Blogging Platforms Compared: WordPress vs Blogger vs Wix

Hey, mama. It’s time to build your blog.

If you haven’t already, enroll in my free blogging course The Passive Income Blog Boss for the exact steps you need to follow to set up your new website.

In this post, we’ll explore what hosting is and what content management system is best for you.

A proper website can be built in a matter of minutes with content management systems like WordPress. But to do it right, you also need a web host. That, and the domain name, are the 3 elements of your digital empire.

What is Web Hosting?

Here’s a good definition by Website.com:

‘Web hosting is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post a website or web page onto the Internet. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers. 

When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your webpages will be delivered to them through the browser.’

Most of the things you do online can be free. But if there’s one thing you need to invest your first dollars in, that would be a trusted hosting provider.

Good web hosting will lead to:

• No downtime on your site;
• Pages loading quickly;
• Regular checks;
• Customer support;
• A secure and reliable server;
• Enough space to store the data of a site with more content;
• Plenty of add-ons to choose from;

I now use WPX Hosting for all my sites. I initially started with Bluehost as it’s cheap and quite popular but had way too many problems (turns out their marketing department does a better job than their customer support service). So cheap prices come at a higher cost in the end.

I then switched to WPX Hosting and everything changed. It’s known as the world’s fastest hosting for WordPress

While there are other good hosting companies who care about users, whose staff is always there to help you out, and whose servers are built for WordPress sites, I chose WPX as my main site – Let’s Reach Success – had already grown to the point where it had over 2000 articles and was getting over a million page views every year.

If you’re on a budget, though, and because you’re starting a brand new blog with no traffic, WPX might not be the right fit for you now. It costs $25/month (20 if paid yearly) and offers WordPress hosting and makes your site secure and fast, but there are cheaper hosts.

You might want to simply see how your new blog performs in the first year before investing more in it, or don’t think you need a professional hosting yet but simply a quality web host to get your site up and running so you can publish content and find ways to monetize.

In this case, I recommend SiteGround, another trusted hosting company that’s been around since 2004 and which powers over 2 million websites on the Web. That’s right, 2,000,000 website owners have trusted them and built their blogs with them. 

Like most other good web hosts, they provide top security and performance features and have great support. The starting package for a new blogger (which is enough to help you run a small blog for the next few years) costs $2,99/month.

Blogging Platforms

A blogging platform is the software or service you use to create and manage your blog.

It’s basically the “home” where your blog lives and where you write, edit, and publish posts.

Think of it like this: if your blog was a house, the blogging platform is the land and foundation it’s built on.

It’s also a type of CMS (Content Management System).

A CMS is the broader term. It’s any software that lets you create, organize, and manage content online — blogs, websites, portfolios, you name it.

A blogging platform is just a CMS that’s designed with blogging in mind.

For example:

• WordPress.org → CMS + blogging platform
• Squarespace → CMS that works well for blogging
• Blogger → blogging platform first, CMS second

A great way to start a blog is by using wordpress.org and create a self-hosted site that you’ll have full control over.

That’s the open-source content management system Let’s Reach Success and this site are built on, together with more than 540 million other websites. It powers nearly 43% of the entire Internet and is the most popular platform for creating a website.

WordPress vs Shopify vs Blogger

There are other content management systems. The 2nd most popular, for example, is Shopify. It’s excellent if you want to sell physical or digital products right away, but it’s focused on e-commerce, not blogging, and the monthly fees can get high.

Then there’s Blogger. It’s owned by Google, remains a free and user-friendly platform, but doesn’t offer the same level of customization, scalability, or support as WordPress.

WordPress vs Wix

You might also hear about the blogging site Wix – a drag-and-drop builder. It’s beginner-friendly and no coding is needed.

If you create a website with Wix, you edit things mostly visually, which makes it all quick and simple. This, technically, makes it more user-friendly than WordPress and the learning curve is smaller, but WordPress is far superior to it and highly customizable.

In general, Wix is perfect for creating portfolio websites, but for big blogs with a lot of content, it’s not the best option. 

Plus, you don’t fully own your site and moving to another blogging platform can be tricky.

WordPress vs Squarespace

Then there’s Squarespace – an all-in-one website builder that’s super popular among creatives like photographers, designers, and small business owners.

The hosting is included, and it’s good for visual portfolios and small blogs.

It comes with tools for blogging, e-commerce, and even email marketing but is less flexible in terms of plugins and advanced features. 

The monthly plans are more expensive, and while the SEO capabilities are decent, they aren’t as powerful as WordPress.

Why WordPress?

I’m not saying you can’t build a good site with these platforms and grow it, but WordPress is something else.

If blogging is your main goal, WordPress is by far the best choice. It’s designed for content creators, giving you complete control. You can customize your blog’s look and features as much as you want. Plus, you own your content and your audience — that’s huge for long-term success.

Its SEO capabilities help your blog get found on Google, which means more readers and income potential. And with tons of free and paid plugins, you can add whatever tools you need to grow and monetize your blog.

It might take a little time to learn, but once you get the hang of it, WordPress is like having your own online empire — flexible, powerful, and totally yours.

Getting Started with WordPress

How does it work? You take care of finding the web host and registering a domain name, after which you can install WordPress using your host. 

While that might sound complicated, it’s not. It’s usually a process that follows a few simple steps and each web hosting company has made that as easy for us as possible. 

I’ll walk you through the exact process of starting your blog with a good web host and WordPress inside the free blogging course. Enroll here to launch your blog today.