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Good tools, made for anyone. Verticale is made for your trade.
WordPress, Wix, Webflow, Framer and AI generators can all make a website. Here is an honest look at what each one is best at, and where Verticale fits.
| VerticaleMade for one trade at a time | WordPressBuilt and run by an agency | Wix, SquarespaceTemplates you fill in | Webflow, FramerDesign tools for designers | AI generatorsSuch as ChatGPT Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | |||||
| Starts from | Your current website | A brief and meetings | A template | A blank canvas | A prompt in a chat |
| First draft | Minutes | Weeks | Days | Days to weeks | Minutes |
| Who does the work | You, with the AI | An agency | You | A designer | You, with the AI |
| Made for your trade | |||||
| Trade modules: booking, rates, scorecards, menus | Built in | Custom plugins, built for you | Generic apps | Built by hand | None built in |
| Your words, prices, photos and PDFs | Read from your site | Copied by hand | Copied by hand | Copied by hand | Pasted into the chat |
| Running it | |||||
| Security updates | Nothing to patch | You or your agency | Handled for you | Handled for you | Handled for you |
| Hosting | Included | Paid separately | Included | Included | Usage billed separately |
| Your own domain | Connect yours, with help on the DNS | Through your host | Buy or connect one | Connect yours | Connect yours |
| Visit stats, no cookie banner | Built in | With extra plugins | Cookie banner advised in the EU | Built in on Framer, extra tools on Webflow | Up to you |
| Changes after launch | You, by hand or in plain words | Your agency, or wp-admin | You, drag and drop | You or your designer | You, in the chat |
| What it can do | |||||
| Pages | One clear page | Unlimited | Many | Many | Small sites and apps |
| Blog | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No blog tools |
| Online shop | Links to yours | Yes, with WooCommerce | Yes | Webflow yes, Framer through Shopify | Through a payment provider |
| Design freedom | Guided styles | High | Medium | Highest | Medium |
| Cost | |||||
| Price | $39 USD a month per website. The draft is free | From a few dollars to tens of thousands, depending on who you ask | Plans published on their site | Published plans, plus your designer’s time | A paid ChatGPT plan, plus hosting usage |
| How you pay | One subscription, all included | Project fee, then hosting and plugins | One subscription | A subscription, plus seats | A ChatGPT plan, plus usage |
VerticaleMade for one trade at a time
WordPressBuilt and run by an agency
VerticaleMade for one trade at a time
Wix, SquarespaceTemplates you fill in
VerticaleMade for one trade at a time
Webflow, FramerDesign tools for designers
VerticaleMade for one trade at a time
AI generatorsSuch as ChatGPT Sites
Getting started
Starts from
Your current website
A brief and meetings
Your current website
A template
Your current website
A blank canvas
Your current website
A prompt in a chat
First draft
Minutes
Weeks
Minutes
Days
Minutes
Days to weeks
Minutes
Minutes
Who does the work
You, with the AI
An agency
You, with the AI
You
You, with the AI
A designer
You, with the AI
You, with the AI
Made for your trade
Trade modules: booking, rates, scorecards, menus
Built in
Custom plugins, built for you
Built in
Generic apps
Built in
Built by hand
Built in
None built in
Your words, prices, photos and PDFs
Read from your site
Copied by hand
Read from your site
Copied by hand
Read from your site
Copied by hand
Read from your site
Pasted into the chat
Running it
Security updates
Nothing to patch
You or your agency
Nothing to patch
Handled for you
Nothing to patch
Handled for you
Nothing to patch
Handled for you
Hosting
Included
Paid separately
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Usage billed separately
Your own domain
Connect yours, with help on the DNS
Through your host
Connect yours, with help on the DNS
Buy or connect one
Connect yours, with help on the DNS
Connect yours
Connect yours, with help on the DNS
Connect yours
Visit stats, no cookie banner
Built in
With extra plugins
Built in
Cookie banner advised in the EU
Built in
Built in on Framer, extra tools on Webflow
Built in
Up to you
Changes after launch
You, by hand or in plain words
Your agency, or wp-admin
You, by hand or in plain words
You, drag and drop
You, by hand or in plain words
You or your designer
You, by hand or in plain words
You, in the chat
What it can do
Pages
One clear page
Unlimited
One clear page
Many
One clear page
Many
One clear page
Small sites and apps
Blog
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No blog tools
Online shop
Links to yours
Yes, with WooCommerce
Links to yours
Yes
Links to yours
Webflow yes, Framer through Shopify
Links to yours
Through a payment provider
Design freedom
Guided styles
High
Guided styles
Medium
Guided styles
Highest
Guided styles
Medium
Cost
Price
$39 USD a month per website. The draft is free
From a few dollars to tens of thousands, depending on who you ask
$39 USD a month per website. The draft is free
Plans published on their site
$39 USD a month per website. The draft is free
Published plans, plus your designer’s time
$39 USD a month per website. The draft is free
A paid ChatGPT plan, plus hosting usage
How you pay
One subscription, all included
Project fee, then hosting and plugins
One subscription, all included
One subscription
One subscription, all included
A subscription, plus seats
One subscription, all included
A ChatGPT plan, plus usage
In bold, the better answer of the two. In bold, the strongest answer in each row, whoever gives it. Prices exclude taxes. Checked on 21 October 2026: these products change often, so tell us if something here is out of date.
Sources for each tool
- ChatGPT SitesCreating and using ChatGPT SitesChatGPT Sites Terms
- FramerGDPR and cookies in FramerHow Framer’s built-in analytics workFramer pricingFramer Commerce plugin
- WebflowWebflow plans and pricingChoose a Workspace plan
- WixPurchasing a Domain from WixPros and Cons of Displaying a Cookie Banner
- SquarespaceRegister a domain for an existing siteProviding cookie consent options with a banner
Why it knows your trade
Ten years in one trade, built into the tool.
That is why booking, rates, scorecards and menus are modules filled from your current site, not plugins someone has to build for you. Golf is our first vertical; each next one will be built the same way.
- 10
- years in golf: a web agency, then marketing, then product
- 80+
- club websites we built ourselves
Honestly
When another tool is the better choice.
You publish articles every week
WordPress or Webflow, made for blogs and many pages.
Your shop is your business
Wix, Squarespace or WordPress with WooCommerce. Verticale links to the shop you have.
You have a designer
Webflow or Framer, for full control over every detail.
You need a page besides your main website
An event, a test, an internal page: an AI generator such as ChatGPT Sites builds it from a prompt.
You run a business in a trade we know
And you want a website that speaks it, built from the one you have, with nothing to look after.
That is Verticale.
Start from the sitesite you
already have.
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