Ease of Use
Respectfully, we win this category by a mile. Done-For-You by definition makes things light on your end. We'll look to you for direction and collaboration at times, but we'll certainly do all the heavy lifting.
Integrations
Wix offers 500+ apps and widgets that you can mix and match to extend your site's functionality. We've intentionally limited our scope, curating a smaller suite of tools that enable us to be surgical, efficient, and effective.
Design Flexibility
Wix has developed an extremely powerful and extensive platform, so much so that it's arguably the best website builder for someone without technical experience interested in building from a blank canvas.
However—in Wix's box and without deep technical experience—there are limitations on creative freedom. With Cornerstone21, there is no box. We have the chops and creative freedom to bring your full design vision to life.
Customer Service
Wix offers 24/7 chat support for all of their plans. However, more support options, support personalization, and support priority are rationed based on which pricing plan you subscribe to. We offer comprehensive support at all levels—whether it's via email, phone, or video, our team is prepared to help.
SEO Tools
Wix is known for its unbelievable variety in templates (900+) and and plugins (500+). The same is true for its SEO tools. Wix truly gets into the weeds with—beyond the essentials—special SEO widgets that could help optimize for search rankings. We simply can't compete with this breadth head-to-head. But we offer enough SEO tools out-of-the-box for you to be SEO dangerous.
Ecommerce
Like Wix, Cornerstone21 is best suited for service-based businesses—creatives, consultants, and the trades. Collectively, our ecommerce tools are built for simplicity. Due to their maturity, we'll give Wix a modest edge. But we're an upstart that holds our own against this blue blood.
Intellectual Property
Wix operates its own closed, proprietary system. This means that should you ever want to leave Wix, you must leave your site behind and start all over.
We have no desire to lock you in. From day one, you own your design and the code behind it. If we ever part ways, all the intellectual property is yours.
Security
On this front, Wix and Cornerstone21 are dead even. We both use enterprise-grade security because your site's information and visitors should be protected at all times.