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Strikingly
Beginner-friendly website builder for simple sites, portfolios and small online stores.
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FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A reasonable pick for individuals and small businesses that want a simple site or small store up fast without learning a complex builder. It's lighter on design control and scalability than Wix/Webflow, so growing sites may outgrow it. Verify current plan pricing on the official site.
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Should you use Strikingly?
Use it if individuals and small businesses. Avoid it if stores selling more than a handful of products, because the transaction cut and the 300 product ceiling both bite quickly.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹645/mo$6.5/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 2 public sources
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Strikingly is a it, security & hosting / website builders for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹645/mo for a GST-registered business ($6.5/mo sticker plus about 3.5% card forex). It does not issue an India GST invoice, so a registered business reclaims the GST via reverse charge. FindThatSoftware rates it best for individuals and small businesses, and a poor fit if stores selling more than a handful of products, because the transaction cut and the 300 product ceiling both bite quickly.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- The Limited plan is 8 dollars a month billed yearly and still allows a custom domain, which most cheap builders gate higher
- The VIP plan drops the store transaction fee to zero, so higher volume sellers stop paying Strikingly a cut of revenue
- Free sites are unlimited in number, so several pages can be built and tested before any money changes hands
The catch
- The Limited plan sells exactly one product and takes 5 percent of every sale on top of payment gateway fees
- Pro at 16 dollars monthly still charges a 2 percent transaction fee, so only the 49 dollar VIP plan removes it
- Strikingly issues no refunds and offers no money back guarantee, so a yearly plan bought by mistake is money spent
- Cancelling stops the site immediately rather than at period end, and the free first year domain then renews at 24.95 dollars
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹645
Strikingly advertises $6.5/mo. A GST-registered business in India pays about ₹645 a month (₹7,740/yr) once the roughly 3.5% card forex markup is added, with GST reclaimed as input credit. If you cannot reclaim GST, it is about ₹761 a month.
- Sticker price
- $6.5/mo
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹645
- Registered per year
- ₹7,740
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹761
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
- Watch for
- Permanent free plan (5% transaction fee). Paid plans from $6.5/mo, with higher tiers adding features (billed yearly; monthly costs more). USD. Confirm on vendor site.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Strikingly fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✗GST invoice
No Indian GST invoice, so a registered business cannot claim input tax credit on the bill.
- ✗Bills in INR
Priced in a foreign currency, so your card or bank adds forex conversion on top.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
How Strikingly compares
Against the 6 other website builder toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Less common among the other website builder tools
Recorded for Strikingly and for at most a third of the 6 others we list.
- Custom font upload
- Custom forms
- Live chat
- Popups
- Qr code generator
- Managed cloud hosting
- Password protected pages
- Remove vendor branding
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 6 others, and for Strikingly.
- Custom domain
- Site search
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
Paying for more than Strikingly? See your whole stack's real India cost and where you could switch to save.
Audit my stackOverview
What is Strikingly?
Strikingly is a beginner-friendly website builder for simple sites, portfolios, blogs and small stores, with mobile-optimized templates and a quick setup. It targets individuals and small businesses that want a basic site live with minimal effort.
Best for
- Individuals and small businesses
- Portfolios, blogs and simple sites
- Beginners wanting quick setup
Who should avoid it
- Stores selling more than a handful of products, because the transaction cut and the 300 product ceiling both bite quickly
- Buyers who want to trial a year and back out, because there is no refund path once the annual charge lands
What Strikingly does
What we verified about Strikingly
Read from Strikingly’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed25
- Site search
- Site search is listed among Pro plan capabilities
- Remove vendor branding
- 'Remove Strikingly branding' first appears on the Pro plan
- Qr code generator
- A free QR code generator tool is published at /qr-code-generator
- Popups
- Pop-Ups are listed among the Pro plan features
- Password protected pages
- Password Protection is a listed Pro plan feature
- Managed cloud hosting
- FAQ: 'All Strikingly sites include our fully-managed, high performance cloud hosting'
- Live chat widget
- A Live Chat widget is listed as a VIP plan feature
- Domain registration
- Domains are sold at $24.95 a year and can be bought from inside Strikingly
- Custom forms
- Custom Forms are listed as a Pro plan capability for lead capture
- Custom font upload
- 'Custom font upload' is a Pro plan design capability
- Custom domain
- 'Connect custom domain' with free SSL is included from the Limited plan upward
- AI logo maker
- 'AI Logo Maker' is listed under Extras in the site footer
- AI site builder
- AI Site Builder is a top-level nav item at /s/ai_site_builder
- Click to edit site builder
- Features page: 'Click anything to edit, and publish instantly. Absolutely no code or design experience needed'
- Custom code embed
- 'Embed custom code' unlocks on Pro; FAQ confirms Pro accounts have custom code access
- Custom email hosting
- Custom email addresses are sold at $25 a year once a domain is attached
