What Is SiteScope? The Free Website Builder Matchmaker Explained
Why We Built SiteScope
Most 'best free website builder' articles are ranked lists based on one writer's opinion. They rarely account for the fact that a nonprofit's needs are completely different from a small e-commerce shop's needs, or that a coder's ideal platform is nothing like a complete beginner's.
SiteScope replaces the opinion-based list with a weighted scoring model. Six questions about your goal, technical comfort, domain needs, blogging needs, design priorities, and budget feed into a scoring engine that ranks Google Sites, WordPress.com, Wix, Weebly, Blogger, Carrd, and GitHub Pages specifically for you.
What the Freedom Score Measures
The Freedom Score is a 0-100 rating of how easily you could leave a platform later without losing your content or starting over. Google Sites and GitHub Pages score high because your content is portable. Wix and Weebly score lower because migrating off them typically means a full rebuild.
What the 3-Year Cost Estimate Includes
The estimate factors in the realistic point at which most users are pushed toward a paid plan: removing ads, adding a custom domain, unlocking e-commerce checkout, or exceeding free storage and bandwidth limits. It is not a guarantee of your exact bill, but a data-informed projection based on each platform's publicly listed 2026 pricing tiers.