Shaker vs Wix
Wix is the original drag-and-drop website builder. Easy, hosted, locked in.
Where Shaker wins
- ✓Code you own. Wix sites cannot be exported.
- ✓Real app logic (auth, billing, dashboards). Wix is mostly content sites + light store.
- ✓Better SEO output. Wix has historically had SEO issues, though improving.
Where Wix wins
- ✓Wix is the easiest drag-and-drop builder for non-technical users.
- ✓Massive template library.
- ✓Built-in domain, email, hosting bundle.
The full comparison
Wix is the platform your aunt uses to build her bakery website. That is not an insult — being approachable for non-technical users at scale is hard.
Wix limitations show up the moment you need anything custom: dynamic data, members area with custom roles, complex e-commerce flows, custom integrations. Wix Velo (their dev platform) exists, but at that point you are coding inside Wix, locked into their runtime.
Shaker is closer to "what if Wix output real code you could host anywhere?" The visual editor is there. The drag-and-drop is there. But the output is a Next.js app you can deploy to Vercel, your own VPS, or stay on Shaker hosting.
For a simple personal site or local business with no plans to grow technical needs — Wix is fine, and arguably easier than Shaker for absolute beginners. For anything you might want to extend, integrate, or migrate — Shaker.
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