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AI-powered digital tools are nothing new, with AI website builders being around for a few years now.
But the launch of tools like ChatGPT has, perhaps for the first time, gotten people really excited about the possibilities of using artificial intelligence in creating online content.
We’ve all seen how impressively well-written the content generated by ChatGPT or other competing AI writers can be.
Which might lead you to wonder – are AI-generated website builders just as intelligent?
While the AI website builder industry has historically been full of tools that overpromise and underdeliver, the good news is that today, we have a small but decent range of AI website builders available to us.
Many of these aim to create beautiful, fully-functional websites quickly and intelligently – with very little input from users.
So, if you like the idea of having a website quickly and easily built for you – or you’re simply just curious – read on as I walk you through my experiences with using the most popular AI web builders on the market.
What is an AI Website Builder?
AI website builders promise to simplify the website creation process drastically. Their target audience are beginners who normally would find it too complicated to create their own websites.
Through a series of questions, the AI website builder gathers all the information needed to set up a website draft that is already personalized with industry-specific content.
They typically offer the option to connect to web profiles such as Instagram, Facebook and Google My Business, from which they pull the logo, images and descriptive texts of the business.
The tradeoff is usually limited customization and fewer features compared to more classic website builders.
The 7 Best AI Website Builders
Here is our list of favorite AI website building tools:
- Wix ADI
- Jimdo
- Hostinger Website Builder (Zyro)
- 10Web AI Builder
- GetResponse Website Builder
- Constant Content Website Builder
- Bookmark
Here is our video review where we discuss Wix ADI, Jimdo, Hostinger Website Builder and 10Web:
Read on to find out even more about each of them.
1. Wix ADI
Wix (read the full review) have built a reputation for themselves as one of the most innovative website builders in the market.
So it’s no surprise that they’d be blazing the trail for AI website builders, too.
Wix ADI was launched in mid-2016, making it one of the first AI-powered website builders on the scene – and blowing ill-fated competitors like The Grid right out of the water.
How? Well, let’s take a look.
How fast is it to set up a site?
Really fast. You start off by telling the assistant what kind of site you want to create. (Side note: Wix ADI supports most types of websites, including ecommerce features, blogs, business sites, and portfolios. However, it’s not available for photography, restaurants, or accommodation sites.)
In my case, I wanted to set up an online store, and I was able to specify baby clothing as a category:
You’re then asked a series of questions about your business name, location, as well as any extra features you want for your site. You also get to pick the kind of theme you want for your site:
Based on your responses, as well as any existing information Wix can find on your business/site (e.g. social media), Wix will suggest some website designs for your to choose from:
Once it’s done collecting this information, Wix ADI does its magic, and provides you with a fully-featured site that’s ready to customize. The whole process takes 2 minutes tops, and by prepopulating things such as logos and contact information, Wix ADI cuts down the work you have to do to get the site ready for launch.
Voila! The site created for us by Wix ADI
How easy is the site to edit?
It’s actually very easy. Wix ADI has a little pop-up window that provides step-by-step ‘smart tips’ on what to do. But even without this, you’ll find that editing images, text and sections is pretty straight forward. Just click on the section you want to edit, and you’ll get a pop-up pane in the left that will let you edit the content. Simple.
Editing more complex features like store products or a blog is done in a separate screen, as per Wix’s regular editor. But with a little practice, even this is fairly easy to maneuver.
How much can I customize?
A lot. You can add new sections to your page, as well as moving/deleting existing ones. You also have options to add new pages such as FAQs or About Us, and apps such as live chat and booking calendars.
For each page, you can also edit SEO properties such as title, page description, and URL.
If you’re feeling particularly confident, you can even switch your site from the ADI editor to Wix’s advanced editor (i.e. their regular website editor). This will give you almost complete control over how your site looks (and, if you miss the simplicity of the ADI editor, you can always switch back).
Quality of designs?
As you’d expect from Wix, the designs suggested by Wix ADI are attractive, modern, and mobile-responsive. And if you don’t like the design suggested for you, you can change it completely – there’s plenty of different themes to choose from. Which is great, because I didn’t love the design Wix created for me – so I changed the theme to something I did like.
