Readymag review: expressive layouts for designers, less for everyday business sites

Readymag gives designers free placement for editorial and portfolio pages. Here is who it suits and what to check first.

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The verdict

Readymag suits designers, studios and editorial teams who want expressive, magazine-style layouts with free placement. It is less suited to a business that mainly needs standard pages that staff can update.

We did not have a dated copy of Readymag's prices, so check readymag.com/pricing.

Readymag at a glance

	Readymag
Price	Check readymag.com/pricing; we have not checked it
Best for	Designers, portfolios, editorial and presentation pages
Watch out for	Free placement means more work for mobile and handover

Prices checked September 2026 (September 25) on each vendor's own pricing page, in US dollars. Vendors change prices often, so confirm on their page before you buy.

Pros and cons

Readymag

Best for: Designers and editorial projects

Price: Check readymag.com/pricing

Pros: Expressive, free-placement layouts; Strong for portfolios and editorial pages; Built with designers in mind; Domain purchase inside the product

Cons: More work to make layouts behave on phones; Less suited to standard business pages; Handover to non-designers needs care; Check plan limits before you build

We.Inc

Best for: People who want to describe a site or web app in plain English and have AI build it

Price: Free plan: up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address, no AI. AI building from $20/mo (Starter, 250 credits). Pro $49/mo, Max $99/mo.

Pros: Describe what you want in chat and AI builds a full, editable site or app; Edit by clicking on the page, by asking in chat, or in a real code editor; Export the React and TypeScript code to GitHub, so you are never locked in; Unlimited sites on paid plans, custom domains from Starter

Cons: The free plan is templates only; AI building needs a paid plan; Newer platform with a smaller app marketplace than the big names; Store features are simpler than a dedicated ecommerce platform

Verdict by buyer

A designer or studio building a portfolio or editorial project: Readymag is a good fit. An agency handing sites to clients who edit often: test the handover carefully, or look at a builder with a content system. A local business that needs a standard site: a simpler builder fits better. Someone who wants the site written from a description: look at an AI website builder.

What Readymag does well

Layout freedom. You can place elements where you like and build pages that read like a magazine or a presentation, which suits creative work.

Where Readymag falls short

Free placement cuts both ways: layouts need separate attention for phones, and a non-designer can find it harder to update pages without breaking them. Repeating content, such as many projects that share a layout, needs checking in the test below.

What Readymag costs: first year and three years

We do not quote Readymag's prices because we have no dated check of them. Take the plan and seats you need from readymag.com/pricing, multiply by 12 and by 36, and add your domain.

A five-task test to run before you pay for Readymag

Give Readymag the job an agency or studio would: a portfolio site with a list of projects and a few service pages.

1. Build a project collection with at least six projects that share one layout. 2. Build three service pages from one reusable section. 3. Hand the site to a non-designer and ask them to change a project's text and image without breaking the layout. 4. Connect a custom domain and confirm it loads with a padlock. 5. Check the site on a phone.

Note which plan and which seats each step needed. Editor access for a client is often where the real cost sits.

How to score the test

Use the same rubric for every tool you try, Readymag and We.Inc included, so neither gets a head start. For each of the five tasks give 2 points if it worked on the plan you intend to buy, 1 if it needed a higher plan, an add-on or several retries, and 0 if you could not do it. Keep a note of the time each task took. We have not published scores of our own because we have not run this test yet; the rubric is here so your comparison is fair.

Ownership, support and moving away

Readymag hosts your projects. Check its help centre for current export options before you build something you may need to move; otherwise, plan to rebuild the design elsewhere.

Who should pick something else

If your business needs standard pages that staff update often, a simpler builder fits better.

Where We.Inc fits: the free plan publishes up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address, with no AI and no custom domain, and needs no credit card. AI building, where you describe the site and it is written for you, starts at $20 a month (Starter, 250 credits); Pro is $49 and Max is $99.

Who wrote this and how

We.Inc makes a competing website builder, so read this with that in mind. Every price on this page comes from the vendor's own pricing page on the date shown, with a link to it. We say where the other option is the better choice, and we do not publish scores for tests we have not run.

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Sources

Readymag: Pricing (Link only: we have not checked these prices)
We.Inc: Pricing (Checked Sept 25, 2026)

Frequently asked questions

Is Readymag good?

For designers and editorial or portfolio projects, yes. For a standard business site that staff update often, a simpler builder fits better.

How much does Readymag cost?

Check readymag.com/pricing. We have not checked its prices.

Is Readymag good for agencies?

For expressive one-off projects, yes. For client sites edited often by non-designers, test the handover first.

Is this review sponsored?

No. We.Inc makes a competing website builder, so we link our sources and say where Readymag is the better choice.