I'm intersted - whether to use Wix or not? On the web only lazy one doesn't write about Wix - I think it's connected with generous commisions paid by WIx. That's why I'm somewhat skeptical about such articles and prefer really independent reviews. Indisputable Wix bypass many competitors in convenience and functionality, it also allows you to sell on the site. But also I would like to know about cons if any. I would be grateful for detailed Wix reviews - on merit and without agitation.
What package are you interested in - free or paid? These are two different things and premium package allows to create more advanced website than ordinary free package. Some of my friends have wix websites and the don't complain. Take a look at this wix review - perhaps this is what you need.
Sure - free. Perhaps paid version has wider opportunities but I'm not interested to pay. And that will be the con for me.
If you're going to pay for premium it may be worth considering hiring a web developer instead. I've never used Wix but any website you create there will likely be bloated, slower and less flexible than something done by a professional. Not to mention you will have a similar design to thousands of others.
I am not really a big fan of flash sites, and I think it's easy to create your own site with HTML and CSS. And also, the hosting is cheap nowadays. Therefore, I do not prefer Wix kind of service.
- If we're talking about web designer or webmaster - perhaps you're right. But my neighbor knows nothing about HTML, Php, she even doesn't quite understand what's hosting and why does she need it. She uses wix website and very happy with it. And there are plenty of such people. And these people don't want to know web development tricks - they want everything and right now, and they are even ready to pay for it, a little bit every month.
Wix is meh. Their sites look too flashy most of the times. I prefer to code my own from scratch and not make then Flash-based.
-If you're interested only in free builder - I don't think that you will find best than WIX. -at least they aren't boring. Mostly websites created with the help of website builders - are websites for the elderly. Very boring and dull. Regarding the use of flash - this isn't that flash that was three years ago and wasn't indexed by Google. Current technologies have stepped far forward - the latest wix sites are developed on HTML5 - the advantages are obvious!
I thinks, if you are planning to create big, flexible and professional website, where you always are able to edit and modify them or add blog page for example to website with powerful functionality, you don't need to use free website builder like Wix. But i'm heared, that is great platform for free website builder.