# Wix, what it is and how websites use it.

A cloud-based website building platform with a visual drag-and-drop editor. Suitable for small business owners and freelancers who need a website without programming knowledge.

- **Status:** Stable. Popular SaaS platform with a simple visual editor.
- **Category:** [CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)
- **First release:** 2006
- **License:** proprietary
- **Official website:** https://www.wix.com
- **Documentation:** https://dev.wix.com/docs
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wix

## Wix on audited websites

232 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Wix (1.4%). That ranks it #5 of the 21 technologies in CMS and site builders we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Wix vs all websites

- **Web score:** 72 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 85 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 58 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 53 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 37 (all websites 31)

### Most used in CMS and site builders

1. [WordPress](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wordpress): 8.4% (1,417)
2. [Lovable](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/lovable): 1.8% (310)
3. [Framer](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/framer): 1.6% (266)
4. [Webflow](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webflow): 1.5% (260)
5. [Wix](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wix): 1.4% (232)
6. [Sanity](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/sanity): 1.2% (197)
7. [Joomla](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/joomla): 1.2% (196)
8. [Squarespace](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/squarespace): 1.2% (196)
9. [Webnode](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webnode): 1.0% (171)
10. [Drupal](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/drupal): 1.0% (170)

## Other technologies in CMS and site builders

- [TYPO3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/typo3): <1% of websites
- [Contao](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contao): <1% of websites
- [Storyblok](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/storyblok): <1% of websites
- [Contentful](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contentful): <1% of websites
- [Base44](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/base44): <1% of websites
- [HubSpot CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/hubspot-cms): <1% of websites
- [Ghost](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/ghost): <1% of websites
- [Blogger](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/blogger): <1% of websites
- [Payload CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/payload-cms): <1% of websites
- [Directus](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/directus): <1% of websites
- [Bolt](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/bolt): <1% of websites
- [Replit](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/replit): not seen yet

[All 24 in CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)

## Questions about Wix

### What is Wix?

A cloud-based website building platform with a visual drag-and-drop editor. Suitable for small business owners and freelancers who need a website without programming knowledge. The be1st catalog lists Wix under CMS and site builders. License of Wix: proprietary.

### How many websites use Wix?

232 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Wix (1.4%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Wix first released?

Wix was first released in 2006.

### Is Wix still a modern choice?

Wix is a stable, mature choice rather than a new one. Popular SaaS platform with a simple visual editor.

### What are the alternatives to Wix?

Technologies that do the same job as Wix include WordPress, Framer, Webflow, Squarespace, and Webnode.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.