You can also customize designs with your own images, of course. Plus, Wix offers a library of its own stock photos, which you can use for free.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
It’s not bad. If you have an existing site, Wix ADI will pull in your contact details and also suggest a color palette based on your site’s colors. But the suggested site designs seem to be mainly based on the theme you select. I don’t feel like it really analyzes your content to come up with a unique design that it thinks is best for you.
The final product, however, is pretty impressive. Here’s what I ended up with – click the image to check out the site in full.
Wix ADI Pricing:
Wix ADI is available on all of Wix’s plans, including their free plan. See full pricing details here.
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Rating:
4.5/5. Wix’s AI builder is complete, intuitive, flexible, and – from what I could see – blissfully bug-free. I see it as being a top choice for users who need to build slightly more complex sites – e.g. online stores, businesses sites that need booking/scheduling tools or live chat – in a short amount of time. If it could build up the smarts to really personalize designs, it would be absolutely unstoppable.
2. Jimdo Dolphin
Here’s another established website builder that’s doing some nice things with AI.
Jimdo – originally known for their super easy-to-use web builder – came out with Jimdo Dolphin in late 2017.
Why ‘Dolphin’? Well, because they wanted an AI-assisted builder that was fast, and smart. But don’t look for that name on the Jimdo website, as they mainly use it internally.
And although they were a little later to the game, it’s fair to say that they’ve quickly caught up.
So let’s take it for a spin – this time with a bakery website.
How fast is it to set up a site?
Jimdo Dolphin claims to set up a site in less than 3 minutes, and honestly, this is pretty accurate. Taking a similar approach to Wix ADI, you start off by answering a few simple questions about what kind of site you want to create, your business name (to pull in your Google Places listing), and whether you want to connect Facebook/Instagram properties.
In just a few seconds, Jimdo Dolphin processes this information and generates a site that’s filled with your business name and contact details, images, and even a text description of your business/site.
How easy is the site to edit?
Super easy. I’d go so far as to say it’s even easier than with Wix ADI. All the editing of text takes place in-line (rather than in a separate pane or window), so it’s just a matter of clicking and typing.
How much can I customize?
Quite a lot, actually. You’ve got options to change layouts of different sections (or content blocks, as Jimdo calls them), and within these blocks, of switching on/off elements (such as text, images and buttons). Blocks can be moved around and copied, and it’s also possible to add features such as contact forms, music players, and booking forms.
SEO options, unfortunately, are limited – you really only have the option to set a homepage title and a single title for all other pages.
Quality of designs?
Not only can you switch designs/themes, but you can also edit styles within designs. This includes color themes, fonts, and even adding animations. All designs are mobile-responsive, too.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
It’s intelligent enough to suggest relevant site colors, and also pull in any high-quality images you may have on your online properties (e.g. social media and Google Places), which is a huge bonus. It also adds a business description to your site taken from social media.
I actually really liked the design Jimdo Dolphin created for me, so made very few changes to it. Check out the final site here.
Jimdo pricing:
- The free PLAY plan gives you up to 5 subpages
- The START plan (up to 10 subpages) starts at $9/month
- The GROW plan for more storage and up to 50 pages at $15/month
- The UNLIMITED plan for unlimited pages $39/month
Plans are billed annually. Find out more about Jimdo Dolphin pricing.
Rating:
4/5. The ease of use and quality of designs are impressive. But Jimdo Dolphin would definitely score higher if it gave us more options for website types (e.g. online stores, blogs), SEO, and let us switch over to the more advanced Jimdo Creator editor. As it is, we think it’s suitable for simple business websites, portfolios, and businesses that take online bookings (e.g. beauty services, yoga studios). Prices are generally lower than Wix’s, but do keep the page limits in mind.
3. Hostinger Website Builder (Zyro)
In just a few short years, Hostinger Website Builder (previously called Zyro) has made quite a name for itself in the website-building niche.
Offering a low-cost alternative to the likes of Wix and Squarespace, Hostinger’s website builder offers stunning templates and comes packed with features.
Among them, a whole suite of AI-powered tools – including a business name generator, logo maker, text writer, and more.
But of course, we’re most interested in Hostinger’s AI website builder. So let’s check it out.
How fast is it to set up a website?
Relatively fast, although there are a few small hurdles. The main one is that you need to create an account and pay before being able to use Hostinger’s website builder. It’s not the best user experience, but at least it’s affordable (and there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee).
