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Should I use Website Planet?

Want to create a website? Our free step-by-step guides make it easy to build, launch, and market your site. Get professional results without the cost. - websiteplanet.com

· 1 month ago

Website Planet is a free content portal for researching website builders, hosting, and marketing — useful for beginners, not a tool you adopt. Don't treat its rankings as neutral; cross-check independent reviews and vendor free trials before spending money.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; direct user-review depth is thin, so confidence is medium.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

All content

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • First-timers picking a website builder
  • Non-technical owners launching a first site
  • Budget DIYers wanting free launch guides
  • Security followers of breach-report journalism

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for actual software — nothing here to buy or run
  • Buyers expecting fully independent rankings from an affiliate-style review portal
  • Teams wanting hands-on testing, not writer opinions
  • Developers or agencies needing tools, not articles

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Guess: builder reviews likely earn referral commissions; read their 'How we work' disclosures first.

medium

Guess: published prices and ratings can go stale; confirm on vendor sites before buying.

low

Free tools are basic: the down-checker does simple status checks, not real uptime alerting.

low

Trustpilot is 4 stars, not higher — skim negative reviews for what guides omit.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free step-by-step guides to build, launch, and market a site
  • Free web tools included, like a site down/status checker
  • Publishes original breach research, cited by Register and GBHackers
  • Interviews real practitioners (Joplin, Patchstack, FastNetMon)
  • Solid 4/5 Trustpilot customer rating

Cons

  • Content portal, not software — nothing to deploy or integrate
  • Small operation: $870K projected annual revenue, no funding
  • Reviewer turnover: several author bios labeled 'former writer/editor'
  • No dedicated security page found on its own site

Sources & method

- 13 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x2security x3news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. All content and tools are free.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Step-by-step guides built for beginners.
  • Feature depth: 2/5. Guides plus a basic site-status checker only.
  • Support quality: 4/5. Customers rate it 4/5 on Trustpilot.
  • Security posture: 3/5. Active breach research; no public security page.
  • 4/5 Trustpilot rating Customer reviews on Trustpilot
  • $0 Starting price Guides and web tools are free
  • $0 Funding raised Independent, no outside funding
  • $870K Projected revenue This year, per Crunchbase

Pricing

All content

Free

  • Step-by-step website building and launch guides
  • Free web tools (down/status checker)
  • Builder and hosting reviews, breach news

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

user feedback is thin: a 4/5 Trustpilot rating and sparse Reddit chatter, with no detailed quotes captured.

Alternatives

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Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; direct user-review depth is thin, so confidence is medium.

Free editorial site, not software. Fine as a beginner's research starting point; cross-check its builder rankings elsewhere.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; direct user-review depth is thin, so confidence is medium.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Website Planet Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  2. Website Planet homepagewebsiteplanet.com
    official
  3. Website Planet FAQwebsiteplanet.com
    official
  4. How we workwebsiteplanet.com
    official
  5. Down or Not free checkerwebsiteplanet.com
    official
  6. Crunchbase company profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  7. Tracxn company profiletracxn.com
    news
  8. Website Planet Security Team author pagewebsiteplanet.com
    security
  9. Register: Google Play pulls data-harvesting apps found by Website Planettheregister.com
    security
  10. GBHackers: 600K+ sensitive records exposed, found by Website Planetgbhackers.com
    security
  11. Patchstack interview with Website Planetpatchstack.com
    news
  12. Joplin interview on Website Planetdiscourse.joplinapp.org
    news
  13. r/WebsitePlanet subredditreddit.com
    review

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