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AWD CMS vs Wix

Wix is a canvas for building a site from a template. AWD is a page you keep true by clicking on it. Which job are you hiring for?

What Wix is

Wix is one of the biggest website builders. You pick a template and arrange a page on a drag-and-drop canvas in the Wix editor. There is a market of add-ons for extras, and an AI site builder to get a first draft. It hosts the site for you, and most of the work happens in the editor, which is a separate view from the published site.

What AWD CMS is

A website whose editor is the live page. You click the words and type; you drag sections; you add pages from the menu. A guide builds the first version one section at a time, and an AI copilot drafts and rewrites on the page. Every page checks itself for search and for readers with a disability, and says what to fix. It is built for the person who has to keep the site true, on whatever device they are holding.

Side by side

	AWD CMS	Wix
Where you edit	On the live page	In the Wix editor, then publish
What you have to learn	Click the words and type	The editor’s canvas, panels and settings
Moving things	Drag a section; the rest moves to fit	Position elements on the canvas
Editing on a phone	The same editor, built for a thumb	A separate mobile editor for the mobile view
AI	Drafts and rewrites on the page you are looking at	AI site builder and writing tools
Bringing an old site	Copied exactly, page by page, with its addresses	Rebuilt from a template
Extras	Built in: enquiries, search checks, AI-visibility checks, accessibility checks	A market of add-ons

Where you edit

AWD CMSOn the live page

WixIn the Wix editor, then publish

What you have to learn

AWD CMSClick the words and type

WixThe editor’s canvas, panels and settings

Moving things

AWD CMSDrag a section; the rest moves to fit

WixPosition elements on the canvas

Editing on a phone

AWD CMSThe same editor, built for a thumb

WixA separate mobile editor for the mobile view

AWD CMSDrafts and rewrites on the page you are looking at

WixAI site builder and writing tools

Bringing an old site

AWD CMSCopied exactly, page by page, with its addresses

WixRebuilt from a template

Extras

AWD CMSBuilt in: enquiries, search checks, AI-visibility checks, accessibility checks

WixA market of add-ons

When Wix is the better choice

When you want to design the site yourself, freely, from a very large choice of templates. Or when you need an online shop with many products, bookings, or a members area with its own app. Wix gives you more to build with, and a bigger market of extras than a small tool ever will.

When AWD CMS is

When the site’s job is to say what you do and stay true, and the person keeping it true is not a designer. Click-and-type editing on the live page, on a phone, is the difference between a site that gets fixed today and one that waits for a quiet afternoon.

Prices for the other tool are on its own site and change; ours are on our Pricing page. Nothing on this page is a quote from a customer of either.

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