Visual development tools
Cliux vs Webstudio
Pick Cliux if you want a freeform canvas rather than the CSS box model, eleven built-in apps and an agency console at a flat price. Pick Webstudio if you want every CSS property in a visual builder, an external CMS as the content source, project export and the option to self-host open-source software.
In Webstudio’s own words: “Straightforward and predictable pricing”
Side by side
What each product offers
Every figure in the right-hand column links to the page it was read on and the day it was read. Cliux figures are read from the product's own catalogue.
| Feature | Cliux | Webstudio |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $192 a year per published site, billed yearly; building and previewing is free | Pro: $15 a month billed yearly[1] |
| Free plan | Free to build and preview with a password-protected share link. A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. | Yes: a wstd.io subdomain with unlimited projects and pages, project export and unlimited collaborators[1] |
| Fees on your sales | 0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies | not found on official pages (no selling feature on the plan table)[1] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | A visual builder over the CSS box model: all CSS properties, CSS variables, custom breakpoints and Radix components[1] |
| Sites per plan | One site plan per published site, from $192 a year; agencies buy them at their workspace discount (Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan) | Unlimited projects on every plan; unlimited sites with custom domains on Pro and Team[1] |
| Team seats and client access | Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux | Unlimited collaborators on every plan; workspaces and member roles with 5 seats included on Team; Content Mode for clients on Pro[1] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | not found on official pages[1] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | Not a native feature: content comes from an external CMS through resources and CMS pages[1] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | Forms with a webhook component; 300 submissions a month on Free, unlimited on Pro and Team[1] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | Custom code on every plan[1] |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address | Unlimited custom domains on Pro and Team; a wstd.io subdomain on Free[1] |
| AI site generation | None | Building through desktop AI agents over MCP on Pro and Team; no prompt-to-site generator is listed[1] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | not found on official pages (no template count on the pricing page)[1] |
| Code export | None | Export Project, static and dynamic, on every plan[1] |
| Support | Community support[1] | |
| Bookings | Bookings with staff, availability, packages, reminders and online payment | not found on official pages[1] |
| Memberships and paid subscriptions | Members area with gated pages and paid subscriptions | not found on official pages; staging password protection and basic authentication are listed[1] |
| White label | Your logo on client documents and dashboards on the Pro and Scale workspace plans; colours and favicon are not applied | not found on official pages; Content Mode gives clients an editing surface[1] |
Where they lead
Where Webstudio is stronger
Every CSS property, CSS variables and custom breakpoints in a visual builder[1]
Project export, static and dynamic, and a self-hosted open-source option[1]
Staging and production publishing with backups and restores[1]
Any external CMS as the content source, with dynamic routing and GraphQL resources[1]
Unlimited collaborators on every plan, and a free plan with unlimited projects[1]
Where we differ
Where Cliux is different
Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout
11 built-in apps on every published site: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat; taking payments starts on Business, recurring payments on Business Plus
Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux
0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies
Proposals, contracts and invoices in the agency console, paid into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account
Moving over
How a move from Webstudio works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool, and Webstudio's project export is not something Cliux reads. Open the Webstudio site beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each page on the canvas; content that lived in an external CMS is re-entered in the Cliux blog or pages.
Publish on your free Cliux address, share the password-protected preview with whoever signs off, and keep the old site live until you are happy.
Point your own domain at Cliux: two DNS records, and the certificate is issued for you; the Cliux address keeps working beside it.
Frequently asked questions
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No. Webstudio exposes every CSS property, variables and breakpoints in a visual builder. Cliux is a freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere and it stays put, with a derived, tunable phone layout.
No. Webstudio exports projects on every plan and can be self-hosted as open-source software; Cliux publishes and hosts the site itself.
A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. Webstudio's Free plan publishes on a wstd.io subdomain with unlimited projects and pages.
Yes: eleven built-in apps on every published site. No selling, booking or membership feature appears on Webstudio's plan table.
Cliux plans are priced per site or per agency, not per view. Webstudio Pro includes 100,000 page views a month with paid overages.
Get started
Build it on the canvas, then decide.
Building and previewing costs nothing. Publishing on your own domain is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business.
Sources (1) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against Webstudio’s own pages; prices and plans change, and the other product’s site is the authority on itself. Not read on official pages: The pricing page answers 403 to plain fetches and was read in a browser; Monthly billing prices: the page was read on the yearly toggle; Selling, bookings and memberships: no such feature on the plan table; Template count and support beyond the community: not on the pricing page; Only the pricing page was read. Webstudio is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Webstudio. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.