What free usually means
Most website builders offer a free plan, and they all pay for it the same way: by holding back the things a business needs most, so you upgrade once the site matters. That is a fair deal as long as you know it going in.
- The site lives on the builder's web address, not your own domain
- The builder's name or badge appears on your site
- Limits on pages, storage or features
- Sometimes the site only stays online for a set time
What CreonAI's free plan includes
You get 500 credits once you confirm your email, with no card needed. That is enough to build a real site from a sentence and change it. You can have up to 3 sites published at once.
The catches, plainly: a free site lives on a CreonOS web address, carries a small Built with CreonOS badge, and stays online for 7 days before it goes to sleep. It is never deleted, and upgrading wakes it up exactly as it was.
When free is enough
Free is a good fit for trying an idea, seeing what your business would look like online before you spend anything, or a page for a one off event. It is also the right way to judge any builder: make the site first, then decide.
When it is worth paying
Once customers rely on the site, it needs to stay up, sit on your own domain and look like yours alone. On CreonAI that is Pro at £19.99 a month: your sites stay online for good, you can use your own domain, the badge comes off, and you get 1,500 credits a month for changes and new pages.
What to check on any free plan
- Can you move to your own domain later without rebuilding?
- What happens to the site if you stop paying or never start?
- Can you download or take your site with you?
- Does the contact form actually deliver enquiries to you?
- What does the first paid plan cost, every month, after any offer ends?