How Saywick stacks up.
We checked the prices and features of the platforms agencies use most. Here's where we win, where we match, and where someone else is the better choice.
Saywick versus running WordPress yourself
WordPress can do almost anything, but every job below is yours to set up, pay for and keep running, on every client's site.
| Job | Self-hosted WordPress | Saywick |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | A hosting account you choose, pay for and keep an eye on | Included |
| Backups | A backup plugin, plus somewhere safe to keep the files | Daily backups and version history, included |
| Security | A security plugin or firewall, and patching plugins whenever a hole is found | No plugins and no admin login on the live site |
| Updates | Core, theme, plugin and PHP updates, then checking that nothing broke | Nothing to update |
| SEO | An SEO plugin such as Yoast or Rank Math | Sitemaps, structured data and share images built in |
| Forms | A forms plugin and a spam filter | Built in, with spam filtering and email alerts |
| Design | A theme or page builder, and the hours to make it fit | Drafted from a sentence, changed by asking |
| Blog posts | Written by you or a freelancer | Drafted by the AI Writer, approved by you or your client |
| Domains | A registrar account and DNS records to copy across | Bought and connected inside Saywick |
About 91% were in plugins, and 46% had no fix when they were disclosed. Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security in 2026.
It has a plugin for nearly everything and a huge community. WordPress.com also looks after core updates and hosting for you, so the upkeep gap is smaller there than with self-hosting.
Saywick versus other website platforms
The rows where we're ahead come first. We've kept the ones where we only match, and the one where we're behind.
| Feature | Saywick | WordPress.com | Wix | Webflow | Duda | Dorik |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat price, no fee per site | Yes, $199 for up to 100 sites | No, billed per site | No, billed per site | No, billed per site | 4 sites, then per site | Yes, $79 a month billed yearly |
| Domain renews free while you subscribe | Yes, your first domain | First year only | First year only | No | No | Doesn't sell domains |
| Take your whole site with you | Yes: HTML site, all data, domain transfer | Yes, WordPress export | No full site export | Code export on paid Workspace plans | HTML export, hard to reuse | Code export |
| No plugins to update or patch | Yes | No, plugins need upkeep | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blog posts from chat, with a review step | Yes, with a review queue | Yes, drafts by default | Not confirmed | Yes, as CMS items | Yes | No |
| One AI connection for all your sites | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Agency plan and up | No |
| Create a site from chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Change pages and design from chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Buy domains inside the platform | Yes | Yes | Yes, also in chat | Through a separate IONOS account | Custom plan only | No |
| Listed in ChatGPT's app directory | Not yet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | No |
Checked in October 2026 from each company's own pages and published reviews. "Not confirmed" and "Not found" mean we looked and couldn't confirm it either way. Prices and features change often; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it. Competitor prices are their yearly-billed rates.
What 20 client sites cost each month
Platforms that bill per site get more expensive with every client you add. Saywick's Agency plan stays at $199 up to 100 sites.
At $79 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly) it's the cheapest flat price we found. It doesn't sell domains, and we found no way to connect it to Claude or ChatGPT.
The Agency plan includes $300 of AI writing and design each month. Several AI site builders charge credits for every edit.
When Saywick isn't the right fit
We'd rather tell you now. Saywick is made for the websites of small businesses: services, venues, shops on the high street, clinics and studios.
- Online shops with a cart and checkout. Saywick doesn't sell products. Use a shop platform, or link to one.
- Web apps with logins and a database. That's a job for a developer platform.
- Sites built on embedded widgets. Live pages don't run third-party scripts, apart from analytics, so link to tools like booking pages instead of embedding them.
- Hand-written code. Sites are built from sections. You can add custom HTML, but not scripts.
Try it on one client.
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