6 Best Musician Website Builders: Our Fine-Tuned Selection

Best for its music-specific website features

Editor's Choice

Wix

Best for its music-specific website features

Excellent

4.9

out of 5

• Easiest builder to use
• Feature-rich plans
• Plenty of customization

Free plan available

Paid Plans: $16 - $59 / month

Pros

• Get site stats from Wix Music Analytics
• Automatic backups keep your work safe
• Optional ADI tool for hands-off design

Cons

• Squarespace’s templates have more style
• Can’t change template once site is live
• May need extra apps to grow your site

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Wix has climbed the ranks in our most recent in-house testing and is now our number one website builder for music websites! Why did it surpass other builders on the market? Well, in addition to its easy drag-and-drop editor, Wix also offers a ton of apps that let you stream and sell your audio – like Wix Music, for example. 

Wix also has music-specific templates to really bring your website to life, whereas other builders, like Squarespace, only have general entertainment templates – which is why Wix has the upper hand here.

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You can customize a Wix template to show off your band’s style. Just look at this example from alternative-folk duo, Naz & Ella.

The Wix dashboard can help you start promoting your website.

Wix’s nice “what you see is what you get” editor lets you make changes directly on the page.

Wix is great for ease of use, and you can add all kinds of elements with a few clicks such as video and SoundCloud audio files.

Features

On top of this, all of the music sales you make through your Wix website are commission free, so you don’t have to worry about fielding any hidden charges. Plus, Wix lets you upload tracks in FLAC and 320 kbps MP3 files, so your audio quality is one less thing to worry about when starting out online. 

In addition to these top-notch music features, Wix’s cheapest paid plan (called the Combo plan) offers:

• 2 GB bandwidth
• 3 GB storage
• 30 video minutes

The Combo plan is ideal for creative portfolios, and is a great place to start your band or artist website. If you find your audience growing, you may want to consider the second-cheapest Unlimited plan, which offers:

• Unlimited bandwidth
• 10 GB storage
• 1 video hour

Wix plans also come with a free domain name for the first year, and if you feel yourself needing a helping hand along the way, this builder provides 24/7 support no matter which plan you choose. 

Design

Wix sets the bar high – it’s the only builder we tested that had an array of music-specific templates. Other platforms, like Duda, have only one specific template for this category, while Squarespace has templates for the general entertainment sector.

Wix’s music templates are super easy to customize and design, which is why this builder is our top scorer for ease of use. The drag-and-drop editor is simple, and if you want an even more hands-off experience, you can even let the Wix ADI tool design a site for you based on your answers to a few questions!

Other builders, like Duda and Site123, are also easy to use – however, Wix is the clear winner, because it combines ease of use with powerful features.

Pricing

Wix operates on a “freemium” model, so you can get a site off the ground without spending a cent – you’ll just need to upgrade to a paid plan to get rid of the Wix advertising, and the automated ‘wixsite’ in your domain name. Although you can hold onto your free Wix site for as long as you like, it’s good to note that you won’t be able to remove Wix ads or use Google analytics without upgrading, too. 

Wix’s cheapest paid plan, the Combo plan, costs just $16/month when billed annually. The second-cheapest Unlimited plan costs $22/month.

Looking for Something Easy to Use?

Wix is super beginner-friendly, so it’s a perfect choice if you want to jump right into building!

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• Wix Review – Read our full-length review of all things Wix.
• Wix Pricing – Get a breakdown of each Wix pricing plan.

Best platform for promoting gigs 

People's Choice

Squarespace

Best platform for promoting gigs

Outstanding

4.8

out of 5

• Image-focused templates
• Simple audio integrations
• Social media savvy

Free trial available

Paid Plans: $16 - $49 / month

Pros

• Customize audio files in content blocks
• Unlimited storage on all plans
• Best template designs of any builder

Cons

• Not as easy to use as Wix
• Only five music-specific templates
• Editor doesn’t autosave for you

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Squarespace is perfect for creatives – as far as musician website builders go, it’s a great choice for promoting events and gigs. Its easy social media connectivity and elegant audio player are both ideal features for promoting your work in the best possible light. Still, Squarespace has dropped slightly below Wix in our recent testing because, although the templates are stylish, they’re a lot more generic.