After having to click through several screens (one asks you whether you want to create a new website or migrate one, another asks if you want to purchase a domain), you’ll finally get offered the option to create a new website, and can choose to build it with the AI website builder:
You’ll then be asked a couple of questions about your website – including name, description, and website type (online store, blog, business, portfolio or other):
You can then choose from a handful of suggested designs. If you don’t like any, you can always ask Hostinger to re-generate them (which I had to do a couple of times, because I wasn’t loving the initial designs).
One thing I did like is that I could change fonts and colors, and add extra features such as a blog, portfolio, online store, or booking calendar by hitting the ‘Pages’ button.
Once done, simply hit ‘Edit’ in the top right, and you’ll be taken to the website editor to customize your design.
How much can I customize?
Here’s where Hostinger Website Builder really sets itself apart from other AI website builders.
Instead of a stripped-down version of the website editor, you’ll have access to the complete editor – that is, the very same one you’d use if you were creating a site from scratch, or from a template.
That’s a big deal, because you’ll be able to customize your website without any constraints.
And, as Hostinger Website Builder is a fully drag-and-drop editor, you’ll have control over what content is included, and where it’s placed:
It’s also possible to add new sections to your pages, with a huge list of pre-built layouts to choose from:
As I mentioned before, there’s also the possibility of adding a blog and an online store, extending your website’s capabilities even further.
So, not bad for an “AI” website builder (keep reading to see why I’m a little skeptical of that self-styled title!).
Quality of designs?
Here’s where I was a little disappointed. Although Hostinger’s regular website editor offers some very appealing templates, its AI builder’s designs are less impressive.
While the generated design looked modern, it was pretty bland. The suggested colors and fonts didn’t hit the mark, either. Considering that I was trying to build a wedding photography website, I was expecting neutral colors and an elegant font, but that’s not what I got (as you can see in the screenshots above). And as I mentioned earlier, I did have to hit that “Create again” button several times before I found something that I was moderately happy with.
What’s more, I occasionally came across a few design bugs – check out the weird overlapping headings below:
Luckily, this can be easily adjusted with Hostinger Website Builder’s editor. But it does mean you have to pay extra attention to make sure everything looks okay before you hit the ‘Publish’ button.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
If I’m being honest, I was a little disappointed with the AI element. Sure, it gave me a modern-looking design within a matter of seconds. But it all still felt a bit generic.
For example, even though I’d specified that my website was for a wedding photography business, I got images of a photographer, rather than of weddings:
And when I tried a completely different type of website (a sustainable architecture firm), it gave me images of… eco-friendly toothbrushes?
However, I did like that it suggests some text for you to use, which can help if you need some inspiration on what to write:
Overall, it felt less like an AI-powered website builder, and more like a website builder that simply helps you shortcut a few steps (choosing your template, inserting pages and features, etc.).
I got a similar impression with their other AI tools. The logo creator generates some pretty generic designs. And the AI heatmap, which is supposed to show you areas of your pages that are likely to get viewed more, seemed to be based on general design principles rather than a deep analysis of your website.
But, if you’re pressed for time – or inspiration – then Hostinger’s AI tools can be a good starting point. Just don’t expect it to create your whole website for you.
Hostinger Website Builder prices
- No free plan available. Unfortunately, you need to first purchase a plan in order to try the website out, although there is a 30-day money-back guarantee
- The paid plan costs $2.99/month for unlimited bandwidth, 24/7 customer support, ecommerce features, and free emails. It’s also possible to build multiple websites (up to 100).
Rating:
3.7/5. Apart from a few small design glitches, the final product tends to look pretty polished. But the impact of the AI feels pretty minimal. We’d love to see Hostinger Website Builder pull in information from existing websites and social profiles, for example, and suggest designs and images that are more niche-specific. Overall, the AI builder offers a useful starting point for new websites, but isn’t overly helpful for existing brands and businesses.
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4. 10Web AI Builder
At Tooltester.com, we often get users asking if they can easily migrate their Wix or Squarespace site to WordPress.
Sadly, our answer is usually no – there’s no simple way to do this.
However, 10Web claims to have solved this problem with its AI Builder.
