Your Freelancer Built It on Wix Studio. Who Runs It Now?
Wix Studio is the platform agencies and freelancers design on — powerful for them, opaque for you. When the pro who built it moves on, the maintenance lands on your desk. WorkspaceCMS, built by 1Digital®, is the team itself: we rebuild your site free and run it from there.
Head-to-head comparison
| Feature | Wix Studio | WorkspaceCMS |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's built for | Agencies and freelancers designing client sites | ✓ Business owners directly — the team is the product |
| Who builds the site | The freelancer or agency you hire, at their project rates | ✓ Our team — designer, SEO lead, and writer. Build included free. See how it works → |
| Who maintains it after launch | — Whoever built it — if they're still around and still billing | ✓ The same team that built it, permanently, with turnaround targets by plan |
| Content updates | You edit in a pro-grade tool, or pay the freelancer per change | ✓ You send a request — our team implements, formats, and publishes it |
| Getting found on Google | Capable SEO settings — execution depends on your freelancer's SEO skill | ✓ Built by a 15+ year SEO agency — schema, llms.txt, and AI-visibility work included |
| Account ownership | — Sites often start in the freelancer's workspace; transfer depends on your arrangement | ✓ Direct relationship — your content, exportable as JSON anytime |
| Pricing model | Plans ~$19–$159/mo — design and maintenance fees extra, set by your freelancer | ✓ From $89/mo flat — build included, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee. See the guarantee → |
| Site redesign over time | — A new project quote from whoever will take the job | ✓ Always Fresh — a free new look at your 24-month mark, on every plan |
Wix Studio site-plan pricing as of July 2026 (~$19–$159/mo depending on tier and billing cycle). Freelancer and agency fees for Studio builds vary by provider.
Where Wix Studio wins
- A serious tool for web professionalsIf you are a freelancer or agency, Studio's responsive design engine, reusable assets, and client-management features are a big step up from consumer Wix. It's built for that job and does it well.
- Design quality when a pro drives itIn skilled hands, Studio produces polished, responsive sites with custom interactions — noticeably better than template DIY output.
- The Wix ecosystem behind itStudio sites plug into Wix's app market, bookings, and commerce stack. If your business already runs on Wix tools, staying in that ecosystem has real convenience.
Where WorkspaceCMS wins
- The team never leavesA Studio site is only as maintained as the freelancer behind it. WorkspaceCMS is run by a staffed team at 1Digital — a 15+ year agency with 941+ verified reviews — so there's no single person whose new job strands your website. See how it works →
- One flat bill instead of plan + freelancer invoicesStudio pricing is the software; every change is a separate line item from your pro. WorkspaceCMS is $89, $199, or $449 a month flat — build, hosting, updates, and the SEO foundation included. See pricing →
- Updates on an SLA, not a favorSend a request and our team ships it — most updates land in under a day on average, with turnaround targets by plan. No chasing a busy freelancer for a phone-number change.
- SEO by specialists, not a side skillMost freelance designers aren't SEOs. Every WorkspaceCMS site ships with structured data, technical SEO, llms.txt, and AI-visibility optimization so Google and assistants like ChatGPT can recommend your business. See details →
- Clear ownership from day oneNo wondering whose workspace the site lives in. Your content is yours, documented and exportable as JSON — the arrangement is designed for you, not for the professional in the middle.
Looking for a Wix Studio alternative?
Almost nobody searching for a Wix Studio alternative picked Wix Studio. A freelancer or agency did — it's their tool, and a good one. The search usually starts when that professional raises rates, slows down, or disappears, and you discover the site you paid for lives in someone else's workspace, built in a tool nobody on your team can safely drive. Switching to another pro-grade builder just restarts the same cycle with a different freelancer.
WorkspaceCMS breaks the cycle by making the team part of the product. 1Digital's designers, writers, and SEO leads rebuild your site free, launch most sites in about two weeks, and then handle every update you send — no per-change invoices, no key-person risk. Read how the process works, compare plans from $89 a month, and browse the live demo sites to see the build quality firsthand.
If your Studio site is live today, we rebuild it free and take it over — your domain, content, reviews, and rankings come with you, and old links keep working. Every plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee, so there's nothing to lose in the first month. Comparing against regular Wix instead? See our WorkspaceCMS vs Wix page.
Who WorkspaceCMS is for
WorkspaceCMS is built for local service businesses — dentists, HVAC companies, law firms, med spas, roofers, plumbers, and the like — who inherited a professionally built site and need it professionally run.
If you're a freelancer or agency building client sites, Wix Studio is a strong platform — that's who it's for. If you're the client, holding a Studio site you can't maintain and invoices you can't predict, WorkspaceCMS was built for you.
Already on Wix Studio? See how switching works →
WorkspaceCMS vs Wix Studio: common questions
What's the difference between Wix and Wix Studio?
Regular Wix is the consumer DIY builder. Wix Studio is Wix's professional platform for agencies and freelancers — a more powerful design environment with a responsive engine, client billing, and team workspaces. Business owners usually don't choose Wix Studio; a freelancer or agency chooses it for them. We compare against consumer Wix separately on our vs Wix page.
Is WorkspaceCMS cheaper than Wix Studio?
Wix Studio site plans run roughly $19–$159 a month, so the software is cheaper. But a Studio site normally comes with a professional attached — the freelancer or agency who built it and bills for changes. WorkspaceCMS starts at $89 a month with the build free and the team included, replacing the software bill and the freelancer invoices with one flat price.
My freelancer built our site on Wix Studio and is unavailable. Can you take it over?
That's exactly the situation this page is for. We don't take over the Studio account — we rebuild your site free on WorkspaceCMS, using your existing content and branding, and run it from there with a staffed team. Your domain stays yours and old links keep working through redirects.
Can I migrate my Wix Studio site's content to WorkspaceCMS?
Yes, as part of the free rebuild. Our team pulls over your pages, copy, images, and business details, rebuilds them on WorkspaceCMS, and gives you an approval pass before anything goes live. You don't need your old freelancer's cooperation — the live site and your domain are enough to start.
Is there a contract with WorkspaceCMS?
Plans start with a 12-month commitment — that's what funds the free build — then go month-to-month. Every plan includes a 30-day money-back guarantee, so the first month is risk-free.
Who owns the site and content on each platform?
On Wix Studio, sites are often created inside the freelancer's or agency's workspace and transferred (or not) later — ownership depends on how your arrangement was set up. On WorkspaceCMS the relationship is direct: your content is yours and exports as JSON, with redirects as CSV, whenever you ask.
Will my rankings survive the switch from Wix Studio?
Protecting them is part of the process. We map your existing URLs, set up redirects so old links keep working, carry over your page content, and ship the technical SEO — structured data, llms.txt, clean markup — that most Studio sites never get. Nothing cuts over without your approval.
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