Anticode vs Strikingly: a mobile-first builder with a shop, or a site from a sentence
Strikingly is a template-led builder for small, mobile-friendly sites, with a Simple Store, a blog and memberships, and plans that cap pages, products and transaction fees. Anticode writes a multi-page site from a short description, holds it to one design system, checks it before publishing and lets you export the code. Selling dozens of products favours Strikingly; a checked service site you can take elsewhere favours Anticode.
The short answer
Go with Strikingly if you want to pick a template, click into it and publish from a phone, and especially if you plan to sell physical or digital products with shipping and coupons, or put content behind a member login. Go with Anticode if you'd rather explain the business in a sentence and get a finished site with several pages, consistent type and colour, and accessibility and security basics that must pass before it goes live.
Both host the site and connect a domain you own on a paid plan. Where they part ways is how a site gets made, what a store can do and whether you can leave with the code.
How a site gets made
Strikingly's home page pitches beautiful mobile websites with no code or design skills needed: pick a template, click anything to edit and publish, including from its phone app. Its AI Site Builder is a short form rather than a conversation: you enter a site name and a business description, optionally open advanced settings, and it generates a full site that you then refine in the same template editor.
Anticode's Architect reads your description, asks up to three questions only where the answer would change the result, and shows a plan listing the name, the kind of site, its sections and its look before anything is built. The design engine then lays out a landing page, portfolio, booking site or small store, with separate pages such as Services, About, Pricing, FAQ and Contact if you want them. After that you can edit text in place, drag sections or ask for a change in words. The how it works page walks through each stage.
Side by side
| Anticode | Strikingly | |
|---|---|---|
| Design approach | One of seven design systems, with nineteen design checks and a publishing gate | Templates you click into and restyle |
| How you build | Describe the site, answer up to three questions, then edit visually or in words | Choose a template or fill in the AI Site Builder form, then edit |
| Code ownership and export | One HTML file or a Next.js project; push to GitHub | No export described on the pricing or home pages we read; custom code embeds on Pro |
| Hosting and custom domains | anticode.dev address free; your own domain on paid plans | Hosted by Strikingly; connecting a domain needs a paid plan |
| Security checks | Twelve checks on the shipped HTML; failing pages can't be published | Free SSL listed; no pre-publish security scan described on the pages we read |
| Pricing model | Daily and weekly build allowance, a quote before each build | Yearly-billed plans with page, product and transaction-fee tiers |
| Best for | Service businesses, launches and portfolios described rather than assembled | Small sites and simple stores built from templates, often on a phone |
Plans and fees
As of 24 October 2026, Strikingly's pricing page shows three plans in US dollars, priced per month and billed yearly: Limited at $8, Pro at $16 and VIP at $49. Limited allows up to five pages per site, 50 GB of bandwidth and a single product with a 5% transaction fee. Pro allows up to 100 pages, 300 products at a 2% fee, and adds custom forms, password protection, memberships, site search, custom code embeds and version restore. VIP raises the product limit to 500, removes the transaction fee and adds multi-language with auto-translation, newsletters and a live chat widget. A domain name is an extra $24.95 a year.
Anticode bills the work of building instead: each plan has a daily and a weekly allowance measured by what each build actually cost, you see a quote first, and builds that fail or are refused aren't counted. There's no per-sale fee because payment happens at your own provider. Current amounts are on the pricing page.
Selling online
This is where the two differ most. Strikingly's Simple Store takes PayPal or Stripe payments and handles coupons, shipping and digital goods, and its plans are built around how many products you list. Anticode's online store kind is a designed catalogue page: buy buttons point to a payment link from Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy, Shopify or Whop, and there is one payment link per account, so every button opens the same checkout. There is no cart, no stock count, no shipping rates and no tax handling. If the shop is the business, Strikingly is closer to what you need.
Where Strikingly is the better choice
- A real product catalogue. Up to 300 or 500 products with shipping and coupons, against Anticode's single payment link.
- Members-only content. Strikingly lists site memberships and paid subscriptions from Pro; Anticode's published sites have no visitor accounts.
- Other languages. VIP adds multi-language and auto-translation. Anticode's builder and the pages it makes are English only.
- Video and embeds. Pro allows custom code embeds; Anticode's design-engine pages can't embed video, maps or widgets, only link to them.
- Editing from a phone. Strikingly's app lets you pick, edit and publish on mobile.
Where Anticode is the better choice
- You don't want to start from a template. A plan you can read and agree before the build, rather than a layout to rework.
- Checks you didn't configure. Missing alt text, invisible keyboard focus or no page language blocks publishing, and the pages ship with no scripts at all.
- Code you can move. Export one HTML file or a Next.js project with server routes for the contact, booking and newsletter forms.
- Bookings without a widget. A built-in calendar that refuses double bookings, though with six fixed daily times you can't change.
Who should pick which
A maker selling forty prints with postage, or a coach running a members' area, will find Strikingly fits. A consultant, studio or local service that wants a credible multi-page site with a contact form, bookings and a price list, and may one day hand the code to a developer, is the person Anticode is built for. For more options, see Strikingly alternatives or the guide to multi-page websites.
Anticode's limits
No shopping cart, stock or shipping; one payment link per account; booking times fixed at six slots a day; no video or embeds on design-engine pages; an English-only builder; and no members area on published sites. Strikingly details above come from its own pages as read on 24 October 2026. If something there has changed, tell us through the contact page.
Questions people ask
Does Strikingly have an AI website builder?
Yes. Its AI Site Builder asks for a site name and a business description, with optional advanced settings, and generates a full site you then edit in the normal editor.
Which is cheaper, Anticode or Strikingly?
They charge for different things. Strikingly prices plans by pages, products and transaction fees, billed yearly; Anticode prices a building allowance with a quote before each build. Compare both pricing pages against what you plan to sell.
Can I move a Strikingly site to Anticode?
There's no import. Describe the business to Anticode, let it build, then copy your own text and photos across.
Sources
- Strikingly home page, checked
- Strikingly pricing, checked
- Strikingly AI Site Builder, checked