With just the URL of your existing website, 10Web says it can recreate your site in WordPress within minutes.
It does this with the help of the Elementor website builder, a plugin for WordPress that lets you edit your site within a visual editor.
What’s more, 10Web also recently introduced a more conventional AI website builder that builds you a WordPress website from scratch, as well as an AI assistant to help you generate content.
I decided to test both options for building a website – import from an existing site, and build a brand-new site. Let’s start with the first option.
Option 1: Import existing site to WordPress
How fast is it to set up a site?
Here, I have to say I was pretty impressed. They weren’t kidding – it took less than a minute for 10Web to import the design of my existing site into its builder.
All I had to do was copy and paste in the URL. In this case, I used our own Tooltester company website, which is built on Wix.
The tool also lets you import five pages at the same time, so in addition to the homepage, I selected our blog summary page, and one blog article.
Less than a minute later, 10Web had replicated the website within its builder – layout, images, text, and links were all there.
Of course, the formatting (as you can see) wasn’t 100% perfect – which is where the next step comes in handy.
But, by automatically copying over all the content from my existing site, I do have to admit that it saved me a lot of time.
How much can I customize?
While 10Web takes care of the AI-powered import of your site, the customization takes place within the Elementor website builder (white labelled as the 10Web Builder).
If you’re not familiar with Elementor, it looks a lot like many other visual website builders, with a click-to-edit text editor, and content blocks that you can drag and drop into your pages.
Because there are so many things you can customize (content, styles, positioning etc), the editor can take a little bit of getting used to.
But, that’s a small trade-off for having so much control over your site’s design. In fact, it offers a lot more flexibility than most of the AI builders on this list.
With the editor, I was able to take this:
And turn it into this:
Quality of designs?
Unlike the other AI website builders we’ve looked at, 10Web replicates the design of your existing website, rather than generating a brand new one for you.
How true is it to the original design? I have to say, I was pretty impressed. Apart from a few formatting and font issues (that were easily fixed), 10Web copied over layouts, images, background colors and font colors surprisingly well.
Even sections with slightly more complicated layouts (with image, text and buttons) seemed to be carried over seamlessly:
That was true not just for the homepage, but for the other pages I imported too – they looked pretty spot-on:
Pages were also mostly mobile-responsive, which was another big timesaver:
It’s worth noting that, if you want to build a brand new site, the 10Web Builder does offer a handful of templates to help you get started. These are separate to the AI builder though, and so weren’t tested in this review.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
Overall, pretty good. As I’ve mentioned, it carries over most of the content from an existing site without issue, although I have to admit that the original site I used was pretty light in content. I’m not sure how it would handle a bigger or more complex site.
As the formatting didn’t come across perfectly on the homepage, I did have to make quite a few manual changes. Curiously, some fonts carried over while others didn’t – another thing that required a manual fix.
Option 2: Build a site from scratch
How fast is it to set up a site?
Unfortunately, the setup process for this option wasn’t quite as smooth. The builder guides you through a series of 5 questions that are simple enough to answer (business name, industry, services, informal vs formal tone of voice, etc.):
However, when it came time for the builder to actually create the design, it took a couple of minutes to actually do it. Most of the other builders on this list are a lot faster.
Was the builder just having a bad day? I certainly hope so! (Let us know in the comments if you had the same experience!)
Once again, you’ll get access to Elementor’s drag-and-drop site editor, giving you plenty of freedom to customize and edit your site. You can also choose your website’s primary color and font.
Quality of designs?
My first impression was very positive. The generated design was much more polished than many of the others on this list.
For the type of company I had specified (marketing agency), the design was completely on-brand – clean, modern, and professional-looking:
I also liked that it created relevant pages, and pulled in suitable images – even if they were clearly stock images. They work as perfectly adequate placeholders if you want to get a website up and running quickly, but don’t have time to create your own imagery as yet.
But – and this is a pretty big “but” – I was disappointed to find that the site builder suggested exactly the same design for a completely different type of business. Just check out what it created for a bakery website:
Sure, the images are different, but you’d have to go a long way to make your AI-generated website look unique.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
As we’ve seen, apart from the suggested images, the visual design isn’t so AI-driven. However, the website builder’s AI assistant does suggest some relevant text, which serves as a pretty good starting point if you need some inspiration on what to say:
However, I’d always recommend making your own edits in order to avoid sounding like every other website in your industry – especially as readers are getting a lot better at detecting AI-written copy!
