I'm building a site for an actual business (not a hobby blog), and I keep landing on Wix and WordPress as the two real contenders. But the opinions are all over the place.
I'm not a developer. I need something I can manage without hiring someone every time I want to change a page. But I also don't want to pick a platform I'll outgrow in a year.
Here's where I'm stuck:
Scaling - People say Wix is great until you outgrow it. But what does "outgrow it" actually look like? Is that at 1,000 visitors/month? 100,000? Has anyone actually hit that ceiling and had to migrate? What broke first?
WordPress complexity - I'm not a developer. Every time someone recommends WordPress they casually mention plugins, hosting, security updates, PHP...
SEO- This matters most to me. I need my site to show up on Google. I've heard conflicting things about which platform gives you more control over meta tags, page speed, structured data, and indexing. If you've seen real ranking differences between the two, I'd love to hear it.
One more thing - I keep seeing developers say drag-and-drop builders are a "trap" because you lose control over your code. For someone running a local or small online business, does that actually matter? Or is that just developer gatekeeping?
If you run a business on either platform, I'd love to know: What platform are you on, what do you pay monthly, and what's the one thing you wish you knew before you committed?
Thanks in advance