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SiteOS vs Wix.
Your own code, checked.
Wix is a no-code builder that hosts your website and bundles SEO tools, AI visibility, analytics, forms and commerce for sites on Wix. SiteOS works with any public website, including a Wix site, and is built for websites you develop in code, with SEO, AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, site search, browser checks and tracking checks in one Project. This page compares SiteOS and Wix on building and hosting, SEO and AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, search, commerce and checks, including where Wix goes further.
At a glance
Where SiteOS goes further9
- Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate
- Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports
- Web analyticsCookieless, with goals, funnels, several domains and GA4
- Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans
- Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp
- Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics
- Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests
- Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps
- Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks
Where Wix goes further3
- Website hosting and deploymentEvery Wix plan includes hosting, the free plan too.
- Visual website builder and CMSWix is a no-code, drag-and-drop website builder.
- Online storeSelling online with payments needs the Wix Core plan or higher.
Both cover4
- AI answer visibility
- Several websites in one workspace
- MCP for coding agents
- Free plan
Side by side
SiteOS vs Wix
| Capability | SiteOS | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate | Yes | No |
| Website hosting and deploymentNot offered: SiteOS works with your website where it is hosted | No | Yes |
| Visual website builder and CMSNot offered: SiteOS works with websites built in code or any CMS | No | Yes |
| Online storeNot offered | No | Partly |
| Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports | Yes | Partly |
| AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors | Yes | Yes |
| Web analyticsCookieless, with goals, funnels, several domains and GA4 | Yes | Partly |
| Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans | Yes | Partly |
| Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp | Yes | Partly |
| Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics | Yes | Partly |
| Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests | Yes | Partly |
| Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps | Yes | Partly |
| Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks | Yes | No |
| Several websites in one workspaceA Project per website, with separate environments | Yes | Yes |
| MCP for coding agentsYour agent reads the same evidence and works through fixes | Yes | Yes |
| Free planMonthly credits for research and checks; accounts by invitation during early access | Yes | Yes |
| Price of the compared plan | Free | $17 / mo |
YesPartly, with the condition in the notesNot offered
SiteOS is free, with monthly credits for research and checks. Wix's Search Console connection, AI Visibility and ad-free websites need at least the Light plan, $17 a month billed yearly per website; accepting payments starts with Core at $29.
Works with websites on any host: Wix tools work for Wix sites; Wix Headless projects remain Wix sites.
Website hosting and deployment: Every Wix plan includes hosting, the free plan too.
Visual website builder and CMS: Wix is a no-code, drag-and-drop website builder.
Online store: Selling online with payments needs the Wix Core plan or higher.
Technical SEO audits: Wix offers an SEO checklist and Search Console index status; it does not describe crawling the site.
AI answer visibility: Wix covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity on Premium plans, with up to five new tests a month.
Web analytics: Wix Analytics covers Wix sites.
Cookie consent banner: Wix's banner is powered by Usercentrics; custom text, colors and scans need a paid Usercentrics plan.
Forms with an inbox: Wix Forms work on Wix sites.
Site search: Wix Site Search works on Wix sites.
Browser checks on key journeys: Wix shows 90 days of uptime and a daily availability test; alerts and journeys are not described.
Error tracking: With Velo Dev Mode, Wix Logs records errors from your site code; grouping them into issues needs Google Cloud Logs.
Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consent: Wix points to Google's DebugView to check Google Analytics.
Several websites in one workspace: Each Wix Premium plan covers one website.
MCP for coding agents: Wix's MCP server reads and changes Wix sites.
Free plan: Wix's free plan keeps Wix branding and a wixsite.com address.
Sources · reviewed 12 Oct 2026
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SiteOS checks any public website, including one on Wix: technical audits, Search Console reports, rank tracking and AI visibility read your published pages. Teams that run a Wix site next to code-built websites can follow all of them in one SiteOS workspace.
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