If what you actually need is a fast, good-looking personal or small-business site — not a drag-and-drop editor for a non-technical team — a static site is strictly better: faster, free to host, and yours outright. This is the same trade this whole site is built on.
VIBE SCORE 99/100
The parts this build actually needs, each rated on its own — the average is the Vibe Score above.
| Landing page | 99 |
Don't feel like building it? These are already made, open-source, and free.
Build it. If what you actually need is a fast, good-looking personal or small-business site — not a drag-and-drop editor for a non-technical team — a static site is strictly better: faster, free to host, and yours outright. This is the same trade this whole site is built on.
Squarespace costs $16/mo (about $192/yr) as of 2026-08. That's what a working rebuild would save you.
Their visual drag-and-drop editor exists specifically so non-technical people can update the site themselves — you lose that unless you build an admin UI too E-commerce, booking, and member-area features are real product surfaces, not just extra pages Template polish and stock photography licensing that ships with a paid tier take real design effort to match
Yes — Astro, Eleventy are open-source options worth trying before you build your own. Details are in the standard parts section on this sheet.