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Squarespace templates are section-based, so you can add content blocks above and below existing sections.

The left-hand sidebar menu is your best friend in the Squarespace editor.

Squarespace has content sections fit for everything from announcing tour dates to showing off your latest music videos.

Once you’ve added a content section, it’s very straightforward to edit text and images.

Features

In addition to powerful music-related features, every Squarespace plan includes:

• Unlimited storage and bandwidth
• SSL security
• Free custom domain for the first year

Design

In terms of design functionality, Squarespace earns the #1 spot in our website builder research. However, as we mentioned above, its relatively smaller offering of music-specific templates is why it dropped down from 4.9 to 4.7 out of 5 in this category. Squarespace has five music-specific templates, but you can pretty much customize any Squarespace template to fit this purpose.

Squarespace’s templates are sleek, modern, and offer tons of creative control – they’re perfect for the creative expression that a musical website requires! 

The one drawback of this powerful design freedom is that Squarespace isn’t as easy to use as competitors like Wix – hence why Squarespace slightly dips to a 4 out of 5 for ease of use. Squarespace is still a drag-and-drop builder, and you don’t have to know anything about code in order to use it – but Wix’s editor is more intuitive!

Pricing

The cheapest Squarespace plan is the Personal plan, which is just $16/month when billed annually, or $23/month when billed monthly.

If you do want ecommerce functionality as part of your Squarespace site – to sell your music online – you’re looking at $27/month for the Basic ecommerce plan, or $49/month for the Advanced plan. You can sell unlimited products with both – you just get extra features with the Advanced plan.

If you want to give Squarespace a try risk free, you can test it out at no cost for 14 days – you just need to enter your email address to get going. 

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• Squarespace Review – Take a more detailed look at Squarespace with us.
• Squarespace Pricing – Get a breakdown of each Squarespace pricing plan.

Best for email marketing

Weebly

Best for email marketing

Very Good

3.9

out of 5

• Cheapest of the top 3
• Quality marketing tools
• Lacks creativity

Free plan available

Paid Plans: $10 - $29 / month

Pros

• Great value for money
• Can switch templates after site is live
• Engage audiences with video backgrounds

Cons

• Not as easy to use as Wix
• Not as stylish as Squarespace
• Not the most customizable builder

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Weebly’s paid plans start at just $6/month and offer exciting features. However, you’ll have to install a lot of add-ons separately. Some are free, but advanced features are often paid – so you may end up paying a price similar to Wix and Squarespace just to get the same functionality!

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You can’t filter your Weebly template search to musician templates, but you’ll find some decent options in the “Portfolio” section.

Weebly’s editor is clean and simple, but its templates can’t compare to Squarespace’s style.

Weebly’s email marketing tool lets you use templates to build engaging newsletters and announcements to your followers.

Features

Weebly’s email marketing features are outstanding – you can create beautifully designed messages without any technical skills. However, one downside to Weebly is that it relies heavily on its app center for music-related features. This makes for a less streamlined creative process than you’d get with other builders out there. 

However, you can receive stats on your email marketing campaigns and import email contacts from sources like Gmail, Yahoo!, and Mailchimp.

Weebly’s general features are solid for beginners, but they do fall short in comparison to those of Squarespace and Wix – indeed, Weebly comes third in the features category of our research with a score of 4.3/5. For example, Weebly doesn’t offer a direct bookings or events system. Instead, you’ll have to integrate a separate app at additional cost.

Design

Although Weebly’s templates are clean and simple, its design flexibility doesn’t compare to that of other builders on the market. Weebly’s themes fail to  reflect current web design trends, which makes them slightly outdated. It scored the lowest in this category with a 2.5 out of 5.

Weebly’s minimal approach to design does mean your photos will take center stage, but overall you won’t have the same level of creative freedom or design quality that you’d get with a builder like Squarespace.

