--- description: Learn more about Homestead Websites price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Homestead Websites Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Builder Software](/directory/30935/website-builder/software) > [Homestead Websites](/software/174101/homestead-website-builder) # Homestead Websites Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/174101/homestead-website-builder Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/174101/homestead-website-builder?page=2) > Homestead helps businesses create and host websites, online stores, and manage email as a website builder and hosting service. > > Verdict: Rated **3.2/5** by 14 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Homestead Websites? Small and midsize businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers, and ecommerce store owners. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.2/5** | 14 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 2.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 60% | (6/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Homestead Technologies ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$5,99 - **Pricing Details**: Starter: $5.99/mo Business: $20.99/mo Business Plus: $60.99/mo - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Email Marketing ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Phone Support ## Category - [Website Builder Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30935/website-builder/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Builder Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30935/website-builder/software) - [Shopping Cart Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30848/shopping-cart/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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There are many options for layout and design with the many template and font choices. However, in my opinion there are too many choices which made me question "is this font better than this one?" and so forth. I found myself running around in circles more than getting anything done. > > I had never designed a website before using Homestead, and while I'm sure it can be a great tool to use if you are more experienced and have a solid image in your mind of what your website should look like, I found that it confused me more than it helped me. ----- ### "Decade long user" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *09 October 2020* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Its ease of use. It's user friendly and you don't need html experience in order to build a great, mobile-friendly site. > > **Cons**: Th price increases annually. For a while there was an increase even though there were no additional capabilities making it worth the increase. There are cheaper options available, but I'm so established with the software I'm not interested in trying anything new. They just need to stay current. > > I have been using Homestead Website Builder for over a decade, back when it was Intuit. I used to build websites from scratch, and over a decade ago I saw an ad for the software and tried it. It has made web-building a breeze, and I don't have to fix bugs or other issues for myself. It used to lack in some capabilities other web builders provided, especially before mobile browsing was popular, but with its newest website builder update, it couldn't be easier to create and maintain a website. ----- ### "Awful Customer Service\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!" — 1.0/5 > **Kate** | *23 March 2022* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Homestead deleted the e-commerce portion of my website and all of the data associated with it. When I called customer service, which was clearly outsourced because the reps barely spoke English, I was told I need to rebuild the whole thing. WHAT??? That's weeks and weeks worth of work. How does a technology company randomly delete information and not have a backup of my data? Grrrrrrrr\! Can't run from this company fast enough. > > **Cons**: My website is often down. If I had a nickel for every time a customer contacted me about my website being down, I'd be rich. ----- ### "Better Before" — 4.0/5 > **Kimberly** | *06 November 2019* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I loved that I had the website builder on my desktop and could use it offline instead of an online builder. > > **Cons**: They switched to an online builder and while I still use my desktop one, you cannot switch back and forth and you lose out on what the online builder offers. > > I wish they only had the desktop version but it is iffy at times. I loathe using the online builder which is more stable. ----- ### "Modern templates with great flexibility" — 4.0/5 > **Daniel** | *14 February 2020* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: All the templates allow you to completely customize every element. You aren't bound by colors or have certain elements that must stay. Another great feature is that while you are building your website, it automatically builds a similar mobile site, and you can then modify the mobile site without it affecting the main site. > > **Cons**: It can be a bit difficult to get the site to do what you want it to do until you you understand what all the logo buttons do. It will take some trial and error turning things on and off to figure out what exactly your choices will make to the site. Thankfully you can do this in preview, but it still absorbs a lot of time. > > Website Builder is a vast improvement over Sitebuilder, the previous builder by homestead. I built our new site in about 7 hours, but I also was able to mine most of my content from our previous site, so that saved time. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/174101/homestead-website-builder?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/174101/homestead-website-builder) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | ----- ## Structured Data