so a small roster fits inside a single subscription.
  • Simple Store, memberships, pop-ups, site search and custom forms sit inside the same editor, with no separate application to learn or connect.
  • Taking the year drops PRO to $16 a month and VIP to $49, and longer terms are advertised as saving $144, $288 and $528 off the PRO baseline.
where it gets in the way
  • Templates cannot be switched: changing the look of a site means rebuilding it from an empty one, section by section, with nothing carried across.
  • Orders give back 5 percent on the free plan and 2 percent on PRO, so the store bill grows with sales while the plan rate stays where it is.
  • Search performance on content-heavy multi-page sites is weak, and the blog is a section of the builder rather than a publishing engine of its own.
  • VIP caps active contacts at 2,000 and publishes nothing above that, so a growing membership list has no documented next step.
the plain reading
  • Entry $20/mo, $16 on annual billing · verified
  • Number 16 of 22 by entry rate, $0 over HubSpot CMS and $5 under Duda
  • Every plan step, all five commitment lengths and both add-ons are set out on the Strikingly plan steps in detail
ratesEvery plan, both cycles and the long commitments, with the store fee costed incost guideWhat a year here costs once the domain, the mailbox and sales are counted
signed Oleh Kem Oleh Kemmethod: live price list, dated recordverified tracked since
§ 09 · questions9 questions

Strikingly answers: the free plan, transaction fees and site limits

The free plan, transaction fees, the free domain year and storage

Q1What is Strikingly used for?

Strikingly builds single-page websites: portfolios, launch pages, small shops and simple company sites. It launched in 2012. A template is edited section by section and published, usually inside one sitting. A store, a membership gate and sign-up forms are sections rather than separate products.

Q2How much does Strikingly cost?

PRO costs $20 a month and VIP costs $59, or $16 and $49 a month if you take the year. A free plan publishes unlimited sites on a strikingly.com address. Domains cost $24.95 a year and a mailbox on that domain is $25 a year.

Q3Is the Strikingly free plan any good?

It publishes a genuine live site rather than a trial. Free sites are unlimited, each with 500 MB of storage and 5 GB of monthly bandwidth, and one product can be sold. What it refuses is your own domain and the removal of the branding.

Q4Does Strikingly charge transaction fees?

Yes, on everything except the upper plan. Orders on the free plan give back 5 percent and orders on PRO give back 2 percent. VIP gives back nothing, though the vendor advertised that with wording about locking the rate in. Treat a permanent zero as unconfirmed.

Q5How many websites can I build on Strikingly?

Free sites are unlimited on every plan. Paid sites are counted: three on PRO and five on VIP. A sixth paid site means a second subscription, and no rate is published for going beyond five on one account.

Q6Can I change my Strikingly template later?

No. A template cannot be swapped on a live site. Changing the look means building it again from an empty one and moving every section, image and setting across by hand.

Q7Do I get a free domain with Strikingly?

PRO includes a free domain for the first year, with free SSL, and VIP inherits it. From year two the domain costs $24.95 annually. A mailbox at that address is a further $25 a year and needs the domain first.

Q8What is the difference between PRO and VIP on Strikingly?

VIP carries everything on PRO and lifts the amounts. Five sites rather than three, 100 GB a site rather than 20 GB, unlimited products rather than 300, and no cut of sales. It also opens newsletters, membership tiers, auto-translation and a dedicated account manager.

Q9Can I pay for Strikingly for more than a year at once?

Yes. Monthly, yearly, two year, three year and five year commitments sit on one selector. Only the first two carry published monthly figures. The longer terms advertise savings of $144, $288 and $528 on the PRO yearly rate, with no per-month rate anybody can check.