Weebly offers around 50 themes to choose from, and you can switch your theme at any time – including after you’ve published your site.

Pricing

In our musician website builder research, Weebly was the top scorer in value for money – but we actually think you’ll get the most bang for your buck with the second of Weebly’s three paid plans:

• Personal – $6/month
• Professional – $12/month
• Performance – $26/month 

Although the personal plan is the cheapest, we recommend the Professional plan, because its features are more on par with what your music website will need – such as free SSL security and unlimited storage.

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We were impressed by Weebly’s email marketing, which is perfect for keeping your fans up to date with your latest news.

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• Weebly Review – Take an in-depth look at Weebly.
• Weebly Pricing – See a breakdown of Weebly’s plans.

Best for SoundCloud integrations

Duda

Best for simple templates

Good

3.6

out of 5

• Easy to add audio widgets
• Quality templates
• Not great value for money

Free trial available

Paid Plans: $14 - $59 / month

Pros

• Easily integrate features
• Templates second only to Squarespace
• Over 100 font styles to choose from

Cons

• Less features than others for same price
• Not many completely built-in features
• Less design freedom than Squarespace

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Duda now sits in fifth place in our list of website builders for musicians, with a 3.6 out of 5 overall rating. This shows a slight decrease from our previous in-house research, largely due to Duda’s relatively high prices. Its cheapest plan costs the same as Wix’s Combo plan at $14 per month, but doesn’t offer as many tools or features as Wix does – contributing to its lower value for money score of 1.3 out of 5. 

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Duda has a few musician-specific templates, but you can really customize any of its templates to work for your purposes.

We love the style and image-focused quality of Duda’s templates.

Duda makes it really simple to add audio widgets to your pages.

Features

The SoundCloud integration is a great way for you to interact with your audience by easily adding songs, podcasts or small clips to your site. Still, Duda doesn’t offer as many features as the top three builders. In the features category, it comes in fifth place with a score of 2.4/5. That said, the features Duda does offer are super useful, such as:

• Easy-to-trigger pop-ups or special messages to help keep fans engaged
• Free SSL

Design

Duda offers 98 mobile-responsive templates that are remarkably easy to customize – its drag-and-drop editor and optional pre-designed sections make the website building process easy. Duda’s templates also include audio and video widgets to help you integrate more of your work onsite.

That said, if you’re looking for more design freedom for your music website, then you may be better off with Wix or Squarespace – Duda’s templates are more flexible than most, but they don’t take the top spot! Still, with color overlays and 100+ font styles available, you’ll be able to include a personal touch.

Pricing

Duda’s plans start with the $14/month Basic plan, which is ideal for those just starting out in the music industry. If your audience is slightly more established, or you want to grow your site, then you may need the extra tools (like comments sections and extra branding capabilities) available on the $22/month Team plan.

$22/month is pretty pricey for a builder that lacks the features or capabilities of competitors like Wix and Squarespace – but the good news is, the Team plan offers a 14-day free trial, so you can test it out before committing!

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Duda values style, which is clear from its simple and easy-to-customize template designs!

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More Information

• Duda Review – Our full-length look at Duda.
• How to Design a Website – Eight simple steps for success.

Best Value for Money

Best Value For Money

Jimdo

Best value for money

Okay

3.1

out of 5

• Affordable plans
• Advert-free
• Lacks powerful features

Free plan available

Paid Plans: $9 - $24 / month

Pros

• Video integration engages fans
• Template editor is beginner-friendly
• Very budget-friendly

Cons

• Features and support could be better
• Not great for growth
• Not much design flexibility

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Jimdo is an easy-to-use, ad-free website builder that gives you the toolbox you need to create a sleek site without breaking the bank. This platform creeped its way onto our list of the top six website builders for musicians, scoring a 3.1 out of 5, largely due to how simple it is to get started without the big bucks. You don’t need to be a coding whiz to use Jimdo, but you may have to settle for a more basic outcome than you’d get with some of the other builders we’ve mentioned.

