Content management systems
Cliux vs WordPress
Pick Cliux if you want a freeform canvas with a store, bookings, a blog and memberships built in, 0% commission and an agency console, with nothing to install or update. Pick WordPress if you want a plugin ecosystem of more than 60,000 plugins by its own count, open-source software you can host anywhere, and a free plan that publishes.
In WordPress’s own words: “Choose a plan today and unlock a powerful bundle of features. Or start with our free plan.”
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 | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $192 a year per published site, billed yearly; building and previewing is free | Personal: $4 a month billed annually, $9 a month billed monthly (US list; the page is geo-priced and showed lira to a Turkish request)[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 WordPress.com subdomain with 1 GB of storage, unlimited pages and posts, and WordPress.com ads shown to visitors[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 | A fee on standard payments by plan: 10% on Premium, 8% on Business, 0% on Commerce; processor fees apply[1] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | The block editor: content and layout are blocks in a flow, with patterns and themes[2] |
| 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) | Plans are per site on WordPress.com; unlimited pages, posts, users and visitors on every paid plan[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 users on paid plans with WordPress roles; an agency programme with revenue share and volume discounts[1] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | Payment buttons from Premium; a WooCommerce store on Commerce[1] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | Yes: WordPress began as blogging software; posts, categories, comments and RSS on every plan[1] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | Through blocks and plugins; no form row on the pricing page[1] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | Plugin installation on every paid plan; SFTP, SSH, WP-CLI, Git and GitHub deployments on Business and Commerce[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 | A free custom domain for the first year on annual paid plans[1] |
| AI site generation | None | Yes: a guided AI website builder on paid plans and a built-in AI assistant on Business and Commerce[1] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | Themes and patterns from the WordPress.com marketplace; premium themes from Personal[1] |
| Code export | None | WordPress content exports as XML and the software is open source; site files are reachable over SFTP on Business and Commerce[1] |
| Support | Free support on paid plans; priority support around the clock on Business and Commerce[1] | |
| Bookings | Bookings with staff, availability, packages, reminders and online payment | Through plugins; not a native feature on the pricing page[1] |
| Memberships and paid subscriptions | Members area with gated pages and paid subscriptions | Paid newsletters and payment buttons on Premium and above; membership plugins on Business and above[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 the pricing page; an agency programme offers revenue share and volume discounts[1] |
| Hosting model | Hosted by Cliux on a Cliux subdomain; no published uptime figure | Managed hosting on WordPress.com, or the open-source software from WordPress.org on any host you choose[2] |
| Plugins and themes ecosystem | 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 | More than 60,000 plugins on the marketplace, plus the wider theme and plugin ecosystem[1] |
| Self-hosting | None | Yes: WordPress.org is open-source software you can run on your own host[2] |
Where they lead
Where WordPress is stronger
The plugin and theme ecosystem: more than 60,000 plugins on the marketplace alone[1]
Open-source software you can host anywhere, and content that exports[2]
A free plan that publishes, and a free first-year domain on annual plans[1]
Developer access on Business and Commerce: SFTP, SSH, WP-CLI, Git and GitHub deployments[1]
An agency programme with revenue share and volume discounts[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
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
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
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 WordPress works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool, and Cliux does not read a WordPress XML export. Open the WordPress site beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each page on the canvas; posts are re-entered in the Cliux blog with their categories and tags.
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. WordPress builds pages from blocks in a flow, with themes and patterns. Cliux is a freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere and it stays put, with a derived, tunable phone layout.
Cliux takes 0% on every plan; Stripe's processing fee applies. WordPress.com charges a fee on standard payments by plan: 10% on Premium, 8% on Business, 0% on Commerce.
No. The store, bookings, blog, forms, members area and the rest are built in and updated by Cliux. WordPress adds most of this through plugins, from a marketplace of more than 60,000.
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. WordPress.com's free plan publishes on a subdomain with ads shown to visitors, and WordPress.org is free software you host yourself.
No. WordPress content exports as XML and the software runs on any host; Cliux publishes and hosts the site itself.
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 (2) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against WordPress’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 is geo-priced: a Turkish request saw prices in lira; the USD figures here are the US list prices; Self-hosted WordPress.org costs depend on the host and are not stated here; The payment fee percentages come from the plan comparison table, which is collapsed on the page. WordPress is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by WordPress. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.