Wix is a capable product and its editor is genuinely good at what it does. Millions of small businesses have a working site because of it, and for a shop that needs opening hours and a contact form it is hard to argue with.
People leave for one of two reasons. They hit something the editor cannot express and there is no way around it. Or they realise that after four years of paying, what they can take away is not a website but a subscription.
| Vantix | Wix | |
|---|---|---|
| What you end up with | A React + Vite project you can download | A site inside the platform |
| If you stop paying | Export it and host it anywhere | The site goes offline |
| Hitting a limit | Ask for it; it is code | What the editor supports |
| Hosting | Germany, your own domain | Wix infrastructure |
| Editing | Describe the change in words | Drag and drop |
Visual editing with immediate feedback is a real skill to build, and Wix has spent years on it. The app market covers most of what a small business needs without touching code, and support is professional.
If your site is a brochure that will stay a brochure, none of the arguments below apply to you and switching would be work for its own sake.
Not automatically — Wix does not export a project anyone can import. What works is describing the site you have and rebuilding it, which usually takes an afternoon and produces something better than a copy.
Different, not harder. You type what you want rather than dragging it. Most people find the first version faster; the difference shows on the tenth change.
Point it at Vantix and publish. The certificate is handled.
Free to start. Export whenever you want.
Beschrijf uw website en zie ze verschijnen