7 Best Nonprofit Website Builders in 2026 (Free & Discounted)

The best nonprofit website builder depends on how long you plan to pay for it. Wix has the biggest nonprofit discount (70% off a two-year Premium plan through TechSoup), but it renews at the standard rate. WordPress.com is the cheapest to run long term, Squarespace is the best-looking with donations built into every plan, Givebutter is the free nonprofit-specific option for fundraising pages, and a custom build fits organisations whose volunteer and program workflows don't fit a template. Prices below were checked on each vendor's own pages on October 19, 2026.

Most nonprofit websites are built in a hurry by a volunteer, on whatever plan had a discount that month. Two years later the discount ends, the volunteer moves on, and the board finds a renewal invoice nobody budgeted for. So this comparison looks at three numbers per builder: the price you pay today, the price after the discount ends, and what each donation costs you.

What does a nonprofit website need?

Five things do the real work. A donate button that goes straight to a short form, not a PDF with a mailing address. Impact stories, because a concrete line about what a gift paid for moves people more than a mission statement. An events page for the gala, the 5K or the volunteer day. A volunteer signup that lands in a list someone actually reads. And a newsletter signup, because an email list is how you ask a second time.

Everything else is decoration. Pick the builder that does those five well at a price your organisation can sustain after year one.

How we compared them

We checked each builder for a free plan and its limits, the cheapest paid plan and how it renews, whether a nonprofit discount exists and who qualifies, and what the platform takes from each donation on top of card processing. Every figure comes from the vendor's own pricing page or help centre, checked on October 19, 2026. Where a vendor shows prices by country, we used the US price.

At a glance

The best nonprofit website builders, one by one

1. Wix – the biggest discount, if you plan for renewal

Wix sells Light, Core, Business and Business Elite plans, priced by country and billed yearly; accepting payments, and so donations, starts on Core. The free plan needs no credit card but keeps Wix branding and a Wix address; a Premium plan connects your own domain and removes the branding.

The nonprofit offer is real and generous. Wix's help centre says TechSoup members get 70% off a two-year Premium plan for one website, with a free one-year domain voucher. You apply through TechSoup, one coupon every two years. Two catches: organisations that already have a Premium plan aren't eligible, and if you don't cancel or request a new offer, Wix bills you for another two years at the standard rate.

Donations run through Wix Donations, which Wix says adds no fee of its own. You do need a plan that accepts payments (Core and up on the plans page) and a payment provider; Wix Payments charges 2.9% + 30¢ on US cards other than American Express.

Best for: small organisations that want drag-and-drop design and will diarise the renewal date.

2. Squarespace – donations on every plan

Squarespace has no free plan, only a 14-day trial. Basic is $19 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly), Core $29 ($39), Plus $49 ($65) and Advanced $99 ($139). Annual plans include a free domain for the first year.

The Donation block is included on every plan and works with Squarespace Payments, Stripe or PayPal. Read the fee line carefully: the 2% online store transaction fee on Basic applies to donations too, and Core and above drop it to 0%. Card rates start at 2.9% + 30¢.

Squarespace's nonprofit help page offers the code NONPROFIT for 10% off your first payment. That's the first payment only, not a standing annual discount.

Best for: organisations that care about looks and expect enough donations that Core's 0% fee pays for itself.

3. WordPress.com – cheapest over the long run

WordPress.com has a free plan with WordPress.com ads, a subdomain and 1 GB of storage. Personal is $4 a month for the first year billed yearly, renewing at $5 a month ($9 billed monthly), and removes ads, adds a free first-year domain and lets you install plugins. Premium is $8 a month for the first year (renewing at $9, or $18 monthly) and adds payment buttons for donations through PayPal and Stripe.

The donation cost depends on your plan. WordPress.com's Payments help page lists a fee of 4% on Premium, 2% on Business and 0% on Commerce, on top of Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢. It also notes that some payment blocks are no longer included on Free and Personal.

Best for: organisations that want a site for $60 a year and can live with a few percent on donations, or bigger ones that will pay for Business.

4. Weebly – simple and cheap

Weebly still lists a free plan, Personal at $13 a month billed annually ($16 month-to-month) to connect a custom domain, Professional at $15 ($20) and Performance at $32 ($36). It's a fair choice for a one-volunteer site with a few pages. We didn't find a nonprofit discount on the pricing page.

Best for: tiny organisations that want a plain site and nothing else.

5. GoDaddy Website Builder – now an AI builder

GoDaddy's Website Builder is now sold as the Airo AI Builder. The free plan gives 50 AI credits a month with no credit card, and GoDaddy says you can connect your own domain to any published project. Starter is $9.99 a month and Professional $24.99, both billed annually, and GoDaddy notes annual plans get an extra first-year discount, so ask what the renewal is. Online payments and deposits are listed on Professional.

Best for: organisations that want to describe a site in plain English and are already on GoDaddy for their domain.

6. Givebutter – the nonprofit-specific option

Givebutter isn't a general website builder; it's a free fundraising platform with donation forms, fundraising pages, events, auctions and a donor CRM, and you link to it or embed its widgets from your main site. It's free because donors can add an optional tip. With tips on, Givebutter charges 0% platform fees and, under what it calls the Givebutter Guarantee, nonprofits don't pay processing fees. Turn tips off and you pay a flat 3% platform fee plus standard processing of 2.9% + 30¢. Givebutter Plus, with automated workflows and reporting, starts at $29 a month.

Best for: any organisation that wants a donor CRM and campaign pages without paying for them, paired with a cheap site from the list above.

