Wix is genuinely easy to start with, and if you enjoy building it yourself, it is fine at first. The problem shows up later: you cannot move a Wix site off Wix, and it was never designed by hand for your business. PeakCMS is built for you, and you can take it with you.
Feature by feature
| What matters to a small business | PeakCMS | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| Custom, hand-designed site | ✓ | ✗ |
| Built for you, not a DIY project | ✓ | ✗ |
| Edit from your phone | ✓ | ✓ |
| Move your site elsewhere later | ✓ | ✗ |
| You own the files | ✓ | ✗ |
| Fast, lightweight pages | ✓ | ✗ |
| App market for extras | ✗ | ✓ |
| Built-in store and bookings | ✗ | ✓ |
| A real person builds and supports it | ✓ | ✗ |
Where Wix wins
Wix is a true all-in-one. The app market adds bookings, a store, forms, and chat without leaving the dashboard, and drag-and-drop lets you move anything anywhere. If you want to build it yourself tonight and add a store next month, Wix makes that easy.
Where PeakCMS wins
Two things Wix cannot give you: a site designed by hand for your business, and the freedom to leave. Wix sites are locked to Wix - there is no real export, so the day you outgrow it you start over. And "drag anything anywhere" is how DIY sites end up looking busy and generic.
PeakCMS is built for you by a designer, it is your files in a repository you own, and if you ever want to move, you take the whole thing. You still edit it yourself from your phone - you just did not have to build it.
Who should pick which
Want to DIY an all-in-one with a store and bookings, and you are not worried about lock-in? Wix is reasonable. Want a custom site you own and keep current yourself, built by a real person? Pick PeakCMS.