Features

As well as these music-specific features, Jimdo’s cheapest paid plan (Start plan) gives you access to:

• Free domain
• 10 GB Bandwidth 
• 5 GB storage 

Signing up to the Start plan is a great way to get your music website off the ground without having to dedicate too much time or effort to the process.

Design

Jimdo’s templates are fairly limited, and there isn’t an extensive collection of music-specific options. This is why Jimdo scores slightly lower than its competitors, earning a design flexibility score of 3.1 out of 5. Although the themes may be basic, this is where Jimdo’s ADI editor comes in to make the design process more streamlined and specific to your creative needs. 

All you have to do is answer a series of questions, such as: 

• Who you’re creating your website for
• What the website is for – e.g. to promote creative content

Once that’s done, Jimdo gets to work designing your site accordingly. Don’t worry about Jimdo completely taking over the design process – you’ll still get to add or delete blocks of content. After all, it’s your website, and it’s only right that you get the last say! 

Pricing

Jimdo prides itself on offering cheaper pricing plans without compromising too much on quality. The lowest paid plan is the Start plan at $9 per month, which provides an ad-free website with up to 10 site pages and advanced SEO tools. 

But the best-selling plan seems to be the Grow plan at $15 per month – and we can see why! It offers all of the Start plan features, plus social marketing so you can showcase your work to the masses. 

If you’re not too sure about Jimdo, you can try out its free ‘Play’ plan to test out the editor and get a feel for the platform overall. After that, we’d recommend jumping onto a premium paid plan to really make the most out of your website building process.

Want a website builder that offers great value for money?

If you’re in need of a website without breaking the bank, Jimdo is right for you.

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• Jimdo Review – Check out this full review of Jimdo to see if this builder best suits your needs

All six of the website builders ranked above have gone through our rigorous research process, and have been compared through both our overall and music-specific research categories.

But it’s good to know that there are a few other music-specific website builders out there that we haven’t analyzed yet – so until we put the following three players through our in-house process, we’ve weighed their strengths and weaknesses in these general summaries:

Bandzoogle

Bandzoogle was literally built by musicians, for musicians – its journey began in the late 90s, when founder and musician Chris Vinson created his own website.

Bandzoogle is a drag-and-drop website builder, meaning all its templates are customizable, without the need to code anything yourself. It may not be quite as polished as the big names like Wix and Squarespace, but it has handy features like easy SoundCloud and YouTube integration, and commission-free selling for merch and tickets.

Bandzoogle offers three paid plans. The $8.29/month Lite plan is the cheapest, but you’ll be capped at 10 pages and 10 tracks. The $16.63/month Pro plan is the priciest, and it offers unlimited pages, tracks, and mailing list subscribers.

Music Glue

Music Glue is an ecommerce-heavy platform that lets you set up your music website for a monthly fee, with some useful features like advanced data tools and merch pre-orders.

So, what’s the catch? Music Glue takes a 2% commission of your gross revenue. If you’re not making money, you won’t have to pay anything – but once your sales take off, you’ll notice the fees coming out of your revenue!

BandVista

BandVista makes it easy to upload video and music files. The cheapest plan allows for 50 music tracks and 1,000 newsletter subscribers, while the priciest plan offers 1,000 music tracks and 25,000 newsletter subscribers.

BandVista’s templates aren’t a standout feature – they’re a bit cluttered, and although there are a few to choose from, they all look pretty similar. If creative expression is important to you, you may want to look elsewhere. That said, at $9.95/month, BandVista’s cheapest plan is affordable for what you get.

So there you have it: a whistle-stop tour of the best website builders for musicians on the market today. Whether you’re focused on pricing, design, or merch, there’s a builder here for you. Here’s a quick recap of the website builders we’ve covered and their top selling points:

Awesome analytic tools, music-specific templates, and an easy drag-and-drop editor all help make Wix the best overall option for any music website. But if promoting gigs and events is more your site’s purpose, then Squarespace is an excellent choice.

If you still can’t make your mind up, don’t worry! All of the website builders featured on this list either offer a free plan or a free trial. Give one a try – you can always switch if it doesn’t feel right.