7. Greta.sh – when the site needs to run your programs

Greta.sh is an AI app builder rather than a template builder. You describe what you need in plain English and it generates a full-stack web app with a frontend, backend, database and logins, and you can export the code. It's the slowest option on this list to get a homepage live, and the only one where the volunteer roster or the program waitlist can work exactly the way your organisation does. More on when that's worth it below.

Best for: organisations with workflows (volunteer shifts, intake forms, program places) that templates can't hold.

Which website builders offer nonprofit discounts?

Only two of the general builders publish one. Wix gives 70% off a two-year Premium plan to TechSoup members, renewable through TechSoup. Squarespace gives 10% off your first payment with the code NONPROFIT. WordPress.com, Weebly and GoDaddy list no nonprofit discount on the pages we checked.

The more valuable perk often isn't a website discount at all. Google for Nonprofits is open in the US to organisations registered with the IRS under Section 501(c)(3), verified through Google's partner Goodstack; government entities, hospitals and schools aren't eligible, and nor are fiscally sponsored groups without their own 501(c)(3) status. Members can apply for Google Ad Grants, which Google describes as $10,000 of in-kind search advertising every month. Those ads need a website to send people to, which is one more reason to build one that converts.

What do donations cost on each builder?

Take a single $50 online gift paid by card, using each platform's published rate:

• Givebutter with tips on: Givebutter says the nonprofit pays no platform or processing fee.
• Wix Donations on Core, Wix Payments: 2.9% + 30¢, so $1.75.
• Squarespace Core: no transaction fee, cards from 2.9% + 30¢, so $1.75.
• Squarespace Basic: 2% plus 2.9% + 30¢, so $2.75.
• WordPress.com Premium: 4% plus Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢, so $3.75.
• PayPal Donate button: PayPal's fee page lists 2.89% + 49¢ for donations, and 1.99% + 49¢ for confirmed charity transactions.

For comparison, dedicated donation tools price differently again. Donorbox has a free Standard plan with combined platform and processing fees between 2.95% and 3.95%, and a Pro plan at $150 a month with lower fees.

A dollar or two per gift sounds small. Across 400 gifts a year it's the difference between $700 and $1,500, which is a year of the website itself.

Can you run a nonprofit website for under $50 a month?

Easily. Most small organisations can run for under $20.

Here are three setups that stay under $50 a month at list price:

1. WordPress.com Personal plus Givebutter. $4 a month in year one, $5 after, with donations, events and the donor CRM on Givebutter's free platform.
2. Squarespace Core. $29 a month billed yearly, donations on the site with no Squarespace transaction fee.
3. Wix Core on the TechSoup discount. 70% off a two-year plan; budget for Wix's full Core price from year three.

If you need a no-code tool that deploys fast for under $50 a month, the honest answer is any of the general builders above. You only outgrow them when the site has to manage people, not just pages.

When you want something the templates can't do

Templates handle pages and payments. They struggle with operations. A food bank that needs volunteers to claim two-hour shifts, with a cap per shift and a reminder the night before. A youth program with 30 places, a waitlist that promotes the next family automatically, and a guardian consent form. A tutoring charity that matches volunteers to students by subject and availability.

Forms stitched to spreadsheets can fake this for a while (our online form builder comparison shows how far they go), and membership site builders cover gated content and dues. Past that point it's an app. With Greta.sh you describe it: "volunteers sign up for shifts with a limit per shift, coordinators see a roster, and anyone on the waitlist gets an email when a spot opens." Greta.sh builds its own database for the app rather than sitting on top of a tool you already run.

On pricing, the Free plan gives you 5 credits a day to build. Deployment and a custom domain start on Starter at $5 a month on the welcome offer (normally $20 a month). The pricing page lists the database on Pro, which is $20 a month on the welcome offer (normally $50). If donations are the main job, our guide to building a donation and fundraising platform with AI covers recurring gifts and receipts in detail.

Be honest about the trade-off. You own the logic, the updates and the edge cases. If your site is a homepage, a donate button and an events page, buy one of the builders above and spend the saved hours on fundraising.

FAQ

What is the best free website builder for nonprofits?

WordPress.com has the most capable free plan, though it shows WordPress.com ads on a subdomain with 1 GB of storage. Wix and Weebly are also free with their own branding. For fundraising specifically, Givebutter's platform is free when donor tips are enabled.

Do Wix or Squarespace offer nonprofit discounts?

Yes. Wix offers 70% off a two-year Premium plan to TechSoup members, and it renews at the standard rate unless you request a new offer. Squarespace offers 10% off your first payment with the code NONPROFIT.

How much does a nonprofit website cost?

From $0 to roughly $30 a month for most small organisations, as of October 2026. WordPress.com Personal is $4 a month in year one and $5 after, Weebly Personal $13, a Wix Premium plan (priced by country), Squarespace Basic $19, all billed yearly. Add donation fees: typically 2.9% + 30¢ per gift, plus any platform percentage.

Can a nonprofit website connect to a donor CRM?

Usually by linking or embedding rather than a deep sync. Givebutter includes its own free donor CRM and embeddable widgets, so donations made through it land in the CRM directly. On Wix, Squarespace or WordPress.com, check which payment provider your CRM supports before you choose.

Should we use a nonprofit-specific builder or a general one?

For most organisations, both: a general builder for the website and a nonprofit tool such as Givebutter or Donorbox for fundraising. General builders have better design and lower prices; nonprofit tools have donor records, campaign pages and fundraising events.

Start with the renewal price

Whichever builder you pick, write down what it costs in year three, not year one, and what you lose per $50 gift. Then choose the cheapest option that still lets someone donate in under a minute. When your programs need more than pages, start building your app with Greta.sh.