- Mobile editing app
- An iPhone App is listed under Extras in the footer for on-the-go editing
- Multi language and auto translation
- 'Multi-Language & Auto-Translation' is a VIP-only feature
- Multiple membership tiers
- 'Multiple Membership Tiers' is a VIP-only feature in the pricing table
- Newsletter sending
- 'Send newsletters' with 2,000 active contacts is a VIP plan feature
- Simple online store
- Limited sells a single product, Pro up to 300 and VIP up to 500 products
- Single page and multi page sites
- Page limits run up to 5 pages on Limited and up to 100 pages on Pro
- Site memberships
- Site memberships and paid subscription memberships unlock on the Pro plan
- Store product reviews
- 'Store Product Reviews' is listed as a Pro plan feature
- Version history restore
- 'Restore historical version' is listed among Pro plan features
What people use it for3
- Build an online store
- Product caps of 1, 300 and 500 by tier suit very small catalogues only
- Collect recurring subscriptions
- VIP is described as 'Power features for businesses & membership sites'
- Build a website
- Dedicated pages cover personal website builder, web design portfolio and online resume from LinkedIn
Works with3
Terms, compliance and how you buy38
- Student discount
- A back-to-school offer gives 35% off Pro yearly on verifying a .edu email address
- Self serve signup
- Every plan has a 'Sign Up' button and free sites need no payment to start
- Promo code discounting
- Code MAKEYOURMARK is advertised for 15% off for buyers without a college email
- No UPI or netbanking payment
- Accepted payment methods are limited to cards and PayPal with no Indian rails
- No refunds
- Our DB research records that Strikingly issues no refunds and no money-back guarantee
- Dedicated account manager
- A dedicated account manager and priority service are VIP-only
- Affiliate program
- An Affiliate Program plus a CJ Affiliates page are published on the site
- 24x7 support
- 24/7 chat support is listed on both the Limited and Pro plans
- Agency reseller program
- Footer lists 'Agencies & Resellers' and a /reseller-program page exists
- Annual billing required for headline price
- Every headline price is marked 'USD, Billed yearly' with monthly costing more
- Bandwidth capped on entry plan
- Limited caps bandwidth at 50 GB while Pro and VIP are unlimited
- Beginner oriented
- 'Build a beautiful website in under 30 minutes' with zero code or design skills required
- Beta quality translations
- Language banner warns 'this language version is currently in beta... some translations may be less than perfect'
- Cancellation takes effect immediately
- Our DB research notes cancelling stops the site immediately rather than at period end
- Cards and paypal only
- FAQ names credit card and PayPal as the only accepted payment methods
- Contact list capped on vip
- Newsletter sending on VIP is limited to 2,000 active contacts
- Extra sites sold as add ons
- FAQ: additional sites can be purchased from within the dashboard after upgrading
- Free domain renews at full price
- The free first-year domain then renews at the published $24.95 per year rate
- Freelancer program
- A /freelancer-program page exists for freelancers building client sites
- Heavy SEO content marketing
- Sitemap carries dozens of how-to and free-tool pages like QR generator and video hosting guides
- Multi language interface
- The site offers 18 interface languages including Arabic, Japanese and Indonesian
- Multi year prepay discounts
- Billing toggle offers 2, 3 and 5 year terms saving $144, $288 and $528
- Must strip paid features before downgrading
- FAQ: you must remove paid features or associated sites before you can cancel or downgrade
- No downgrade from yearly to monthly
- FAQ: 'you may not downgrade from yearly to monthly'
- No indian language interface
- The 18 listed interface languages include no Hindi or other Indian language
- No INR pricing
- FAQ explicitly rules out other currencies, so Indian buyers carry full forex and card markup
- Nonprofit sponsorship program
- 'Sponsorship for Nonprofits' is linked directly from the pricing page
- No published terms page
- The footer Terms link resolves to a 404 and the support knowledge base returns 403
- Page count capped on entry plan
- Limited allows up to 5 pages per site, unsuitable for content-heavy sites
- Permanent free plan
- All paid tiers include 'Unlimited free sites' and cancelling reverts you to the free plan
- Phone support english only
- VIP adds 'Phone support (English)', so other languages have no voice channel
- Plan changes require emailing support
- FAQ: to switch paid plans you must contact support@strikingly.com rather than self-serve
- Promotional zero fee lock in
- Banner offers to 'lock in a 0% transaction fee forever for all future store orders' as a limited-time upgrade offer
- Site count capped per plan
- Plans allow 2 Limited, 3 Pro or 5 VIP paid sites, with extras purchasable separately
- Storage capped per site
- Storage runs 1 GB on Limited, 20 GB on Pro and 100 GB per site on VIP
- Transaction fee on store sales
- Store fees are 5% on Limited, 2% on Pro and 0% only on the $49 VIP plan
- Usd billed
- FAQ: 'All prices are in USD, and you can pay using credit card or PayPal'
- Zero fee only on top tier
- The transaction cut disappears only at VIP, three times the Pro price
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Pricing caveat and source trail
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Permanent free plan (5% transaction fee). Paid plans from $6.5/mo, with higher tiers adding features (billed yearly; monthly costs more). USD. Confirm on vendor site.
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Does Strikingly give a GST invoice in India?
Strikingly does not issue an India GST invoice. A GST-registered business can still reclaim the 18% through the reverse-charge route by raising a self-invoice, but there is no vendor GST invoice to claim against directly.
Is Strikingly good for Indian small businesses?
Strikingly can work for Indian buyers, but check currency, tax, billing, support, and whether the workflow justifies foreign-currency pricing.
Does Strikingly have a free plan?
Strikingly lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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