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What is Weebly?
Weebly is a website builder Square bought in 2018 and has been quietly winding down ever since. It is not switched off. You can still sign up, the plans are still cheap, and the code editor is better than most. But Square built its newer Websites product on Weebly's own technology and now points every new customer at that instead. What you are choosing is a tool that works today, from a company that would rather you used the other one.
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E-commerce
Information Last Updated
Sep. 4, 2026
Service Review
Positive
It Is Not Shutting Down
Every second blog post says Weebly is dead. Square's own support page says they have no plans to discontinue it at this time. Signups are open and all four plans are still on sale.
Still Cheap For A Custom Domain
There is a free tier, then Personal at C$9 a month billed annually or C$13 month to month. Professional is C$19 and Performance is C$38. Very little else gets you a custom domain that cheaply.
A Real Code Editor
Theme tab, Edit HTML/CSS, and you are in. Your own CSS, uploaded scripts and images, editable header templates. Square's newer editor builds pages from preset sections instead, so this is what you give up by moving.
Negative
Square Tells You Not To Use It
Straight from Weebly's own support page: they encourage new sites to be built on Square Websites, and say that is where the best support and the most up-to-date features are. Read that as the vendor rating its own product second.
Your Blog Is Trapped
Weebly's export is a zip you cannot re-import, and their own docs say blog and store pages are left out of it because they live in the database. The Square editor has no complete blogging solution either.
You Have To Become A Square Account
Weebly asks you to replace your Weebly login with a Square one, and their FAQ says yes, you still need it even if you sell nothing. A website builder that now requires a payments account.
Things To Be Aware Of
Moving To Square Is A Rebuild
A different editor, not an upgrade path. You build with preset sections instead of themes and dragged elements, site settings move into the Square Dashboard, and your blog becomes Stories, which has no comments.
Your Apps Do Not Come With You
The App Center is one of the better things about Weebly. Square's own FAQ says its site editor is not compatible with the Weebly App Center, and points you at the Square App Marketplace instead.
Square Online Is Called Websites Now
Square renamed Square Online to Websites, in their words to better highlight the website building tools. Every guide, forum answer and comparison out there still says Square Online. Same product, two names.
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