Shingle vs Weebly
Weebly offers a simple free site and Square payments. Shingle builds yours with AI.
- Shingle
- Best ifYou want AI to write and build the siteFirst paid plan$49 a month
- Weebly
- Best ifYou want a free site and don't mind Square ads on itFirst paid plan$16 a month
The short answer
Choose Weebly if you want a free site, or a low-cost one with a shopping cart and Square payments, and you're happy to build it yourself. Choose Shingle if you want AI to build and change the site from your own facts, or if you sell websites to local businesses. Shingle has no free plan: it starts with a 7-day trial for $1 that includes a live site, then costs $49 a month, or $39 paid yearly.
What Weebly does well
A small-business website builder from Square, with a free plan, a shopping cart and Square payments.
- A free plan, with SSL on every plan
- Square payments and a shopping cart built in
- Low monthly prices, from $13 billed annually
- Part of Square, so it sits beside Square's other products
- Third-party embed code allowed on all four plans
What each one has
Read from each builder's own pages. "Not shown" isn't proof it's missing.
| Feature | Shingle | Weebly |
|---|---|---|
| Site from a short description | Yes | Not shown |
| AI chat that edits the site | Yes | Not shown |
| Site from a Google listing | Yes | Not shown |
| Site from an existing website | Yes | Not shown |
| Finds businesses to pitch | Yes | Not shown |
| Pitch link that says when it's opened | Yes | Not verified |
| Reviews every line against the business's facts | Yes | Not verified |
| Online store | No | Yes |
| Take payments | No | Yes |
| Online booking | Yes | Not shown |
| Visitor analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Own domain | Yes | Yes |
| White label | Partly | Not shown |
| Client billing | No | Not shown |
| Publishes for free | No | Yes |
Where it differs
AI that builds and changes it
Start from notes or a Google listing, then ask for changes. Weebly's pages don't show an AI builder.
Every version kept
Each build, change and edit is saved, and you can restore any of them free.
Tools to sell websites
Radar finds businesses with weak sites, and a pitch link alerts you when they open their demo.
What each one costs
Weebly's prices as its own pages showed them on 6 November 2026.
Shingle
- 7-day trial$1 with 1 live site and 100 credits
- Shingle plan$49 a month, with 1 live site and 200 credits
- Paid yearly$39 a month
- Each more live site$7 a month, or $67 a year
- 10 live sites$112 a month
Weebly
- Free$0 for basic use
- Personal$16 a month
- Professional$20 a month
- Performance$36 a month
Billed annually, Personal is $13 a month, Professional $15 and Performance $32. Its pricing page carries a 2019 copyright line, so check weebly.com for what it charges today.
Free plan at Weebly: basic use with Square ads, and a custom domain needs a paid plan. Shingle has no free plan. It starts with a 7-day trial for $1, which includes a live site. Sources: Weebly pricing, Weebly home page.
Who each one suits
Choose Shingle if
- You want AI to write and build the site
- You want online booking, a lead inbox and a newsletter on the site
- You sell websites to other businesses
- You want a Checkup that lists what to fix on each site
Choose Weebly if
- You want a free site and don't mind Square ads on it
- You already use Square and want its payments on your site
- You want a shopping cart on a low-cost plan
- You're happy to build and edit everything by hand
Moving over from Weebly
- Paste your Weebly site's address into Shingle's composer and choose Clone. It copies the words, photos and design, once you've confirmed you have the right.
- Clone offers the pages in the site's menu afterward. A Weebly store doesn't come across, because Shingle has none.
- If your domain is your own, it moves with two DNS records that Shingle shows you. Connecting one needs the plan.
Common questions
Can't find your answer? Read Shingle Help or email [email protected].
It is if you want AI to build and change your site, or you sell websites to other businesses. If you want a free site, or a low-cost shopping cart with Square payments, Weebly costs less and Shingle has neither.
We didn't see one on the pages we read on 6 November 2026. Those pages carry a 2019 copyright line, so they may be out of date. Shingle builds a site with AI from notes, a Google listing or an existing page, usually in 10 to 15 minutes.
Yes. Weebly has a free plan, and its paid plans run from $13 to $36 a month. Shingle has no free plan: it starts with a 7-day trial for $1 that includes a live site, and then the plan is $39 a month paid yearly, or $49 monthly. That price covers 200 credits a month for AI builds and changes, a lead inbox, booking and a newsletter.
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- Pricing7 days for $1, then one plan at $49 a month.
Build your first site
Start from a Google listing or a few notes. Demos usually take 5–15 minutes.
7 days for $1, then $49 a month. Cancel any time.