As a nonprofit organization, your website is crucial to your fundraising efforts. Potential donors look to your website to learn more about your organization and its mission and decide whether to contribute time and money. We have compiled a list of the top 11 website builders for nonprofits, focusing on factors like use, functionality, and flexibility.
Nonprofits rely on their websites to share program and event details and promote their organization’s mission. Websites are also a crucial tool for fundraising. Luckily, when it comes to nonprofit website builders, there are several options to help organizations build and manage their websites regardless of coding experience.
In this article, we’ve listed eleven top website builders, focusing on use, functionality, and flexibility.
As a nonprofit organization, your website is crucial to your fundraising efforts. Potential donors will look to your website to learn more about your organization and its mission and decide whether they believe in it enough to contribute their time or money.
As such, you want to find a website builder that helps you convey your organization’s values and encourage donations.
With so many options available, it’s hard to decide which website builder is suited to your organization’s needs. To make it easier, we have compiled a list of what we believe are the top nonprofit website builders, considering factors such as ease of use, functionality, and flexibility.
We hope this helps you out on your quest to build your perfect nonprofit website.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – great: Wix has an intuitive user interface and provides a variety of pre-made templates, letting you build a professional-looking website with no coding skills or experience. It has a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, so you can get a complete preview of your website before publishing it. Wix even offers a form of artificial design intelligence (known as the Wix ADI) that helps you build the first version of your website automatically!
Functionality – good: Wix offers mobile-responsive templates so your website can look as good on mobile devices as it does on a computer screen. It also has strong SEO features to help you optimize your website’s pervasiveness on search engine searches. Unfortunately, once you’ve picked a template for your website, you can’t change it without re-uploading all of your content – so pick wisely!
Flexibility – good: Wix offers blank canvas style editing of its templates, that allows you to customize each page and element to fit your organization and website’s needs. Not only does it provide a large variety of templates, but it also has a large range of widgets to choose from in the Wix App Market. Finally, Wix has a “code” element that you can use to embed custom code into your website, giving you even more flexibility than the App Market already provides.
You can embed a Donorbox donation button on Wix. The Donorbox recurring donation form is also easy to embed on Wix websites. Learn more about how seamlessly Donorbox integrates with the Wix website builder here.
Wix nonprofit pricing: Although Wix offers a free basic plan, it includes a large Wix logo at the bottom of every page. The paid plans start with the Combo plan at $14/month and go up to $39/month for the VIP plan. Also, they have a separate business pricing that ranges from $23/month to $500/month. Know more here.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – great: Weebly is known as the easiest-to-use website builder out there – so if you’re a beginner with little to no technical experience, this is just the thing for you. It provides a variety of pre-made templates to help guide the creation of your website and a WYSIWYG editor that shows you what your website will look like as you are building it and before it is published.
Functionality – good: Weebly provides mobile-responsive templates and basic SEO capabilities. SEO optimization for page titles, descriptions, and URLs is directly available in page editors, and more SEO apps can be downloaded from Weebly’s App Center. It also gives you an option to add membership pages to your website, which allows you to limit the visibility of a page to members.
Flexibility – good: Weebly’s App Center provides a good selection of apps, separated by purpose and function. In addition to these, Weebly does allow you to add an “embed code” element to your website that you can use to add your custom code, allowing for added flexibility when it comes to apps.
You can even embed the Donorbox donate button on your Weebly site. It’s straightforward to add the Donorbox embeddable or popup donation forms on Weebly websites. Know more about Donorbox and Weebly integration here.
Weebly’s templates are very structured, and apps or elements can only be added in designated spots on the templates, which limits flexibility in terms of the design of your website.
Weebly nonprofit pricing: Weebly offers a free basic plan, with the first paid plan starting at $5/month. However, we recommend getting the Pro plan, at $12/month, which gives you access to site search, membership page creation, password protection, and HD video and audio. There’s also a business plan priced at $25/month. All plans are billed annually. Learn more.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – good: Squarespace is known for its beautiful, minimalist templates. These allow you to create a professional-looking website with minimal effort or experience required. The user interface for the Squarespace editor is also very intuitive and straightforward, making it easy for you to find the functions you need and understand how to use them. However, Squarespace’s lack of support for 3rd party apps and extensions makes it so that basic coding skills are required to add 3rd party features.
Functionality – good: Like Wix and Weebly, Squarespace provides mobile responsive templates and SEO capabilities. However, Squarespace only provides one level of sub-navigation, or subpages, which may restrict your website design. In addition, Squarespace does not provide a preview mode to help you see what your website would look like before you publish it.
Flexibility – great: Squarespace provides extensive styling options with lots of attention to detail. For example, it even allows you to crop image thumbnails, something most website builders don’t offer. It also allows for custom code, like Wix and Weebly, which allows you to embed outside widgets and apps.
You can embed the Donorbox recurring donation form in Squarespace websites, and add the popup form. Know more about Donorbox and Squarespace integration here.
