Building your own website is easier today than ever before. With many providers you can even create high-quality websites with a modern look free of charge. In this article you will find out which providers these are and what you have to consider.
Jimdo
With the free basic package "Play", the provider Jimdo offers its own website with a .jimdosite.com subdomain. All basic functions are also included. You do not need any special HTML knowledge to create your homepage. The construction is intuitive and based on the modular principle. If you have designed your website according to your wishes and want to get started with your own domain, you can upgrade to the next higher package for 9 € per month and then receive your own domain.
The functions at a glance:
| ✔ Free tariff for beginners |
| ✔ Simple, intuitive operation |
| ✔ Including SSL certificate |
| ✔ German provider |
| ✔ Advertising: Subtle Jimdo lettering at the end of the website |
| ✔ Jimdofree domain for free websites |
| ✔ Premium tariff with your own domain available from € 9 / month |
| ✔ 2 GB storage space |
| ✔ A maximum of 5 subpages can be created in the free tariff |
| ✔ Kostenloser Tarif für Einsteiger |
| ✔ Einfache, intuitive Bedienung |
| ✔ Inkl. SSL-Zertifikat |
| ✔ Deutscher Anbieter |
| ✔ Werbung: Dezenter Jimdo-Schriftzug am Ende der Webseite |
| ✔ Jimdofree-Domain für kostenlose Websites |
| ✔ Premium-Tarif mit eigener Domain ab 9 €/Monat erhältlich |
| ✔ 2 GB Speicherplatz |
| ✔ Maximal 5 Unterseiten im kostenlosen Tarif erstellbar |
The website service provider Jimdo with its range of products. Wix
You can also use a basic package free of charge at Wix . The construction of the homepage is also easy here according to the modular principle, so no programming knowledge is required here either. However, the subdomains are only free for the first year, after which a subscription is due. It starts here from € 5.35 per month.
The functions at a glance:
| ✔ Simple, intuitive operation and modular principle |
| ✔ Lots of attractive templates |
| ✔ Generally very large range of functions |
| ✔ 500 MB storage space |
| ✔ Wix domain in a free package |
| ✔ Advertising banners at the beginning of the homepage |
| ✔ Einfache, intuitive Bedienung und Baukasten-Prinzip |
| ✔ Viele, ansprechende Templates |
| ✔ Im Allgemeinen sehr großer Funktionsumfang |
| ✔ 500 MB Speicherplatz |
| ✔ Wix-Domain im gratis-Paket |
| ✔ Werbebanner am Anfang der Homepage |
Not immediately obvious: The free offer cannot be found in the wix price overview. WordPress
The provider WordPress also advertises with a free tariff. Here you are offered 3 GB of storage space. You can also design your website yourself with WordPress using simple tools. As with all other providers, your free website also runs here via a WordPress subdomain. If you want more functionality, you can upgrade to one of the paid packages and then get your own domain.
The functions at a glance:
| ✔ Very common |
| ✔ 3 GB storage space |
| ✔ Pre-installed SSL certificate |
| ✔ Lots of free themes included |
| ✔ Spam protection |
| ✔ WordPress domain |
| ✔ Sehr verbreitet |
| ✔ 3 GB Speicherplatz |
| ✔ Vorinstalliertes SSL-Zertifikat |
| ✔ Viele kostenlose Themes enthalten |
| ✔ Spamschutz |
| ✔ WordPress-Domain |
WordPress is considered the most popular website provider. Weebly
Also offered Weebly , you can start with your website for free. The service offers 500 MB of storage space, SSL encryption and a Weebly-branded domain. If you want to upgrade, be it for your own, ad-free domain, this is possible from 5 € per month.
The functions at a glance:
| ✔ Modern design templates |
| ✔ SSL certificate included |
| ✔ Very good smartphone app |
| ✔ Lots of tools for e-commerce |
| ✔ Own domain from 5 € per month |
| ✔ 500 MB storage space |
| ✔ Moderne Designvorlagen |
| ✔ SSL-Zertifikat enthalten |
| ✔ Sehr gute Smartphone-App |
| ✔ Viele Tools für E-Commerce |
| ✔ Eigene Domain schon ab 5 € monatlich |
| ✔ 500 MB Speicherplatz |
Website service provider Weebly offers many features - but only very limited in the free version. Ionos
You can start your own website with Ionos, although not free of charge, but at a very affordable price : For € 1 per month in the first year you can use the website builder and even have your own domain included. There is also a 30-day money-back guarantee. After the first year, however, the price increases: € 9 is due from the second year.
The functions at a glance:
| ✔ Own domain and mailbox included |
| ✔ high quality design templates |
| ✔ no advertising |
| ✔ Shop function for 500 items |
| ✔ huge photo archive |
| ✔ Eigene Domain und Mail-Postfach inklusive |
| ✔ hochwertige Design-Templates |
| ✔ keine Werbung |
| ✔ Shop-Funktion für 500 Artikel |
| ✔ riesiges Fotoarchiv |
Not free, but very cheap: For one euro in the first year, Ionos offers a website construction kit including your own domain!