10Web Pricing:
10Web is currently offering these three pricing tiers:
- The Personal plan costs $10/month for up to 10,000 words
- The Premium plan is $30/month for up to 30,000 words
- The Agency plan costs $100/month for up to 100,000 words
Rating:
3.5/5. The ability to replicate the design of an existing website is especially compelling. And I liked that you had a lot of flexibility in customizing the design, too. There’s room for improvement, especially in the start-from-scratch builder, but all in all, it’s a fairly solid tool, and a very interesting solution for anyone looking to move their site to WordPress.
5. GetResponse Website Builder
GetResponse has long been one of our favorite email marketing platforms – its marketing automations are seriously impressive. So when we found out they offered an AI-powered website builder too, we were immediately intrigued.
As it turns out, there’s a lot to like about GetResponse’s website builder – not least, its generous free plan, which includes 5GB of bandwidth for your site, plus access to email marketing, form and landing page features.
Also interesting is the fact that you can connect your own custom domain even on the free plan – a perk that sets it apart from many of its competitors.
So let’s dive in and see just how well it works…
How fast is it to set up a site?
Fast! To get started, you don’t even need a GetResponse account – you just need to answer a few questions around the kind of site you want to build. As you can see, there are several categories that GetResponse covers:
I liked that GetResponse also recommends some extra features your site might need, such as a contact form or pricing table, which you can select or deselect:
After choosing from a suggested color scheme (you can also pull colors from an uploaded logo or existing site if you don’t like what’s been suggested), you then choose from a handful of different designs for your site:
What I really liked was the ‘Full site preview’ feature, which lets you check out the full website design before choosing one – it means you’re not locked into a design that you’re not really keen on.
It’s at this point you’re asked to create a free GetResponse account. The activation process is a little cumbersome (you’re asked to verify via both email and text), but once done you’re free to start customizing your site.
How much can I customize?
A lot! GetResponse’s website editor is very similar to its email editor, letting you drag and drop elements such as images, text, buttons, videos and forms into the page.
More advanced elements such as HTML blocks and galleries are also available, although these are premium elements – meaning you’ll need to upgrade your account to use them.
It’s possible to change design elements such as color scheme and font, and add new pages. You also have the ability to edit SEO and make pages private. So in terms of flexibility, you have a good amount of control over your site – similar to what you’d get with a more conventional website builder like Weebly or Squarespace.
There’s one notable feature that’s missing though, and that’s the ability to add a blog. If you need one for your website, you’d be better off using Wix’s AI builder.
Quality of designs?
Although on the simpler side, the designs are modern, and are bolstered by the flexibility you have to edit them.
What I found, though, is that if you’ve pulled a color scheme from an existing logo or website, the combinations don’t always work so well in the suggested site designs (the AI doesn’t seem to be advanced enough to recognize a dud design). You might need to do a little bit of tweaking to get the colors right.
A bonus, though, is that you have automatic access to Unsplash’s free stock image gallery, meaning that you can really amp up the design of your site with very little effort.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
From what I can see, the AI is pretty limited, working in just a number of ways:
- The category you choose at the beginning will influence the images used in your suggested site design (for example, if you choose ‘Pizza restaurant’ as a category, you’ll get designs with images of pizzerias and – somewhat randomly – locations in Italy)
- Likewise, your website category will also determine the extra features (contact form, galleries etc) suggested to you, and the color scheme/fonts
- If you have an existing website or logo, you can pull the color scheme using those sources, but as I mentioned before, the end result isn’t always great
GetResponse Pricing:
GetResponse’s pricing is based on the tier you select, and the number of subscribers you have.
- The Free plan lets you have up to 500 subscribers and includes 1 website, plus some email marketing features
- The Basic plan gives you unlimited websites and autoresponders. It starts at $15/month for 1,000 subscribers
- The Plus plan includes unlimited websites and 5 automation workflows. It starts at $49/month for 1,000 subscribers
- The Professional plan gives you unlimited sites and automations, starting at $99/month for 1,000 subscribers
For more details, see our GetResponse pricing guide.
