GoDaddy Website Builder
Chat-based AI website builder with code access and GoDaddy hosting; free plan for previews, publishing from Starter.
Founded 1997
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GoDaddy Website Builder is the hosted site builder from GoDaddy, a company founded in 1997. It now runs on Airo AI Builder: you describe the site, store or web app in a chat, and AI generates the pages, copy, images and code. You refine it by chat, edit text, images and layout by hand without spending AI credits, or change the code directly.
The Free plan gives 50 AI credits a month for unlimited previews; publishing starts with Starter at $9.99 a month billed yearly or $19.99 monthly. Professional ($24.99) allows 10 published sites and adds online payments, a product catalog, bookings, shipping rates and sales tax. Ultimate ($99.99) allows 50 sites and adds GitHub sync and client hand-off tools. Paid plans include hosting, SSL, downloadable code and a free first-year domain on yearly billing. GoDaddy shows no renewal price for yearly plans.
Best for
Small businesses and side projects that would rather describe a site than design one, want hosting and a domain from one company, and may later need custom features or code access.
Pros
- Describe a site in plain language; manual text, image and layout edits use no AI credits
- Full code access: view and edit the code and download the project; GitHub sync on Ultimate
- Hosting, SSL and DDoS protection on every paid plan, plus a free first-year domain on yearly billing
- Automatic structured data, page titles, meta descriptions and llms.txt, with SEO audits on request
- Free plan with 50 AI credits a month and unlimited previews, no credit card needed
Cons
- The Free plan is for previews: publishing starts at Starter, and switching to Free unpublishes projects
- Online payments and deposits, a product catalog, bookings, shipping and sales tax start at Professional; Starter has payment links and QR codes
- Removing Airo branding is still listed under Coming soon on Professional and Ultimate
- Monthly billing costs about twice the yearly rate ($19.99 against $9.99 for Starter), and the page shows no renewal price for yearly plans
- Search engines index only sites on a custom domain, which needs a paid plan
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly (12-month total) |
|---|---|---|
| Free50 AI credits/month, unlimited preview sites and apps, no credit card; publishing needs a paid plan | Free Free plan | |
| Starter$9.99/month billed yearly, no renewal price shown; 150 AI credits/month, 1 published site or app, payment links and QR codes | $19.99/mo | $119.88/yr ($9.99/mo) |
| Professional$24.99/month billed yearly; 300 AI credits/month, up to 10 sites or apps, online payments, product catalog, bookings, shipping rates, automatic sales tax | $49.99/mo | $299.88/yr ($24.99/mo) |
| Ultimate$99.99/month billed yearly; 750 AI credits/month, up to 50 sites or apps, team collaboration, client hand-off, GitHub sync; priority support listed on yearly billing only | $199.99/mo | $1,199.88/yr ($99.99/mo) |
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Features
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| Feature | GoDaddy Website Builder |
|---|---|
| E-commerce | Yes · Online payments, product catalog, bookings, shipping rates and sales tax from Professional; Starter has payment links and QR codes |
| CMS | Partial · Blog posts, plus database tables you can view and edit in the editor |
| Custom code | Yes · View and edit the code, download the project; GitHub sync on Ultimate |
| Hosting included | Yes · GoDaddy hosting, SSL and DDoS protection; publishing needs a paid plan |
| Design freedom | Yes · AI-generated custom layouts, manual edits and full code access; no drag-and-drop editor |
| Templates | Partial · Designs are generated from your prompt, with template prompts and UI kits to start from |
| SEO tools | Yes · Automatic structured data, titles, meta descriptions and llms.txt; audits by prompt; indexing needs a custom domain |
| Memberships | Partial · No membership feature in the plan lists; GoDaddy says Airo can build user accounts (auth) and client portals from a prompt |
| Free plan | Partial · 50 AI credits a month and unlimited previews; publishing a site needs a paid plan |