Squarespace nonprofit pricing: Squarespace is one of the few website builders on this list that does not have a free basic option. Their plans range from $14 to $49 a month. You can pay monthly or annually (to save on the pricing). Learn more here.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – great: Morweb is perfect for nonprofit website building because the platform doesn’t require coding to master. That means your nonprofit doesn’t need to hire a web developer or web design firm to manage your site for you. Anyone can build and customize a Morweb site, no special training is required.
Functionality – good: What makes Morweb stand out from the crowd is that they balance ease of use with premium functionality. Your nonprofit’s website has to do a lot of things: process donations, share events, tell the story of your mission, and more. With Morweb, you can build a nonprofit website that checks all of your boxes without having to sacrifice a user-friendly content management interface.
Flexibility – good: When you start designing a Morweb site, your team can choose from ready-made nonprofit website templates designed for community groups, associations, international nonprofits, and even environmental organizations. From there, you can customize your brand’s color scheme, logo, typeface, and other identifiers to make the theme your own. As you drag and drop modules onto the page to give it the functionality you need, you can see the changes made in real-time on their Live Editor. This means you don’t have to blindly make page updates on the back end before seeing your work come to life.
Morweb nonprofit pricing: Morweb isn’t free. You can choose their Start plan for just $99/month. As your organization grows, you can upgrade to their next-level plan for just $149/month or their Engage plan for $199/month. learn more.
Builder type: Ready-made templates.
Ease of use – good: Jimdo has a simple, intuitive user interface and provides suggested layouts to make it as easy as possible for you to build your website, whether or not you have any previous experience or coding skills. You can also edit your website from the mobile Jimdo app, something that many other website builders do not have or have not perfected as well as Jimdo.
Functionality – good: Like the previous website builders, Jimdo provides mobile-responsive templates and SEO capabilities. Jimdo uses SSL encryption, which is a ranking factor for SEO. You can even pay for their “Ranking Coach” tool if you need help to better understand SEO. In addition, a domain name and email hosting are included in all paid Jimdo packages, which is not the case for most other website builders.
Flexibility – good: Jimdo has a decent variety of elements and add-ons and provides a “Widget/HTML” element that allows you to add your own custom code. However, Jimdo does not have an extensive app center like Wix’s or Weebly’s. Although Jimdo’s templates are partially customizable, they are still subject to restrictions, unlike a blank canvas style editor.
Jimdo nonprofit pricing: Jimdo offers a free basic option in addition to its paid plans that start at $9/month and go up to $39/month. Know more on their website.
Builder type: Backend editor.
Ease of use – average: WordPress uses a backend editor as opposed to drag-and-drop, which comes with a steeper learning curve as it requires some experience and coding skills. The editor is not “WYSIWYG,” in that you cannot see what your website will look like as you are building it.
Functionality – good: Like the others, WordPress has mobile responsive themes and provides SEO capabilities as well as additional SEO plugins for download. However, it requires regular updates to keep your website secure, which may be seen as an inconvenience.
Flexibility – great: The main perk of a back-end editor is that you can change anything in your website’s code, which gives you full flexibility and free reign on how you want to design your website. In addition to this, WordPress has a large range of themes and plugins (almost 50,000!) that you can choose to download and add to your website.
Check out the Donorbox plugin on WordPress. You can use it to easily embed the recurring form on your WordPress website. Know more.
WordPress nonprofit pricing: WordPress offers a free basic option and its paid plans at $48 (billed yearly) and goes up to $300 (billed yearly).
Builder type: Block editor (drag-and-drop meets backend editor).
Ease of use: Wired Impact takes usability seriously, and it shows when using their system. The block editor allows for a visual editing experience, making it easy for non-technical users to see what their pages will look like before publishing. All of their plans include support from actual nonprofit marketers, so if you have any trouble, they’ll quickly get you back on the right track. On their Amplify plan, they’ll even make website changes for you on an ongoing basis at no additional charge.
Functionality: This is an area where Wired Impact’s experience in the nonprofit space shines. Their features are built for nonprofits, so things like online donations and integration with popular nonprofit tools become standard. For nonprofits with more sophisticated needs, they also offer higher plans with features like volunteer management, event registration, and integration with donor management systems.
Flexibility: Wired Impact talks a lot about balancing flexibility with ease of use. They offer enough flexibility so you can easily tailor your site to feel unique to your nonprofit, but not so much that you get bogged down in settings or constantly break key pages of your site. The block editor allows you to take control of your pages and make them uniquely your own. And if their system doesn’t have a feature you need, request it. They’re constantly updating their tools based on actual requests from nonprofits.
Wired Impact nonprofit pricing: Wired Impact is trying to fill the gap between DIY and a custom agency site, and they reflect that approach. Plans start at $69/month and scale up to $329/month, but unlike many others out there, Wired Impact has no upfront fees. And without contracts, you’re free to switch plans at any time as your needs change.