Rating:
3/5. Although the AI aspect of GetResponse’s website builder is limited, its strengths lie in its flexibility, which makes it a more sophisticated website builder than many others on this list. Being an email marketing tool, GetResponse also pays closer attention to analytics – each site comes with metrics not only around visits, but also devices used and links clicked.
6. Constant Contact Website Builder
You might be surprised to find Constant Contact – that’s right, another email marketing platform – on this list.
We’ve been following it closely for a few years now on our sister website, EmailToolTester. In that time, it’s evolved from a simple newsletter tool to a feature-packed marketing automation software.
But AI-powered websites are a somewhat unexpected direction.
Nonetheless, we can see how a close integration between email and website could be useful for the small businesses targeted by Constant Contact.
So, let’s see how well the theory translates to practice.
*Note: Constant Contact’s AI website builder is now only available on legacy plans (that is, to existing users who signed up before a certain date). For new users, Constant Contact only offers a landing page builder (which is not AI-powered). We’re hoping they reverse this decision soon!
How fast is it to set up a site?
The setup process is similar to that of other AI website builders. You start by specifying the category of your website – in our case, we wanted to build one for a takeaway sushi restaurant:
A few seconds later, you’ll have the design of your website automatically generated for you:
The next few steps will let you customize your website’s name, and a few elements of the design – background image (it gave me the option of selecting from a few sushi images, and also uploading my own image), logo (Constant Contact’s paid plans also include its LogoMaker tool), fonts, and color scheme, for example.
Finally, you also get to choose your navigation style (e.g. how the menu is displayed), and will be asked to enter in your business information (e.g. address, phone number).
All in all, it’s a pretty quick and painless process – although I have to say, the final website design it generated was a little underwhelming. So, let’s see just how much of it we can actually tweak.
How much can I customize?
Next, you’ll be taken to Constant Contact’s website builder editor, where you (thankfully) get a decent amount of control to change up your design.
You have the option to add pages to your website by choosing the ‘Pages’ option on the left. One nice thing that Constant Contact’s AI has done is create pages it thinks I’m likely to need, based on my website category (Menu, About and Contact pages):
Within each page, you can also edit the content by adding sections (Constant Contact offers a surprisingly long list of prebuilt layouts to choose from, e.g. image galleries, FAQs, forms etc):
There’s also the option to add in some fairly advanced features, such as a blog, booking form or online store, which get added with just the click of a button.
You’ll find that you can also modify the design elements you had selected in the previous step (color schemes, font etc), in case you were regretting any of your choices (I’m looking at you, bright orange background):
Quality of designs?
Let’s put it this way – the website designs probably aren’t going to knock your socks off. Constant Contact does emails, and the website designs kind of reflect that. They’re simple and well-laid out, but not particularly memorable.
But, they are mobile-friendly. And if all you want to do is make sure your business or brand has a basic online presence, they’ll do the job.
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
It gets a few things right. For example, it was smart enough to pull in the right images when I specified that my website was for a sushi restaurant. And it added in relevant pages, such as a menu and contact page. Constant Contact could probably take the AI further, but it does get points for saving me a few steps in the setup process.
A little tip – when specifying your website category, be as specific as possible. Initially I’d specified ‘takeaway restaurant’ as the category, but this was too broad – the AI ended up pulling in images of McDonalds takeaway bags! Not exactly the look I was going for…
One thing I also found a bit puzzling was the lack of integration between Constant Contact’s website builder and its email tool. Sure, it’s possible to add a subscribe form, but you couldn’t specify the list that it was going to. In fact, it was hard to see any trace of the email tool anywhere. Which makes its pricing all the harder to justify…
Constant Contact pricing:
We’ve always felt that Constant Contact’s email platform was a little pricey compared to other providers. The pricing for its website builder isn’t bad – so long as you’re using it as a standalone service. However, prices start to skyrocket once you add in the email marketing platform:
- The (standalone) Website Builder plan is $10/month and includes hosting, unlimited storage, and automated welcome + ecommerce transactional emails
- The Email plan starts at $20/month for 500 contacts, and includes the website builder for free, plus email newsletters. Pricing is based on the number of contacts
- The Email Plus plan starts at $45/month for 500 contacts, and includes everything on the Email plan, plus extras such as automations, event management, surveys, coupons and multiple users
Rating:
3/5. Constant Contact gets points for ease-of-use and convenience, but it’s definitely not the most sophisticated AI builder on this list. The designs are a bit ho-hum, and the lack of integration with the email platform is disappointing. Let’s hope Constant Contact works on improving it soon, because it has a lot of potential to be a really useful tool for existing users.
