The best church website builders in 2026, honestly ranked with real prices

Let me say the awkward part first: I make one of the church website builders on this list. Church Studio is ours. So read this knowing that, and know this too. Every price below I checked on each company's own pricing page on October 26, 2026, and where I couldn't confirm a price, I say so instead of guessing. When another builder fits your church better, I'll tell you, because a church on the wrong platform usually ends up starting over a year later.

I also owe you a correction. An earlier version of this post said Nucleus sold guest follow-up and media tools as paid add-ons. When I went back to check, that isn't how Nucleus prices today, so I rewrote that section. More on that below.

What a church website builder actually is

A church website builder is a platform made for churches out of the box: sermons, events, service times, a giving link, a way for guests to say hello. Someone on your team runs it, usually a staff member or a volunteer. That's different from a general builder like Wix or Squarespace, where you assemble the church pieces yourself, and different from hiring someone to build and run the site for you. I cover both of those briefly too, because for some churches they're the right answer.

The short version

1. Church Studio (ours): $39 a month. Hosting, your domain, sermons, events and email follow-up for first-time guests are all in that price. Best for small and mid-size churches that want one honest number.
2. Nucleus: $65, $99 or $199 a month, no long-term contract, 15 day free trial. Best for churches that want website, follow-up and giving under one roof and have the budget for it.
3. The Church Co: I couldn't load their pricing page when I checked, so confirm their current plans directly. Often the first stop for very tight budgets.
4. ReachRight: $97 a month, plus a $2,000 setup fee that's waived with a 12-month commitment. Best for churches that want it built for them at a mid-range price.
5. Subsplash: quote based, priced by church size and usage. Best for larger churches where a branded app is central.
6. Squarespace or Wix: Squarespace runs $19 to $99 a month billed yearly; Wix starts at $17.77 a month billed yearly. Best when you have a tech-comfortable volunteer with real time.

The most useful question for every row: what does the price include for the things your church actually needs? Ask about sermons, guest follow-up, giving and help with setup. That's where the differences are.

Church Studio: $39 a month, and that's the whole bill

Ours, so judge accordingly. I built Church Studio because I kept meeting churches that didn't need a custom website. They needed a good one, live soon, that a volunteer couldn't break.

It's $39 a month. That covers hosting, connecting your own domain (the setup screen even tells you which company your domain is with and where to click), sermon pages that pull in new YouTube or Vimeo uploads every night, a podcast feed, events, six styles to choose from, and every word on every page editable by you. There's an editor built for your phone, so updating service times from the parking lot is realistic. And first-time guests get a welcome email sequence written in your church's voice, which matters to me more than any design feature. There's a 14 day free trial.

Honestly, it's not for you if your church is large, your brand needs are deep, or you want someone else doing everything for you. That's where a custom church website makes more sense. We do that too, for $295 a month, month to month, with no setup fee. Different product, different church.

Nucleus: polished, with more included than you might think

Nucleus is a well-built platform with a loyal following, and it deserves a fair description. Here's what their pricing page says today. Essential is $65 a month and includes the website builder, Flows, People and Prayer. Standard is $99 a month and adds Sermons, Messages (which is where automated follow-up sequences live) and more. Complete is $199 a month and adds Giving for US churches and their Media library. Every plan has unlimited users and pages, hosting and a custom domain. There's no long-term contract and a 15 day free trial.

So the real comparison is simple. If you want sermons and guest follow-up, you're looking at Nucleus Standard at $99 a month or Church Studio at $39. If your team loves how Nucleus works, or you want giving run by the same company as your website, that difference may well be worth it.

The Church Co: confirm the price yourself

The Church Co has long been a first stop for church plants and churches with very little budget. Their pricing page blocked me when I went to check it for this update, and I'm not going to quote a number I can't confirm. When you look, ask two questions: is there an annual contract, and what does setup cost if you want help getting it right? Those two answers tell you the real price.

ReachRight: done for you, with a commitment

ReachRight sits between a platform and an agency. They build the site for you on their system for $97 a month. The $2,000 setup fee is waived with a 12-month commitment, and their monthly option requires that commitment anyway. Local SEO is a separate service at $297 a month, and custom sites are quoted per project. They're a legitimate operation. Just go in knowing the commitment is how the setup fee goes away.

Subsplash: the app-first platform

Subsplash is really a full church platform (app, giving, media and websites) more than a website builder. Pricing for the plans that include websites isn't published; it's based on church size and usage, which tells you who it's built for. If a branded church app is central to your plans, put them on your list. If you mostly need a great website, you'd be paying for a lot of platform to get one.

Squarespace and Wix: capable, but generic

These are the honest budget answer when you have a volunteer who's comfortable with technology and has time to give. They're flexible and well made. They also know nothing about churches, so sermon pages, service times, guest follow-up and connections to your church software are yours to piece together. The risk I see again and again is the volunteer moving on and the site freezing in time. Budget the Saturdays, not just the subscription. If WordPress is more your speed, I ranked the best WordPress themes for churches separately.

Reading an older list of the best church website builders?

If you landed here from a search for a 2018, 2019 or 2020 list, here's the honest thing to know: almost everything has changed since then. Products have merged, renamed or disappeared, and prices move. My own Nucleus correction above is proof. Whatever list you read, including this one, check the price on the company's own page before you decide.

How to choose a church website builder

Four questions cut through every sales page.

First, what's the total with everything you need? Not the starting price, the price with sermons, follow-up and giving switched on.

Second, who updates the site in year two? A church website stays current when updating it is easy enough that more than one person can do it. A stale site quietly costs you first-time guests.

Third, what happens when a guest fills out a form? A site that welcomes and follows up with guests helps a church grow. One that doesn't is a brochure.

Fourth, what does leaving look like? Ask about contracts and whether you keep your domain and your content before you sign, not after.

Where I land

If your church is under about 200 people and you want the whole thing handled for one clear price, that's exactly who I built Church Studio for. You can try Church Studio free for 14 days and see your site before you pay anything. If you're larger or want it built for you, choose a custom build, from us or from anyone on this list. Either way, run the numbers in our church website cost guide first. The right choice is the one that leaves more money for ministry.