• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
NameHero® Blog

NameHero® Blog

Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero

  • Hosting
    • Web Hosting
    • WordPress Hosting
    • WooCommerce Hosting
    • Enterprise Hosting
  • VPS
    • VPS Hosting
    • Flex VPS
  • Reseller
  • Email
  • Gaming
  • Domains
  • Website Builder
  • Account
  • Blog Home
  • Categories
  • Authors

When Should You Use A Page Builder For Your Site?

Bhagwad Park

Published on: September 11, 2019

Categories: Website Development 0

If you’re a newbie to web hosting, you might have seen services on certain web hosts, offering “page builders” to create your new site. Or perhaps you’ve heard of products like “Wix”, which allow you to host your site on their domain, and which allow you to quickly build out site elements like contact forms, information pages, calendars, and some other basic functionality.

These page builders trade flexibility and long-term viability, for ease of use. In general, I wouldn’t recommend them, but there are perhaps some situations when using a page builder might be viable. In this article, I’ll give you a few situations when such a choice makes sense.

1. Your Website Isn’t Very Important to Your Business

Page builders target customers who don’t care too much about their website. They won’t tell you this, but it’s true for the following reason:

No Long-Term Guarantee

Page builders are overwhelmingly proprietary. They don’t open source their code, and there’s no way to export your content from one page building service to another. This means that you’re dependent on that hosting service for your site – forever. If it goes out of business, you’re out of luck. Even if they release their source code (which they won’t), you won’t find another host which runs their software, so you’re dead in the water.

If you plan to keep your website around for as long as your business lasts, a page builder is a terrible idea as it completely robs you of options. You’re locked in. So use one only if you’re comfortable with uncertainty.

2. You Don’t Want to Put Any Effort into Your Site

Page builders tout their customization options. You can choose from a variety of themes, and there’s a host of easily accessible functionality that you can implement with the click of a button. But when it comes to websites, each has unique requirements. You will have a lot of customization to suit your business.

You may need to have a unique URL structure to make it easier for clients to identify your services, you might need functionality to perform dynamic calculations on the fly, or you may need to develop a tool to calculate pricing for example. Almost every site will have some unique functionality that the page building service hasn’t thought of.

We call these “log-tail” requirements, and they’re an absolute necessity. Your site might be the only one in the world that needs to do something in a particular way, but it’s necessary. A page builder caters only to the most general requirements, unlike an infinitely extensible software framework like WordPress.

3. You’re Comfortable Starting Over

Using a page builder means that at some point or another, you have to be willing to build your website again from scratch. For example, if the hosting service providing the page builder increases its prices, there’s nothing you can do. You either have to pay the extra amount or quit and build another site. As mentioned above, you can’t perform any migrations.

With a normal CMS like WordPress, you can simply export your entire site and settings into a single file, and move it to another server, since all of them will support the most popular CMSs like WordPress. And because you have that freedom, hosting providers are wary of increasing prices willy nilly since they don’t have lock-in.

Bottom Line

Page builders are for those who don’t take their websites seriously. This isn’t meant to be a knock on your business. Sometimes you just need a contact page with your website address and nothing more! But if your site is directly or indirectly responsible for a large part of your revenue, and you need to do more with it that just maintain a contact page, I wouldn’t recommend a page builder to anyone. It’s well worth the effort to learn how to use a regular CMS like WordPress instead.

Bhagwad Park Profile Picture
Bhagwad Park

I’m a NameHero team member, and an expert on WordPress and web hosting. I’ve been in this industry since 2008. I’ve also developed apps on Android and have written extensive tutorials on managing Linux servers. You can contact me on my website WP-Tweaks.com!

Related Posts

Business Website Design: Essential Tips for a Professional Site

A business website enables you to reach your target audience and boost brand recognition. That said, poor web design can hinder your professional reputation and make it difficult to drive conversions. That’s why it’s important to understand the foundations of good business website design. This typically involves simple layouts, easy navigation, and consistent branding. Better […]

The Ultimate Website Migration Checklist

In this post, we’ll discuss when you should consider a site migration project. Then, we’ll walk you through the ultimate migration checklist!

Landing Page vs Website: Key Differences and Use Cases

Learn the difference between landing pages and websites and how to set up a single page or an entire site using WordPress.

LXC vs Docker: Choosing A Container Platform

Getting into Linux containers and wondering if you should use LXC or Docker? This beginner friendly guide is for you.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Follow & Subscribe

Exclusive promos, content and more!


Most Popular Posts

NameHero’s Recommended WordPress Plugin and Theme Setup (2024)

WordPress Hosting vs. Web Hosting – What’s The Difference?

How To Increase The InnoDB Buffer Pool Size

How To Fix A Stuck All-in-One WP Migration Import

How To Add A Subdomain In Cloudflare

Top Categories

  • WordPress
  • WordPress Tutorials
  • Enterprise Hosting
  • WooCommerce
  • Web Hosting
  • Resellers
  • Website Security
  • Website Development
  • Website Performance
  • VPS Hosting
  • SEO Tips
  • Announcements
  • Domain Registration
NameHero

NameHero® proudly provides web hosting to over 40,000 customers with 99.9% uptime to over 750,000 websites.

  • Master Card
  • Visa
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Paypal
Products
  • Web Hosting
  • VPS Hosting
  • Flex VPS Hosting
  • WordPress Hosting
  • WooCommerce Hosting
  • Reseller Hosting
  • Enterprise Hosting
  • Email Hosting
  • Game Hosting
  • Domains
  • Website Builder
Help & Support
  • NameHero Blog
  • NameHero Gaming Blog
  • Support
  • Help Center
  • Migrations
  • Affiliates
  • Gaming Affiliates
  • Call 1-855-984-6263
Company
  • About Us
  • Contact Sales
  • Reviews
  • Uptime
  • We're Hiring

Copyright © 2025 Name Hero, LLC. All rights reserved.
NameHero® is a registered trademark.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Payment Policy
  • DMCA