BeeJam
It's not about being able to migrate or not. As Wix is considered a website builder and is very limited in many different areas compared to WordPress which is a Content Management System (CMS). To answer your question , name a few big brands that use Wix or SquareSpace … The number is likely 0 or close to it. You just have more control over the technical aspects of the website where you can code things, categorise and use structured snippets and etc the way you want with WordPress than with Wix. Who knows though maybe Wix will get better and better over time.

Khánh
There're reasons that the majority of people suggest WP over Wix, a simple Google search should explain why; but if you insist on using Wix, just do it your way.

Russ
People attack site builders like Wix but they serve the purpose for which they are intended.
A simple and cheap way to get a website with no up front cost and no ongoing management or maintenance.
Yes WP is better, more flexible, more features, better for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) etc, but you also have to take care of the hosting, Maintenance, site potentially breaking after updates, plugins getting abandoned or hacked etc.
Thousands of wp sites get hacked every day because the site owner is not managing it properly if at all. Many don't even know they are supposed to.
User the tool that is appropriate for the job.
Many clients do not need WordPress, if it's overkill.

Russ
BTW take a look at Simvoly as an alternative.
https://simvoly.com/a/rmc
I actually host my own simple site builder for clients that want one. This can be downloaded and hosted anywhere.
https://clients.michaels.me.uk/sitebuilder-demo.php
Simvoly – Build Your Website or Funnel – Website Builder

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Milos
Okay, first of all i do WP for a living.
People who give 100% sure answers for anything are plain wrong, the world is not black an white!
Wix upsides –
its easier if you want to make your own website.
Its cheaper if you are doing it yourself than if you would pay for WP website.
Its easier to manage
WP upsides:
Its infinitely more customizable (such a simple sentence that can explain so many things).
You can optimize it more, in both terms of the website and the hosting.
You will hit the wall "cant do this" much later with WP. In your case, probably never.
Main point of everything is – RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB.
If you wanna do work yourself, and Wix is way easier for you, do it. Once you grow larger, redo in WP or pay someone to do it (wink wink). If you are paying from start, go with WP.

Kumar
Entire game is of SERVER and hence speed, security, etc.
If you can manage all of these then no problem go confidently with WordPress.
else, pay to these platforms
Michahu
Wix has its limitations including some that include SEO factors, but most of these are minor. Wix had major issues in 2016 when Wix sites were not being indexed by Google. Since then Wix has fixed most of its SEO issues. Most advice on this topic is based on 2016 state of affairs (this is why people think it is bad today). 99% of responses on this topic are about non SEO topics or outdated info. There are many many Wix websites ranking in position 1 for their most important keywords.
Patrick
Also, checkout Duda, their agency plans give you white label so you can put your own branding and logo on the backend for your clients to see.
Marco
I been using wp since day 1, I now prefer Duda , it's makes me 50-70% more efficient in launching websites and don't have to worry about security and ranks in SEO with no issues.

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Susie
WP has more under the hood (Imagine a car engine mini vs porsche) which makes it appealing to professionals. Half of the widgets u add to Wix e.g. contact forms – you will have to pay a monthly fee on. With WP you usually only have to pay for hosting as there are hundreds of free plugins (equivalent of widgets). And yes, if you know what you are doing you can rank WordPress sites way better than Wix – reason being is that you have more control of a WordPress site than a Wix site.
Jay
I'm gonna squash the SEO question with Wix once and for all
we ranked "CBD gummies" and "cbd for dogs" on page 1 with a. Wix site.
Content is king.
5 years ago Wix used to suck for user interface and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Not the case anymore.
We have 29 sites on Wix we manage and they're all ranking in the Google My Business (GMB) or nationally. Clients love it because they can make small changes on their own without bothering our team – although we still ask they tel us to avoid any issues.
SEO wise, Wix got a lot better once you know what you're doing. Site speed got a lot better since they went to ssd servers and they allow image compression.
My SEO team also loves it because there's less stuff to check with plug ins.
That said, WordPress has more flexibility with custom solutions and plug ins.
It depends on what you need. If you're building a robust back-end with client log ins and billing, Wix will not cut it. It's not designed for that.
Marc all of our clients are contractors. We have their site map structure documented with all of their onsite copy saved. If Wix shit down we'd have all of them back up on another platform within a week. The decision was done to give our contractors some freedoms.
Also chalking everything up to "Wix is for noobs" is very degrading to those who use it, not to mention just rude and incorrect.
We have another 17 sites with WordPress that we're too robust for Wix, all hosted on Cloudways.
Marc I just firmly believe not all clients need something that robust, especially in niches where they want to be able to max changes on their own without being technically proficient. But we will agree to disagree.
Ardian
Unless you are know what you are doing with WordPress site then you can go with WordPress.
We build most of my clients site using Wix. It really helped the owner to have minor updates, etc without relying on us.
No problem with the SEO, snippet etc.
Most of the sites i worked for get more score in pagespeed compared to other WordPress agency sites.
However the disadvantage comes in mobile speed. You will need some good optimizing to pass the 50 score. For desktop Wix easily score above 80+ score.

Callum
We did the Wix SEO competition last year and won.
Our conclusion was that the platform is much better than it used to be but there are basic things you can't change from a technical side that make it difficult to fully optimize. So, it depends on what you are trying to rank for… But if it's moderately competitive you are making life a little more difficult for yourself.

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