They also offer a variety of optional add-on services so you can build the project that’s right for your organization.
Builder type: Ready-made templates.
Ease of use – good: IM Creator provides pre-made, professionally designed templates that are separated by industry to make it easier for you to find the right template for your website. However, IM Creator’s interface is seen by some as too minimal, therefore making it hard to use different functions.
Functionality – average: Once again, IM Creator provides mobile-responsive templates and has SEO capabilities. However, like Wix, once you have created your website, you cannot change your template without having to re-insert content. In addition, IM Creator does not provide any e-commerce tools.
Flexibility – good: IM Creator does give you the option to design a template from scratch, allowing for more flexibility than just their pre-formatted templates. It also allows for custom code, so you can embed third-party widgets of your choice. However, similar to Jimdo, it does not have an extensive app store.
IM Creator nonprofit pricing: IM Creator offers free access for students, artists, and nonprofits. You have to apply to be eligible. Their paid plans range from $8/month to $350/year. Know more here.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – good: You likely know GoDaddy as the main platform for purchasing website domain names. Many enjoy the convenience of purchasing their domain name and creating their website through the same website hosting service.
In addition, GoDaddy’s website builder has an intuitive user interface and provides pre-made templates. It also provides easy photo importing and editing, something which is not easily found in other website builders.
If you don’t want to host your website on Godaddy, check out this guide by Digital.com on the best web hosting providers.
Functionality – average: GoDaddy’s website builder has SEO capabilities and can create backups and restore the website at any time, something not found in the other website builders on this list. However, it does not allow you to change templates without having to reinsert content. In addition, the mobile responsive templates it offers are extremely basic and are only offered with more expensive plans.
Nonprofits can embed the Donorbox donation form on their GoDaddy sites – here’s the complete guide.
Flexibility – average: GoDaddy provides the option of using a blank canvas editor, allowing for flexibility in page design. It also allows for custom code so you can embed your third-party content. However, it does not have an extensive app store, and the features it offers are limited and simplistic.
GoDaddy nonprofit pricing: GoDaddy is the last website builder on this list to not offer a free basic option, although it does offer a one-month free trial. Plans start at $2.99/month (discounted) and scale up to $12.99/month (discounted). Know more here.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – great: PageCloud’s WYSIWYG editor (what you see is what you get) is second to none. It’s the closest thing you’ll get to editing a live website without having to use code. Although the editor is intuitive and very easy to use, it comes with a slight con: the level of freedom can be overwhelming for people with little to no design experience. This is especially true when using their mobile layout builder. Sometimes too much freedom can be a bit overwhelming.
Functionality – good: PageCloud offers mobile responsive websites so your website looks great on every device. They also offer everything you need for SEO including Automatic Image Optimization so your website always loads as fast as possible. While PageCloud doesn’t currently have as many features (eg. membership options) as other tools, it does have a lot of amazing features like the ability to copy and paste content directly on your pages as well as full access to the source code allowing unlimited customization for more advanced users.
Flexibility – great: Whether you choose a blank canvas or a pre-built template, PageCloud gives you the ability to customize whatever you want. Users without coding experience can leverage PageCloud’s 100+ app integrations and editing menu to create their unique website. On top of that, PageCloud’s flexibility goes to a whole other level if you know how to code. Because you have full access to the source code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), experienced users can create whatever they want!
PageCloud nonprofit pricing: PageCloud plans range from $19/month (billed annually) to $58/month (billed annually). Know more about their pricing here.
Builder type: Drag and drop.
Ease of use – great: With Boxmode, anyone can build and run their nonprofit website without any coding knowledge. The service has more than 50 niche templates for nonprofits, customizable widgets, a drag-and-drop editor, and the ability to bind a domain.
As for Boxmode’s integration capabilities, you might want to know that tracking your website performance is possible by integrating famous analytics tools. The latter include Google Analytics, Hotjar, Facebook Pixel, and GTM.
Functionality – good: Boxmode is constantly working on improving its platform and expanding its functionality. Here are some prominent features:
Flexibility – great: You can use tons of beautiful templates perfectly suitable for different nonprofit niches and spread across several categories. You can also use customizable widgets as building blocks. Simply drop them on the canvas to get a fully-fledged website in a matter of minutes!
If you have the right skills, apart from the mentioned drag-and-drop editor, you can also use Boxmode’s Code editor! Drop HTML, CSS, or JS code directly in it to add new design elements, features, and integrations.
Boxmode also saves all the work progress on the go, allowing you to experiment with your site design as much as you want!
Boxmode nonprofit pricing: Boxmode has a free/starter plan. Their paid plans are priced at $4.5/monthly and $7.5/monthly.
Once you’ve selected the best website builder for nonprofits, you’ll need a way to take in donations.
Head over to donorbox.org and sign up to easily create your recurring donation form in minutes and you’ll be ready to receive donations in no time. These donation forms can be customized to fit your website design and can be easily embedded into your nonprofit website!
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Laura Catanese