Is Strikingly worth it?
This Strikingly review looks at a no-code builder that bundles a store, memberships and analytics. The Free plan is listed at $0 forever, and the paid tiers add domains and lower fees.
The Free plan includes unlimited free sites, a Strikingly.com domain and a 5% transaction fee for selling a single product. PRO is $16/mo, USD, billed yearly, with a 2% fee, and VIP is $49/mo, USD, billed yearly, with a 0% fee.
The homepage describes the editor as easy to use, and the store, forms and memberships are built in. Whether the features suit your business depends on the page and product limits in each plan.
What is Strikingly?
Strikingly is a website builder for entrepreneurs and creatives, and its homepage says no code or design skills are needed. It describes a beautiful site as something that can be built in under 30 minutes.
What the Strikingly builder does
The editor lets you click anything to edit and publish instantly. The homepage also lists a Simple Store, a Simple Blog, built-in analytics and sign-up and contact forms.
Simple Store sells products with coupons, shipping, digital goods and PayPal or Stripe payments.
Who Strikingly is for
The homepage says Strikingly helps entrepreneurs and creatives thrive. Several testimonials come from authors, coaches and small business owners who describe the builder as easy to use. The homepage also asks visitors to make a website in minutes, with zero code or design skills required.
Is Strikingly legit and safe to use?
Strikingly's homepage names business customers and points to a support team. The pricing page covers cancellation and plan changes in plain terms.
Named customers
The homepage quotes business customers, including the founder of Tribewanted and the owner of Red Paper Plane. Those quotes are the company's own selection, and the source pages give no independent way to verify them.
Cancellation and plan changes
Paid plans can be cancelled anytime to revert to the free plan, with no further charges. A yearly plan cannot be downgraded to monthly, so check the billing term before changing a plan. The pricing page also points users with questions to the knowledge base or the contact team.
How we evaluated Strikingly
WPBenchly did not sign up for or test the tool.
The text comes from the homepage and the pricing page, including the plan tables, the FAQ and the footer lists. Every figure here is copied from one of those pages and matches a listed fact.
No ratings, user counts or outside review data are used, and the homepage quotes are described as the company's own selection.
Strikingly output quality and limits
The pricing page sets storage, bandwidth and page limits for each plan, and the homepage says every site gets HTTPS. Claims about build speed come from the company.
Strikingly limits by plan
The Free plan includes 500 MB total storage per site and 5 GB Monthly Bandwidth. The Pro plan has 20 GB storage per site and unlimited bandwidth, and VIP has 100 GB storage per site.
Pro allows up to 100 pages per site and sells up to 300 products.
Security and speed claims
All websites get HTTPS automatically, for free, according to the homepage. The homepage also says a beautiful website can be built in under 30 minutes, which is a vendor claim.
Strikingly key features
Strikingly's homepage lists built-in tools for a store, a blog, analytics and forms. Its pricing page sets page and product limits for the Pro plan.
Store and checkout tools
Simple Store sells products with coupons, shipping, digital goods and PayPal or Stripe payments. The Free plan has a 5% transaction fee for selling a single product, while the Pro plan sells up to 300 products.
Site, blog and form tools
Pro lets you connect a custom domain, with free SSL for that domain, and allows up to 100 pages per site. The homepage also lists a Simple Blog, built-in analytics, sign-up and contact forms, and a social feed.
These feature lists come from the company's own pages, so they describe what Strikingly offers rather than an independent test of how well each tool works.
Strikingly pricing and plans
Strikingly lists a free plan, a Pro plan and a VIP plan, with domains and email priced separately. Paid plans are billed yearly in USD.
The FREE plan is $0 forever. PRO is $16/mo, USD, billed yearly, and VIP is $49/mo, USD, billed yearly.
Domain names cost $24.95 / year, and custom email costs $25 / year. Transaction fees shrink with the plan: 5% on Free, 2% on Pro and 0% on VIP.
What users say about Strikingly
Testimonials on the homepage describe the editor as intuitive and the templates as easy to make your own. The company chose these quotes for display.
These quotes appear on the company's own pages, so they show the pitch rather than independent feedback. Each quote carries a name and a role. The homepage quotes include a Lead Advisor and a PR Manager, but none of them give sales figures.
What customers praise
Several homepage testimonials praise how easy the editor is to use and say it just works. Others say the templates are easy to make your own, so the site no longer looks like a theme.
Support, refunds and cancellation
Strikingly offers email and live chat. Pro adds 24/7 chat support, and VIP adds priority customer service and phone support in English.
Support channels by plan
The homepage says you can message the team anytime by email or live chat. The pricing page adds 24/7 chat support on Pro, and priority customer service, phone support (English) and a dedicated account manager on VIP. The homepage also says the Happiness Team is always there to help you succeed.
Cancelling and changing plans
Paid plans can be cancelled at any time to revert to the free plan, with no further charges. Before cancelling or downgrading, paid features or the sites using them must be removed.
Who should use Strikingly
Strikingly suits creators and small businesses that want a store, a blog and forms on one site without code.
Strikingly suits a creator or small business that wants a store, a blog and sign-up forms on one site without code. The Free plan works for a single site with a Strikingly.com domain and a 5% fee on one product sale.
A seller of many products should look at Pro, which sells up to 300 products, or VIP, which has a 0% transaction fee. Pro also adds a custom domain and free SSL for that domain.
Final verdict on Strikingly
Strikingly makes it easy to start for free, and its paid plans lower the transaction fee as the price rises. The source text is marketing copy, so treat its claims as the company's own.
Check the storage, page and product limits against your content before choosing Pro or VIP. For a store, the gap between the 5% Free fee and the 2% Pro fee can matter more than the monthly price.