7. Bookmark
Here’s something a little different.
Bookmark is a website builder that builds all its sites using its AI assistant (which it calls AiDA – Artificial Intelligence Design Assistant).
It claims to be the easiest, simplest and fastest (free) website builder available.
But does it really deliver?
Let’s find out by creating a hotel website.
How fast is it to set up a site?
Bookmark promises to create a site in less than 2 minutes, and that’s probably about right. Like the other AI web builders we’ve discussed, it starts by asking questions to gauge the kind of site you want, and what layout and style you’d like. It probably asks a few more questions than the other builders, but it doesn’t feel like an overly drawn-out process.
How easy is the site to edit?
The options for editing are a bit overwhelming, as there’s so many of them, and you’re not really sure where to start. There is a little tool tip window but even this could be made easier to use. Not really the simple experience you’d like from an ‘intelligent’ builder.
There are tutorials scattered throughout the editor to show you how to use it, but I can’t help but feel that this would be redundant if the tool were more intuitive to use.
Rather annoyingly, you’re constantly asked to save changes before moving onto new pages or sections – it would be much better if autosave was enabled.
How much can I customize?
Modules (text, images, video etc) can be dragged and dropped directly into the page. You can also add some pretty advanced features, such as event registration forms, third-party tools (e.g. PayPal button), and even an ecommerce store, although I didn’t test these out.
SEO settings can be edited on a site level for the free plan, and for individual pages on the Pro plan and above.
Quality of designs?
Honestly – the designs didn’t ‘wow’ me. They don’t look as polished as with Wix ADI or Jimdo Dolphin. You’ll likely have to make changes to your suggested design, or ask AiDA to create you a new one (which you can do without having to re-input your responses).
How ‘smart’ is the AI?
Although AiDA asked me a lot of questions upfront, I struggled to see how my responses really had any influence over the final design of my site. I ended up with a pretty generic-looking accommodation site with some random images that didn’t really match the style I’d specified.
I was also asked to input the business’s contact details (rather than AiDA pulling these in from the web). These didn’t even end up getting inserted into the site. The only ‘intelligent’ thing I could see in the site was an image that it had pulled from the hotel’s Facebook profile, which it weirdly treated as a logo.
Bookmark pricing:
- The Free plan gives you 500MB of storage and a Bookmark.com subdomain (displays Bookmark branding)
- The Professional plan includes unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage and a free domain for $11.99 USD/month
- The Business plan includes an online store for $24.99 USD/month
Rating:
3/5. While Bookmark gives you a good amount of flexibility and some decent extra features, it could do a better job of ease of use and quality of designs. Still, if you need have more complex requirements for your site (e.g. online store, event registrations), it’s worth a try.
AI website builders: Conclusion
So are AI website builders ready to completely turn the world of website building upside down?
Well, not quite. The intelligence just isn’t as advanced as most users would probably like it to be. That’s probably also the reason why we had to remove two AI website builders when updating this article. Both impress.ly and Sacha by Firedrop seem to have gone out of business.
Does the rest of the pack still provide value?
Absolutely.
For those who would like to cut down the amount of work needed to build a site – beginners, for example, or users who need a site launched quickly – AI web builders offer an easy and affordable solution.
And not just for simple sites. Some tools allow for some pretty advanced sites – online stores and mobile-friendly sites, for example.
As long as you’re okay with giving up some of the control – especially over aspects like search engine optimization (SEO) – you might find that an AI web builder will be enough to serve your website needs.
If you want to keep all your options open, though, we’d recommend Wix ADI. They manage to square the circle by letting you jump into Wix’s regular editor where you’ll enjoy full customization flexibility. And they are an established brand that is here to stay.
We also reviewed the best AI chatbots, for those who are in need of one. And if you need some help creating additional content for your website, Chat GPT can help you with that.
Got any questions about AI website builders? Or experiences to share? Let us know in the comments below.
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