Mobirise review

Mobirise is a no-code website builder that runs as a desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux, or in a browser. You assemble pages from ready-made blocks, then edit text, images, fonts, colors and block settings visually. Blocks can be cloned with their settings, and layouts adapt to phones, tablets and desktops, with device previews available in the editor.

For a first draft, you can describe a site, sketch it or provide a screenshot; Mobirise generates four design options. How many generations you can request depends on the plan. You can publish through FTP or FTPES, export to a local folder, use GitHub Pages, or publish to a Mobirise address. For selling, the Smart Cart extension supports products and payments through PayPal or Stripe. The practical distinction is that Mobirise can produce sites for your own hosting, rather than requiring every published site to stay on its hosted service.

Mobirise makes the most sense if you want to build a straightforward, block-based site and choose where it lives. The free plan includes unlimited desktop-app sites published to self-hosting, one basic theme with 200+ blocks, and three AI generations per month. That gives you room to build offline and host the result yourself without paying for a Mobirise hosting plan.

The editor also keeps common changes visual: rearrange sections, adjust page content and preview different device sizes. For a starting point, AI can return four draft designs from a description, sketch or screenshot. Publishing options include FTP/FTPES, a local folder and GitHub Pages, so you are not limited to a Mobirise address.

The paid KIT plan is listed at $149 for one year ($12.42 per month equivalent), with 220+ premium themes and extensions, unlimited offline sites and no Mobirise branding. For a self-hosted site that needs those assets, that is a clearer fit than paying for hosted-site capacity you will not use. Monthly rates are not published.

The free plan’s hosted option is limited to three sites on a mobirisesite.com subdomain, with Mobirise branding; it also includes only three AI generations per month. KIT adds premium assets but includes zero hosted sites and zero AI generations. To host on a custom domain through Mobirise, the listed BASE plan is $199 per year ($16.58 per month equivalent), capped at three hosted sites and 100 AI generations monthly. GROW costs $249 per year ($20.75 per month equivalent) for 10 hosted sites and 1,000 generations. Monthly billing prices are not published.

Costs can rise if you need extras: individual themes are listed at $49, extensions at $49–$99, the Code Editor at $69 and PayPal Cart at $59. The editor also does not remove every technical wrinkle. In one Reddit thread, a user reported FTP login errors while trying to publish; another thread reported CSS disappearing after removing a Mobirise link from exported HTML. Those are user reports, not evidence that every setup will have the same problems, but they matter if you expect a fully hands-off workflow.

Mobirise’s Free plan costs $0 and includes unlimited desktop-app sites published to your own hosting. The trade-offs: one basic theme, three hosted sites on a Mobirise subdomain, three AI generations a month and Mobirise branding on hosted sites.

Paid plans are billed annually; monthly rates are not published. KIT costs $149 a year ($12.42 per month equivalent), but includes no hosted sites or AI generations. It adds premium themes and extensions for desktop sites. BASE is $199 a year ($16.58 monthly equivalent), a $50 annual jump for three hosted sites with custom-domain support and 100 AI generations a month. GROW costs $249 a year ($20.75 monthly equivalent), adding up to 10 hosted sites and 1,000 AI generations a month.

Add-ons can change the bill: individual themes cost $49, extensions $49–$99, Code Editor $69 and PayPal Cart $59. BASE and GROW list a 14-day money-back guarantee. Check which features you need before choosing KIT: its lower price does not buy hosted sites or AI credits.

Mobirise supports publishing to FTP or FTPES, GitHub Pages, a local folder or a Mobirise address. That gives you options beyond its hosted subdomain, but the published product details do not specify a one-click importer, a full-site export workflow or what happens to hosted pages after cancellation. Confirm those points before moving a live site.

Switching in means recreating pages in its block editor unless you can move your existing site another way; no importer is listed in the material we have. Switching out may be simpler if you publish to your own hosting or GitHub Pages, but verify which files and assets you can take with you. The hosted-site and AI limits also matter: Free allows three hosted sites and three AI generations monthly, while KIT offers neither. BASE and GROW raise those quotas.

We don’t have sourced Reddit posts in this brief, so we can’t responsibly claim what users most often leave over. The clearest reasons to compare alternatives are Mobirise’s hosted-site caps, annual-only pricing and limited AI quotas on lower tiers.